CARTEBLANCHE - SERIES | 2009 | DREXEL UNIVERSITY- PHILADELPHIA | OCT 24-28 |

The CarteBlanche-Series of the Arts of Fashion Symposium is where the Arts of Fashion Foundation invites visionary fashion artists/designers who are challenging the boundaries of fashion with their innovative thinking and concepts.

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PAST PARTICIPANTS

Past participants include curators and designers who have won prestigious awards such as Hyeres and are recognized at the professional level for their contribution to fashion and unique talent, who present their works on the runway show during the symposium.
Even though the designers of CarteBlanche Series are generally young, most of them have established their own brand. Each year two or three artists/designers are invited to the event to present their creative works and research.

- SAN FRANCISCO | 2008
Cathy Pill (designer, Belgium) - HauteCouture Collection July 2008 - www.cathypill.com
Sandrina Fasoli (designer, Belgium) - Mango Collection 2009 - www.sandrinafasoli.com
Isabelle Steger (designer, Austria) - Hyeres Collection 2008 - www.isabellesteger.com

- MIAMI | 2007
Sandra Backlund (knitwear designer, Sweden) - Collection 2008 - www.sandrabacklund.com
Matthieu Blazy (designer, France) - ITS & Graduation Collection 2007

- TEXAS | 2006
Olivier Saillard (curator, France) - Performance of a Dress
Anthony Vacarello (designer, Belgium) - Hyeres Collection 2006
Julien Dossena (designer, France) - Hyeres Collection 2006

- SAN FRANCISCO | 2005
Stephanie Coudert (designer, France) - Silent Clothes
Wendy & Jim (designers, Austria) - Vorstellung der Arbeit - www.wujsympathisant.com
Galya Rosenfeld (textile designer, US) - Blocks around the Blocks - www.galyarosenfeld.com
Etienne Mineur (graphic designer, France) - The isseymiyake.com - www.incandescence.com
Elodie Blanchard (product designer, France) - In Between - www.elasticco.com
Goran Vejvoda (musician, France) - BodySpeaker
Taiyo & Niko (photographers, Switzerland) - Moment of Truth - www.tonk.ch
Kathryn Hillier (photographer, US) - Ephemera - www.kathrynhillier.com

- OKLAHOMA | 2004
Crstof Beaufays (designer, Belgium) - Auguste Collection 2003
Aurore de la Morinerie (illustrator, France) - Fashion - www.auroredelamorinerie.com
Luciana Val & Franco Musso (photographer, Argentina) - Hyeres Grand Prize 2004

The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a 501(c) (3), public, non-profit organization, linking both academics and professionals alike and is dedicated in fostering international cultural exchange through the creation of a variety of educational events meant to facilitate critical thinking among artists, designers, scholars and students. The primary focus of the foundation is the continuous support of creativity and design in fashion and the arts linked to it