Arts of Fashion Competition 2022

THE ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION COMPETITION 2022 - MEDELLIN

After exploring Paris and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in The Louvre in 2020, and the revolutionary fashion city of Antwerp in Belgium last year, The Arts of Fashion Foundation has decided to highlight another fashion epicenter: Latin America. While we look forward to returning to the in-person Arts of Fashion Annual Symposium in San Francisco in the future, we are grateful for such opportunities to shed light on the beautiful craft of this region.
With a long textile industry history in Medellin, a Colombian fashion manufacturing industry which today remains mainly considered for its strong exponential economical revenue, a craft and know-how of indigenous people through the overall country preserved, and a longtime relationship that the Arts of Fashion cultivated during years with a group of former awardees, it has been natural to choose the city of Medellin this year to deliver its third video presentation of the 2022 competition - a city full of contrasts, but also worldly recognized for its innovation cultivation and powerful model of social development.

Under the Arts of Fashion Foundation direction, finalist's fashion projects of this year's international contest were shot across various locations of Medellin at the end of October - in collaboration with 8 fashion students and 2 alumni of Colegiatura and their professors, El Munequero Beauty School and models from the XY Models agency of Medellin. Many thanks to all of them as well as to the Medellin Film Commission.

MUSIC - Bottler - Cicada Rhythm | Prins Thomas | InFine Music
VIDEO - Cesar Castrillon - Pedro Sierra - Pablo Pelaez
POST PRODUCTION & COLOR GRADING - Sebastian Restrepo Morales

LOCATIONS
Antigua estacion del ferrocarril de Antioquia, Antiguos talleres del ferrocarril de Bello, Carrera 48, Carrera 57, C4TA - Ciudadela para la Cuarta Revolucion Industrial, Centro administrative La Alpujarra, Centro civico de Antioquia, Edificio Plaza de la Libertad, Escultura IDEA - Instituto para El Desarrollo de Antiquia, Inder, Metro de Medellin - Estacion Alpujarra, Estacion Metrocable Vallejuelos, Plataforma de estacion Alpujarra, Metrocable Vallejuelos, and Acevedo, Museo de Antioquia, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin - MAMM, Palacio de la Cultura Rafael Uribe Uribe, Parque Biblioteca Fernando Botero - San Cristobal, Parque Biblioteca Presbitero Jose Luis Arroyave - San Javier, Parque de Prado Centro, Parques del Rio, Plaza Botero, Puentes - Avenida San Juan, Colgante de San Cristobal, Peatonales - de Bancolombia, de Plaza Mayor Metroplus, de La Iguana, Ruta N, UVA de la Armonia, and UVA de la Imaginacion.

The Jury session was held in Medellin on November 12, 2022, including designers Danielle Lafaurie from Bogota, Gabriella Wells from New York, and Miguel Mesa Posada from Medellin (bio are posted below). Many thanks to all of them.

AWARDED FINALISTS 2022

The ultimate goal is to recognize the most creative works and to reward students by allowing them to further develop their education. The 6 selected winners are rewarded with the opportunity to either participate in the Arts of Fashion 4-Week Intensive Summer MasterClass Program, work in an apprenticeship with confirmed fashion designers, or in the design studios of Les Metiers d'Art of CHANEL which includes Maison Lesage, Maison Lemarie, and Ateliers Montex.

YU ZHANG - China - Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
Arts of Fashion Apprenticeship Award | Maison Lesage - Paris

YUE KONG - Belgium - Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Arts of Fashion Apprenticeship Award | Maison Montex - Paris

RODRIGO SILVA - Portugal - Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Instituto Politecnico de Castelo Branco
Arts of Fashion Apprenticeship Award | Maison Lemarie - Paris

YIFEI FANG - UK - Kingston University
Arts of Fashion 4-Week Intensive MasterClass Program Scholarship Award

SONGYEON HAN - USA - Fashion Institute of Technology
Arts of Fashion 4-Week Intensive MasterClass Program Scholarship Award

MENGDIE ZHAO - China - Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
Arts of Fashion 4-Week Intensive MasterClass Program Scholarship Award

WILL CROSSON - Canada | LaSalle College of Montreal
Arts of Fashion 4-Week Intensive MasterClass Program Scholarship Award

Congratulations to ALL the selected student designers - FINALISTS, from the world's top design schools, presented their vision with RESONANCE as a theme, competiting in the international Arts of Fashion Competition 2022 in Medellin, Colombia. The entire Fashion film of the competition 2022 is also available on the Arts of Fashion Foundation YouTube channel.

JUROR PROFILES 2022

DANIELLE LAFAURIE

Daughter of one of the leading independent Colombian fashion designers Olga Piedrahita, Danielle Lafaurie, a graduate of Universidad de Los Andes in industrial design and literature, went to live in India for a couple of years, where she discovered the art of jewelry collaborating with Sanjay Kasliwal from "The Gem Palace". In 2007, she came back to Bogota and took over the family fashion House direction, while still styling and set designing collaborative projects with photographers including Ruven Afanador, developing textile design and launching her own jewelry brand under her name. She is always finding a way to integrate various disciplines in creative proposals that communicate the essence of Latin America and tirelessly explores her native country artisan techniques, to meaningfully contribute to the GLOCAL (Global + local) concept.
daniellelafaurie.com | olgapiedrahita.com

GABRIELLA WELLS

Graduating in Fashion marketing and design from Parsons Fashion School of Design (2017), the Venezuelan-born American designer, Gabriella Wells, participated in the Arts of Fashion Summer Program in Paris, and was also invited to be a member of the first Dior's mentorship program in Paris, the same year. Today, she is the Founder of the first inclusive luxury brand HISAURA launched in 2018 in New York. A purveyor of inclusion, she designs for everyone, and strives to create a world of accessibility. From the Covid waves replicas, she relocated in Medellin, revisiting her latin-american roots while continuing to explore techniques and craft offered in this part of the world to creative designers, pursuing and developing all her research in fashion.
hisaura.com

MIGUEL MESA POSADA

The Medellin-based designer, Miguel Mesa Posada has come a long way since receiving the AOFF Lemarie/ Lesage Award in San Francisco (2014). With his stunning textile design craft material created in his fashion collection, developed at his Alma Mater - Colegiatura Colombiana (2015), he attracted the attention of the Jury, presided by iconic Indian designer - Manish Arora. With a Masters in Anthropology from the prestigious social sciences school in Paris (EHESS 2019), and a Masters of the French fashion business institute (IFM 2020), the young creative mind is back in Medellin. As a consultant with Colombian clients including the art lover and collector Gloria Saldarriaga and the successful brand Agua by Agua Bendita, he is also currently the liaison for local craft design research for Loewe, Paris (LVMH).
notjustalabel.com/miguel-mesa-posada

THE ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION COMPETITION 2022

FIRST ROUND JURY | Le 19M

On Wednesday, May 25, the First-Round Jury Selection for the Arts of Fashion Competition 2022 has been generously hosted at Le 19M.

Like weaving threads, letting the light going through, the striking building design of Rudy Ricciotti, is the brand new sanctuary for les Metiers d'Art-Chanel, which opened last year. "19" represents not only the day of birth of Gabrielle, Chanel, but the 19th district of Paris, where the flagship resides, housing most of the iconic Maisons of the Parisian craftsmanship of Haute Couture.

The task of the judging committee is to identify 50 international candidates in Fashion and Accessories based on the students 2D submissions under this year theme of RESONANCE among all the 300 portfolios received from over 102 Schools and Universities across 27 Countries.

LE 19M - LES METIERS D'ART CHANEL - PARIS | PRELIMINARY JUDGING - MAY 25, 2022

THE 50 SELECTED CANDIDATES 2022

We are delighted to announce the 50 finalists of this year's Arts of Fashion Competition 2022!
Thank you to all the jurors who came from so far and to the 19M for hosting us.

INFO and address for sending projects will be given soon.

Yi Shan Li - China - Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College
Mengjie Lei - China - Changchun University of Technology
Yu Zhang - China - Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology
Songyeon Han - United States - Fashion Institute of Technology
Yifei Fang - United Kingdom - Kingston University
Wenxin Li - China - Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
Sze Nga Wong - China - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mengdie Zhao - China - Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology
Mara Popa - Romania - West University of Timisoara
Will Crosson - Canada - Lasalle College Montreal
Ismael Pacheco Yarleque - Peru - Centro de Altos Estudios de la Moda
Marta Minan Rodriguez - Spain - LCI Barcelona - Felicidad Duce
Viony Oktavia Prasetya - United Kingdom - Nottingham Trent University
Sophie Ryan - United Kingdom - Manchester Metropolitan University
Maja Pilarek - Poland - Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts - Lodz
Alena Doova - Czech Republic - University of West Bohemia
Yue Kong - Belgium - Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Yennie Lee - China - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yaxin Fu - China - LuXun Academy of Fine Arts
Roxana Oana Oarga - Romania - University of Arts and Design of Cluj-Napoca
Roxanne Ouellet-Bernier - Canada - University Quebec Montreal - UQAM
Dana Toder - Israel - Shenkar College - Engineering. Design. Art.
Yifei Cai - China - Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts
Tunde Hegedus - Romania - University of Arts and Design of Cluj-Napoca
Mihaela-Daiana Stancioiu - Romania - University of Arts and Design of Cluj-Napoca
Della Maria - Canada - Lasalle College Montreal
Helena Wankana Santizo - Spain - LCI Barcelona - Felicidad Duce
Seung Hyun Choi - South Korea - Seoul Womens University
Diana Rus - Romania - University of Arts and Design of Cluj-Napoca
Luxin Wang - Spain - LCI Barcelona - Felicidad Duce
YuHan Ji - China - Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
Rodrigo Silva - Portugal - Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas Castelo Branco
Leidy Anthuane Jurado Arenales - Peru - Centro de Altos Estudios de la Moda
Su A Kim - South Korea - Myongji University
Claudia Serra Buigas - Spain - LCI Barcelona - Felicidad Duce
Rosaliy Chan - China - Donghua University
Andrada Maria Petrariu - Romania - West University of Timisoara
Felicia Sukoputri - Indonesia - LaSalle College Jakarta
Valentina Otalvaro Estrada - Colombia - Colegiatura Colombiana
Corina Caravasili - Romania - University of Arts and Design of Cluj-Napoca
Yueh-Yu Lin - Taiwan - Fu Jen Catholic University
Mahdieh Sharafi - Canada - Lasalle College Montreal
Ruixin Wang - United Kingdom - Ravensbourne University London

THE ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION COMPETITION 2022

What else today if not the arts of fashion and its creativity to resonate and bring us all together?
The strong participation in the registration of fashion students from 27 countries and over 102 schools and universities to the competition proves that in such troubled times, with war at the doors of Europe and unbearable inequality, community is more powerful than ever.
We are thankful for all students and their professors for believing in our non profit organisation - since 2001

1.THE ARTS OF FASHION COMPETITION EXISTS TO:

Promote and reward creativity and inventiveness; discover emerging talent and facilitate careers; establish enriching contacts and exchanges between different countries, schools and universities; and to foster new relationships between those from different industries and fields.

The 2022 first laureates will receive Awards and a Certification for their creative and original work based on theme. (Judging based on coherence with the theme and originality, creativity and artful expressiveness, innovation and craft)

Maison Lesage - Paris Award
4-week internship at the studio of Maison Lesage - Paris, FRANCE
www.lesage-paris.com

Maison Lemarie - Paris Award
4-week internship at the studio of Maison Lemarié - Paris, FRANCE
www.lemarie-paris.com

Maison Montex - Paris Award
4-week internship at the studio of Maison Montex - Paris, FRANCE
www.mtx-paris.com

The Arts of Fashion Foundation Awards
4-week scholarship at the Arts of Fashion MasterClass Program
www.arts-of-fashion.org

2. THEME 2022 - RESONANCE

3. CALENDAR 2022

- April 1, 2022: Deadline to mail your design proposal in a study cardboard envelope - post marked. Send it as documents and do not declare any value because it is not commercial - otherwise you will have to pay taxes and your package may be delayed at customs
- May 25, 2022: Jury session. Selected candiates for the International Final will be listed on the Arts of Fashion website in the following days of the jury session
- September 15, 2022: Submission deadline for all selected projects to be received at the Arts of Fashion Foundation
- mid December, 2022: Arts of Fashion Symposium Competition & Awards Ceremony 2022

4. GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION 2022:

The competition is open to students studying Fashion, Art and Design anywhere in the world during the academic year 2021-2022. Participants will not only represent themselves, but also their Schools, Colleges or Universities, as well as their Countries.
- Candidates must be current students and cannot be professionally employed in the fashion industry at the time of the submission of their project.
- Candidates must design their own original projects completely by themselves.
- Candidates must follow the design and specifications outlined in their application for realization of their final project.
- Registration must be submitted on an individual basis and in the chosen categories.
- Online registration, applications, and final projects received after the deadlines will not be accepted. Registration fees are non refundable.
- Projects selected in the International Final of December 2022 cannot be presented in another competition during the year 2022.

5. RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE ARTS OF FASHION COMPETITION 2022:

1st STEP
Online registration: the registration fee is $50 for one category, Fashion or Accessories. Each candidate needs to design a capstone collection of 3 models : The application materials should be completed as listed below.

- 1 page for the 3 illustrations or plan of collection
- 1 page for each silhouette - illustration
- 1 page for each silhouette - flats/technical designs
- 1 page for the fabric and material swatches (no photocopy)
- 1 page for the visual developed concept/ atmosphere/ mood board
- 1 page for the short written developped concept and with a title in English
- 1 resume / CV of the applicant
- 1 student ID (photocopy) 2021-22 of the applicant

Format of each page: MUST BE – 8.5" x 11" or A4 / Letter – and on separate pages (do not try to bind or mount it or else) – name of the student and the school should be written on the back of each page with a very very light pencil.

6. EXCLUSION CLAUSE
Entries will be automatically disqualified from the competition for the following reasons:
- If the final project does not follow the design or specifications outlined in the candidate’s original application.
- If they are received after the deadline.
- If they may result in any copyright infringement or legal dispute for the jury, organizers, sponsors, or host university.
- If they pressure for preferential treatment by the jury members, the hosting university, the organizers, or sponsors of the competition.
Applications and Final Projects will be judged by experts and well-known professionals from fashion and design fields.

In all matters concerning the course of the competition, including the selection of award winners and settling disputes, the decisions of the judges are final. All matters will be decided by majority vote and are not subject to appeal. In case of a tie, the President of the Jury will cast the deciding vote. Candidates will be presented anonymously to the first round Jury (made by fashion professors and designers) by the competition organizers. Jury deliberations for the second round Jury in December (made by fashion professionals and designers) will not be made public.

7. PROTECTION OF WORK
Candidates maintain artistic ownership of their designs and final projects. By the act of participating in the Arts of Fashion Competition, candidates give permission to the organizers and sponsors to contact and promote them and their projects through a wide range of media: press, TV, internet, mailing, advertising, exhibitions, fashion show. When a project is selected in the first jury session 2022, it can not be presented in another international competition or event before the finals in December 2022. If an awarded project is exhibited or published in any media, mention of the Arts of Fashion Competition is required.

8. AMENDMENT SUSPENSION TERMINATION INSURANCE
In the event the AoFF Competition 2022 is suspended or terminated for any reason, the organizers, as well as the sponsors, will not be held responsible in any way. The Arts of Fashion Foundation and its members, volunteers, guests and instructors, and the host University or Institution will not in any way be responsible for any accident, damage or loss of the final projects or candidates’ belongings during the course of competition, including workshops, masterclass, conference, exhibition, transportation, and all events.
It is the responsibility of the participants to insure their submissions.

The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a San Francisco-based 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 programs meant to facilitate critical thinking and advance the field of fashion among artists, designers, scholars and students.The primary focus of the foundation is the continuous support of creativity and design process in fashion and the arts linked to it.