2010 NEW Designer Fashion Grand Prix
2010 New Designer Fashion Grand Prix.
It’s Your Turn to Create the Future. Submit creations for Women's Wear or Men's Wear Categories
JFL New designer fashion grand prix
The final selection event for the “2009 New Designer Fashion Grand Prix” was held at Tokyo Midtown (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) on October 24, 2009. A total of 29 original creations made from design drawings selected by judges in the primary stage of the competition were judged in fashion show-style.
Models paraded the creations in front of five judges, who then awarded points for the creations that most appealed to them. The Grand Prix was awarded to one creation; two creations were awarded the Prize for Excellence, one for each the Women’s Wear and Men’s Wear categories; five creations were awarded the Workmanship Prize; and 21 creations were awarded Honorable Mention.
Grand Prix
Women’s Wear Category
Taisuke Kouji
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Student (Sugino Fashion College)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Bottom of the Ocean
Concept inspired by the strange and mysterious forms of deep-sea creatures, and expressed through three-dimensional silhouettes and patterns drawn conforming to geometrical principles.
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Prize for Excellence
Women’s Wear Category
Youhei Onuki
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Freelance Designer
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Sense of Evanescence
The meaning of evanescence is “unsettled” or “impermanence.” Everything changes according to the passage of time and the environment. Shadows appear and change as light hits protruding portions and reflects off studs on the garment, expressing the beauty of the creation.▼Move cursor over picture to change view
Men’s Wear Category
Taiki Funato
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Student (ESMOD JAPON TOKYO)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Flower Sporty
A new clothing design defying the delicate, organic image of flowers, with sporty elements added to accent the tailored style.▼Move cursor over picture to change view
Workmanship PrizeClick to see movie
Women’s Wear Category
Lea Peckre
Nationality: French
Occupation: Student (La CAMBRE E.N.S.A.V, Belgium)
Applied from: United Kingdom
Theme: Taping Austerity
Concept inspired by priests, gothic-style buildings and the step-dancers of Ireland. The separated layers express building foundation and ornate sections.▼Move cursor over picture to change view
Women’s Wear Category
Kana Maehara
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Student (Instituto Marangoni Annuale Fashion Design)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Stendhal Syndrome
Historical art had a magnificent impact on the literary great Stendhal when he visited Florence long ago. This creation represents my desire to express that same beauty present day.▼Move cursor over picture to change view
Men’s Wear Category
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Student (Hiroshima Fashion Speciality College)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: French Painter Bernard Buffet
To express the sharp-angled style, the handcrafted cutwork is presented in two layers, expressing complicated patterns and color gradations.▼Move cursor over picture to change view
Women’s Wear Category
Riho Morishima
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Student (Bunka Fashion College)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Density
Concept inspired by imaging “ants gathering on a sweet human body.” The creation expresses the unpleasant sensation of being eaten away by ants; the points where crawling ants are closely gathered being dense and appearing to be black.▼Move cursor over picture to change view
Men’s Wear Category
Tatsuya Hojo
Nationality: Japanese
Occupation: Student (Miyajima Gakuen – Fashion Institute of Dressmaker College)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Desert Rose
Concept inspired by the isolated crystallization of minerals in a desert.
By expressing the fragility and opacity of crystallization, the psychological weakness of men is expressed.▼Move cursor over picture to change view
