17th Annual Student Design Contest at the 2020 FEMMY Awards!
The 17th Annual Student Design Contest featured works by Fashion Institute of Technology students from the Fashion Design Program. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who participated!
1st Place – Angela Wang
“The Streets of Hong Kong”
Was awarded $8,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Paris this June
2nd Place – Heather Morra
“Iridescence”
Was awarded $6,000
3rd Place – Tracy Garcia
“Nature’s Romance”
Was awarded $5,000
Finalists Hannah Myers, Yajie Niu, and Minh-Chau Tran were awarded $2,000 each.
Fashion Institute of Technology design contestants and their faculty mentor, from left to right: First Place Winner, Angela Wang; Second Place Winner, Heather Morra; Third Place Winner, Tracy Garcia; F.I.T. Professor MeHee Han; and Finalists Minh-Chau Tran, Yajie Niu and Hannah Myers.
We want to thank SAIG Co-Chairs, Consuelo Garcia-Robles and Sonia Vizcaino Laney and their outstanding committee for making this all happen. Special thanks to design contest sponsors Best Pacific International Holdings Ltd., Clover Group International Ltd., Regina Miracle International (Group) Ltd., Stretchline Holdings Ltd., and Tianhai Lace Co., Ltd. for providing a record $25,000 in cash awards for the contestants; to Eurovet Americas and Curve for providing roundtrip airfare, accommodations and complimentary admission to this June’s Interfiliere Paris / Unique by Mode City for the 1st place winner of the contest and; to Francesca Spinetta and Intima Magazine for featuring the top 3 winning designs in the August issue of Best of Intima.
See videos about the creative process behind the 17th Annual Student Design Contest!
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