ITS#ACCESSORIES COMPETITION
Together with the fashion competition that is the core of ITS, ITS#ACCESSORIES completes the spectrum highlighting the most creative young talents in fashion with a dedicated contest for all accessories design graduates and young accessories designers.
It is organised in partnership with YKK®, a leading multinational company in fastenings that strongly believes in supporting creativity. The accessories competition allows YKK® to explore all of the out-of-the-ordinary creations that can be produced with their fastenings.
10 to 12 accessories designers will be selected for the finals. They will come to Trieste, Italy in mid-July 2010 and their accessories will be displayed in a dedicated static exhibition. ITS#NINE will be a showcase of the highest expression of creativity from some of the most reputable schools on the planet.
With the launch of the new edition of ITS comes the opening of enrolment in the accessories competition. The deadline to enrol is the end of March 2010. In April the pre-selections take place and the finalists are selected. The ITS#ACCESSORIES finals are in July 2010.
CRYSTALLIZED™ —Swarovski Elements, the product brand for the world’s finest loose crystals manufactured by Swarovski, is the sponsor of ITS#ACCESSORIES and will provide, upon request, all accessories finalists with CRYSTALLIZED™ —Swarovski Elements for their collections.
IQONS is the world’s largest on-line fashion community. The IQONS community has a commitment to showcase and promote new talent and enables creative collaborations in fashion across the world.
Finalists will compete for two awards. The winner of Accessories Collection of the Year will receive €5,000 and will be asked to create a new accessories collection to be presented at ITS#TEN. The winner of the YKK Award will receive €10,000 and a professional photographer will shoot an image of the winning YKK® project to be used for promotional purposes.
ITS is a bridge between fashion schools and the fashion industry and all of the work placements, internships and special projects granted to the finalists after the event to prove it. We collaborate regularly with brands like Diesel (of course), Antonio Marras, MaxMara, John Galliano, Armani and Viktor & Rolf, to mention a few.
