Together with the fashion competition that is the core of ITS, ITS#ACCESSORIES completes the spectrum on 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.

12 to 15 accessories designers will be selected for the finals. They will fly to Trieste, Italy in July and their accessories will be displayed in a dedicated exhibition. ITS#SEVEN will be a showcase of the highest expression of creativity from the most representative schools in the planet.

The launch of the new edition of ITS in December coincides with the opening of enrolment for the accessories competition. The deadline to enrol is the end of March. In April the pre-selections take place and the finalists are selected. The ITS#ACCESSORIES finals are in July.

ITS is a real point of connection between fashion schools and the fashion industry and all of the work placements, internships and special projects granted to the finalists after the event are there to prove it.

We cooperate regularly with brands like Diesel (of course), Antonio Marras, MaxMara, John Galliano, Armani, Viktor & Rolf, to mention a few. i-D magazine, a long time friend of ITS, offers an award to the collection with the most interesting styling, while Maria Luisa, owner of the renowned Maria Luisa boutiques in Paris, confirms her leading role in promoting up-and-coming designers giving one of the finalists the opportunity to display their collection in her shop windows during Paris Fashion Week. i-D and Maria Luisa have always picked the winners from the fashion competition finalists, but at ITS#SIX both decided to assign their awards to an accessories finalist.

So, who knows?
You might be the next one to change their mind!