ITS#FASHION&ACCESSORIES and ITS#PHOTO JURY
April 18, 2006
| On the 20-21 of April the pre-selection juries - fashion and accessories - will start the massive job of selecting the finalists from a range of hundreds and hundreds applicants. The preselections for ITS#PHOTO will take place on the 24 April To know who the finalists are for ITS#FASHION & ITS#ACCESSORIES and ITS#PHOTO pop back online on the 25 of April. |
| ITS#FASHION & ACCESSORIES JURY: BARBARA FRANCHIN - Talent Scout - She was born in Trieste, Italy, and living in a border zone has led to her openness and curiosity in terms of interfusion in all its forms. She took her first steps in the fashion world establishing an atelier with a friend aimed to the creation of extravagant womenswear clothing. Her propensity for exchange, comparison, curiosity and the search for the creative spark lead her to create and organise in 1993 Mittelmoda, a projects created to provide space for the elaboration and search for talent within the fashion world. Barbara left it after the 2000 edition to launch a new and autonomous entrepreneurial project in Trieste; an agency, EVE, of which she is Director & Project Supervisor. As director of EVE she has been organising ITS - International Talent Support since the very beginning. DEANNA FERRETTI - Entrepreneur - Deanna Ferretti Veroni started her career in Reggio Emilia, Italy more than 30 years ago. She has since then successfully collaborated with some of the most important designers of this past century. She met Kenzo when she was barely 25 years old and with him she worked successfully for over 20 years. During the 70's she collaborated with Yves Saint Laurent (Tricot e Variation), Rena Kraft, Chiwitt, Frapp, Luis London, Blaky Dress, Giorgio Correggiari, Popy Moreni and Michelle Bruyere. In the 80's she started to have her first licences with Adrienne Vittadini, Armani and Joseph. Their collections were drawn by John Galliano and John Richmond. In the 90's, she worked for Martin Margiela, Gai Mattiolo, Valentino, Neil Barret and for many others brands. She has a wide experience in textiles and knitwear but she cannot be called neither a fashion designer nor simply a business woman. Actually, she is an atypical figure born for realise almost every designer's dream. Now, every three or four years her company supports a new young talent, because Miss Deanna is a symbol of originality and quality. ELISA PALOMINO - John Galliano, Head of the Studio - Born in Valencia, Spain, she leaves for London in 1989 to study at Central Saint Martins (MA Fashion and Textiles). She started her profesional carreer in New York in 1992, soon she moved back to London to work for Liberty and Timney Fowler. In 1995 she joined Moschino and designed for the "cheap & chic" line. In 2000 Elisa moved to Paris at John Galliano as the head of the studio. In the same year, she started a collaboration with Christian Dior. She is also an external teacher at Central St Martins. |
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KEI KAGAMI - Fashion Designer - Kei Kagami initially studied architecture and worked as studio assistant to the pre-eminent figurehead of Twentieth Century Japanese building design, Kenzo Tange. During this period Kagami realised his true vocation and promptly enrolled at Tokyo's Bunka College to study tailoring. Building a bridge between the two disciplines, the move into fashion was a sort of logical progression. In 1989 Arriving on the doorstep of John Galliano's studio in London his talent and determination were instantly recognised and Galliano put him to work without hesitation, and he remained there as Galliano's studio assistant for three seasons working very closely with his mentor. In 1990 with the help of Sisheido, Kagami enrolled at the prestigious Central Saint Martins. In 2001, his first catwalk show was held off-schedule at The Bulgarian Embassy in London. He has shown in London for several seasons and now presents his catwalk show in Milan. Kagami's first shoe-exhibition was held at a gallery in Milan in 2003. Transcending fashion, Kagami's intricate, structural designs have been displayed in museums and galleries across the world including the Museum of Modern Art (Belgrade), Au Musée du Textile et des Costumes de Wesserling (France), Design 21 exhibition ( New York), triennale (Milano ), Rooms (Tokyo) 'The Fashion of Architecture ' (London and New York), 'Body Extensions' (Switzerland). MARIA LUISA POUMAILLOU - Founder and Buyer for Maria Luisa Boutiques - Maria Luisa's adventure began in 1988 with the opening of her first boutique in Paris in a very unconventional street - 2, rue cambon - as unconventional were at that time the fashion designers' collections that she had chosen to launch: John Galliano, Helmut Lang, Ann Demeulemeester, Martin Margiela to name just a few! These almost unknown fashion designers were to become fashion icons quite immediately. In the years to follow Maria Luisa's fame as a visionary woman spotting the most-famous-to-become designers has never stopped growing. Maria Luisa now owns and directs 4 boutiques where some of the most innovative and outstanding fashion designers ? from Balenciaga, Rick Owens, Rochas to Charles Anastase or Nicolas Andreas Taralis. At 38, rue du Mont Thabor, the 'mixte' shop, focused on younger and emerging talents It will welcome the collection of the winner of the Maria Luisa Award in the form of a dedicated shop-window. MARCUS LERENG WILMONT - Fashion Designer - Marcus Lereng Wilmont was born in Copenhagen in 1975. Exploration and celebration of creativity and life was an essential part of his childhood "for as long as I can remember "-he says-" I was always trying to create something or tell a story whether it was with pencils, crayons or papier mache". After having finished college, the only thing on his mind was trying to make it as an artist. He started teaching drawing on a small scale and entered his work for various newspapers and magazines while trying to draw his own graphic novel.In Copenhagen he started to work for a theatre, because he could not find the clothes he liked he started sewing his own costumes. In 1999 he entered the Danish Design School and his life took a new direction. He then moved to London where he did a BA in menswear-Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art of Design. In 2005 he completed an MA Postgraduate Degree in Menswear-Fashion Design at the Royal College of Art and Design. Last year, with his menswear collection he won ITS#FOUR Collection of the Year, and, as every winner of this prize at ITS, he is back this year as a member of the jury. WILBERT DAS - Diesel Creative Director - Diesel Creative Director Wilbert Das was born in Holland in 1963. He grew up on his family's dairy farm, where he worked a year before departing in 1983 to study fashion design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Arnhem, Holland. Upon completing his degree in 1988 Wilbert was interviewed for a job at Diesel and hired on-the-spot - literally interviewed one Autumn morning and began work that very afternoon. He started as a designer on the Male, Accessories, Leather, and Kids lines. Wilbert soon rose to head the style office of Diesel, and in 1993 was given the official title of Creative Director, with responsibilities ranging from clothing & accessory design to advertising & communications, merchandising, retail & interior design (including showrooms & even hotels), planning of fashion shows & events, as well as working on new businesses. Literally all aspects of the Diesel brand's style and image have fallen under Wilbert's responsibility. Wilbert's legacy as creative director has featured a concentration on constant innovation, both in clothing and communications. The defining aspects of his personality are humility and a quiet, low-key approach to the industry. Wilbert stays largely out of the fashion spotlight, focusing instead on creating a harmonious creative culture within his team, a structure based on collaboration and nurturing rather than individualism and competition. Participation in events such as ITS and other programs to support young, unproven creatives are a natural extension to this. Wilbert was a founding member of ITS and is now is in his 5th year on the jury. |
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| ITS#PHOTO JURY: ANNE URBAUER - Chief Editor MINIInternational magazine - Anne Urbauer was born near Munich, Bavaria, where she studied journalism, politics and history. She has worked as Lifestyle Editor for German 80s Zeitgeist Zentralorgan "Tempo", as head of the modern living department at "Stern" Magazine and "Die Woche", a weekly newspaper as well as a contributing editor for "Wallpaper" magazine (issues 1 to 50). Freelancing since 1999, she has founded "H.O.M.E.", a magazine for design and architecture based in Berlin, "Spruce", a fashion oriented line extension for "Wallpaper" magazine, "STIL", the style section of the Sunday edition of Neue Züricher Zeitung (NZZ) in Zurich, Switzerland and MINIInternational, the culture friendly corporate magazine sponsored by MINI. In 2004, she edited "Perspectives", a book on the visions of 24 designers and architects, published by Gerd Bulthaup. Currently she is contributing editor to NZZ am Sonntag, executive editor of Amica Germany and editorial director of MINIInternational. She now lives in Munich. CECILIA DEAN - Editor of Visionaire - Cecilia Dean was raised in California. She moved to New York where she began modeling at the end of high school when she met Stephen Gan as photographer and James Kaliardos as make-up artist. Dean modeled in Paris, Milan, London, and Tokyo and has worked with photographers Richard Avedon, Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, David Sims, Steven Klein, Irving Penn, and Peter Lindbergh.In 1991, Dean received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French literature from Barnard College, Columbia University, NYC. In April 1991, Visionaire Publishing was launched with collaborators Stephen Gan and James Kaliardos. In September 1999, V Magazine was launched along with the Visionaire Gallery. In September 2003, VMAN magazine was launched. In 2004 Dream Project, a design firm, was established to art direct advertising campaigns. Dean is also a visiting professor at Parsons School of Design where she teaches a senior seminar on publication design. PAUL HETHERINGTON - SHOWstudio Creative Director - Paul Hetherington's involvement in establishing SHOWstudio began in late 1999, and he has since become Creative Director of the project, overseeing all creative aspects of the site and its aims. His role at SHOWstudio evolved from a long history of working with Nick Knight and Peter Saville since the mid-1980s. After studying graphic design and advertising in Sheffield and Reading, Hetherington trained as a designer for Peter Saville from 1984-87. In 1988 Hetherington co-founded his design agency Big-Active, with partners Gerard Saint and Mark Watkins. Leaving Big-Active nine years later, Hetherington returned to collaborate on design and image projects with Nick Knight, and with Peter Saville at his Mayfair-based consultancy 'the apartment'. Major client accounts included Mandarina Duck, the Barbican Centre, Flos and Hugo, plus music packaging for Pulp, Suede, Gay Dad and New Order. Hetherington continues to collaborate on art and design projects with Peter Saville and others, most recently creating an editioned neon artwork for the opening of London art space HOTEL', and working on digital image effects of Nick Knight's 2004 Pirelli Calendar shoot. |
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