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ITS#SEVEN: THE SEVEN HEAVENLY SINS
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4th Press Release
July 2008
ITS#SEVEN: THE SEVEN HEAVENLY SINS
The Winners Of This Edition All Have What ITS Wants
International Talent Support
Trieste, Italy 18- 20 July 2008
Seven has always been a sacred, mysterious and recurring number: the number of heavens in ancient tradition, the number of notes musical western tradition, the colours of the rainbow, the liberal arts, the days in a week. And again seven are the Wonders of ancient World, the virtues and the deadly sins. This is the seventh edition of ITS and as an affirmation of the magic of this prime number, everything has been special. Once again, the project created and developed by EVE, in cooperation with ITS' presenting partner DIESEL, accessories partner YKK and photo partner MINI to support young creatives, caught the attention of the international press, opinion leaders, renowned fashion designers and important figures from the fashion industry.
18 - 20 July 2008 Trieste, Italy, hosted the centre of creativity. The event opened on Friday 18 with the ITS#ACCESSORIES and ITS#PHOTO Vernissage, meanwhile on Saturday 19, all eyes were on the fashion show. Under the vaulting of the Salone degli Incanti, everybody was fixated on the catwalk, where all the creations of the finalists were up for expert approval - make-up by Patricia Milton and hairstyling by L'Oréal Professionnel. Campari, our brand new sponsor, also knew how to surprise our guests with their special drinks during the event.
ITS#FASHION. On Saturday night, 18 collections headed into competition at the Old Fish Market. The ambiguity of the subject of this edition, the seven virtues and deadly sins, found its due expression in the set up of the exhibition. Black and gold gave the location mystical atmosphere, which was interrupted by the presence of red, the colour of sin, genius and creativity.
After meeting the finalists and viewing their portfolios and their collections, the jury chose the winners to reach to seventh heaven:
# Fashion Collection of the Year, was awarded to David Steinhorst, German from Central St.Martins, London;
# Diesel Award went to Heikki Salonen, Finnish student at the Royal College of Art in London, and was presented by Renzo Rosso founder of DIESEL;
# Fashion Special Prize went to Elise Gettliffe, French from Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium;
# Vertice Award went to Yuima Nakazato Japanese attending Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium;
# i-D Styling Award was awarded to Mark Fast, Canadian from Central St.Martins, London;
# Maria Luisa Award was won by Alithia Spuri Zampetti, Italian, attending Central St.Martins.
Ek Thongprasert, winner of ITS#SIX Collection of the Year, presented his brand new collection, entitled "Love".
The ITS#FASHION finalists also had the opportunity to produce their creations with some exclusive innovative fabrics offered by ITS' new technical supporter Punto Seta, whereas Salvatore Ferragamo Italia Spa produced the prototypes of the shoes and bags designed by the ITS#ACCESSORIES finalists.
# ITS#ACCESSORIES. Valentim Manuela Estevao Quaresma, Portuguese, won Accessories Collection of the Year; the YKK Accessory Award went to Benjamin Shun Lai Ng, British, from Royal College of Art. The YKK Special prize was awarded to Tomasz Donocik, Austrian, from Royal College of Art.
The jury that selected the winners of ITS#FASHION was composed of: Isabelle Aout - Head of Studio Director Maison Martin Margiela, Marc Audibet -Fashion Designer, Wilbert Das - Creative Director of Diesel, Daniela Fedi - "Il Giornale", Deanna Ferretti - Maglificio Miss Deanna, Barbara Franchin - Director of EVE/ITS, Maria Luisa Frisa - Fashion Curator at Fondazione Pitti Discovery and Director of the Undergraduate programme in Fashion Design IUAV University of Venice, Valentina Maggi- Floriane de Saint Pierre, Linnea Olson - Accessories Market Director ELLE USA, Elisa Palomino - Head of Studio of Diane von Furstenberg, Maria Luisa Poumaillou - Maria Luisa Boutique, Gareth Pugh - Fashion Designer, Ek Thongprasert - Winner of "Fashion Collection of the Year" ITS#SIX, Patti Wilson- Stylist and Bernadette Wittman - Director of BWG-Fashion Consulting. The fashion jury was joined by Umberto Bortoletto - Designer at Ferragamo, Susanne Happle - Winner of "Accessories Collection of the Year" ITS#SIX and Kei Kagami - Fashion Designer, to award the ITS#ACCESSORIES winners.
ITS#PHOTO. Kazutaka Nagashima, Japanese student at Tokyo Polytechnic University, was awarded with the MINI Clubman Photo Award. The Pitti Immagine Photo Award went to Debora Vrizzi, Italian student of Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia and Martine Fogueron, French attending the International Center of Photography. Matthieu Lavanchy, Swiss student of Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne, was awarded with the SVA Photo Global Award and the brand new Air Dolomiti Photo Award went to Venetia Dearden, English from London College of Communication. The ITS#PHOTO jurors were: Enrico Bossan- Editorial Director of Colors Magazine, Maria Teresa Cerretelli - President of G.R.I.N., Denis Curti - Director of Contrasto (Milan) and Artistic Director of ITS#PHOTO, Cecilia Dean - Editor of "Visionaire", Maria Giulia Giorgiani - Finalist involved in MINI Clubman Tour, Roberto Greco - Executive Creative Director Ogivy&Mather, Sarah Moon - Photographer, Lee Swillingham - Art Director of POP and Anne Urbauer - Director of "MINIInternational Magazine".
The best photos of the winners are online at www.itsweb.org. From 28 July a video of the fashion show will also be available.
ITS#SEVEN is created and organized by EVE. DIESEL is ITS' presenting partner, the first one that believed in the project; ITS#ACCESSORIES is partnered by YKK; ITS#PHOTO is partnered by MINI. The Airline Air Dolomiti and the famous beverage brand
Campari are the new partners of ITS. Develon is our internet partner; Regione FVG, Fondazione CRTrieste, CCIAA, Comune di Trieste and Provincia di Trieste support the event.
For further information please contact ITS#SEVEN Press Office:
Manuela Spiga or Alessandro Offer - phone +39 040 3220970 - fax +39 040 3221245 - email: pressoffice@itsweb.org or visit our website: www.itsweb.org
EVE S.r.l., P.za Venezia, 1 - 34123 Trieste, ITALY
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