Avery Dennison to sponsor Emerging Fashion Brand Award at WGSN Global Fashion Awards 2013

 

Apparel branding solutions provider Avery Dennison will sponsor the WGSN Global Fashion Awards, including offering a new award in support of emerging apparel designers and the successful development of their independent fashion brand. The Avery Dennison Emerging Fashion Brand Award will not only give these rising talents the opportunity to showcase their work in front of an international jury of 50 prominent fashion designers, opinion leaders and journalists, but will also fund €12,000 to help the winners further develop their brand. Avery Dennison works with leading global apparel brands to enable designers to create high-impact brand graphics and distinctive finishing touches as part of a garment’s design. To qualify for the awards, brands or designers must have their own independent label, which should be no more than two years old as of 30 June 2013. Entries are welcome from around the world; however, the award is not open to currently enrolled students. The best submissions will also benefit from being posted on Arts Thread. Through their partnership with Arts Thread, Avery Dennison and WGSN will increase visibility of the award among the emerging designer community. Judges will consider not only the independent designer’s collection branding but also his or her collective brand vision, from the website through to their marketing. The Awards take place on October 30, 2013 in London.  Entries for the award are now open online and close June 12.