Submission:
Open to all courses listed under your GFF membership, this award recognises work that celebrates sustainable, ethically aware, socially responsible products or projects. Submissions must demonstrate a strong narrative that focuses on environmental impact and communicates sustainable and ethical practices. The presentation of your work must actively encourage and promote the benefits of ethical and environmental awareness.
The award recognises a student’s outstanding contribution to a range of ethical or societal issues relating to Fashion:
Diversity and inclusion, including adaptive design for disabilities
The health and well-being of the wearer and the maker
Environmental impact through sustainable materials, production and end-of-life
Ethics of garment manufacturing along the entire supply chain and subsequent solutions to these issues
Criteria:
The submission must clearly demonstrate how the project/product is lowering its environmental impact, and/or be beneficial to the environment, culture or community from which the materials are sourced.
A clear understanding of ethical practices must be prominent throughout the development, production and presentation.
The supporting statement should explain the nominated graduate’s entry from concept to realisation including images demonstrating that it meets all the criteria as detailed above.
An initial digital submission of no more than 15 x pages for the nomination shortlisting. The full physical body of work and/or garments will be displayed for the final judging session.
The nomination can be a maximum of 10mb, illustrating the final project and a supporting statement.
Process:
The Considered Fashion award will be judged in two stages. All nominated students will have to submit a supporting statement for scrutiny at the pre-event shortlisting by industry experts.
Part 1:
Monday 20th May 2024, 18:00 hours - Deadline for submission, academic staff are to nominate 2 final year students.
Selection:
An Industry expert will shortlist 12 students from the entries submitted. Thursday 30th May, 2024 - The names of the shortlisted students will be announced.
Part 2: Judging
Awards Judging will be onsite at GFW in central London. Shortlisted students must bring their full entry for the final judging. This can be physical work plus digital elements if required. The judging will be an opportunity to talk through the students work, ideas and answer questions from the judges.
All nominated students must attend the full judging day during GFW and ensure they attend all talks, meetings and judging sessions as well as the end of day Awards Presentation and celebratory networking event. Winners will receive promotion across the GFF networks.