Submission:
Snag, a UK-based clothing company is on a mission to ensure everyone can enjoy fashion and dress how they want. People find themselves excluded from enjoying fashion for several reasons, including their body size or shape, disability, gender expression and age. Over the years, the Snag team has learnt that truly inclusive design encompasses a huge variety of considerations:
How do we design and manufacture clothes for the full spectrum of body shapes and sizes?
How do we make sure as many people as possible see themselves represented in our marketing and model shoots?
How do we source materials that are suitable for people with sensory issues or allergies?
How do we stop people feeling excluded from our products because of the language we use to describe them?
What impact can colour have on a person’s relationship to their clothing?
How can we design for people who are sensitive to the sensory experience of wearing clothing?
The Inclusive Fashion Award is open to students from GFF member university courses who are working to make fashion more inclusive.
Criteria:
Your submission should demonstrate how your project/product makes fashion more inclusive for at least one group of people. Explain the type of exclusion you’re trying to address, who it impacts and what your idea for solving it is.
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.
Prize:
£2000 cash prize
6-month paid placement with Snag
Process:
The Inclusive 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.