Fashion Design Competition . 2018
The fifth edition of the MODAPORTUGAL event brought together young fashion designers from six countries.
London College of Fashion (UK),
AMD – Akademie Mode & Design (Germany),
ESMOD Paris (France),
POLIMODA Arsutoria School (Italy),
IED Madrid (Spain),
ESAD, FAUL, MODATEX and Academia de design de calçado (Portugal)
The emerging creative city of Porto hosted the fifth ModaPortugal Fashion Design Competition between the 17th-19th of December 2018. Zhikai Yang from Esmod Paris (Best Overall Collection) and Stephanie Grosslercher from Polimoda (Best Overall Footwear Collection) were the big winners of the event, which was organised by CENIT — Portuguese Centre of Intelligence for the Textile Industry and ANIVEC — Portuguese Association for Clothing and Apparel Industries, in partnership with APICCAPS and ModaLisboa.
The 29 young designers in the competition came from ten different schools and six different countries: (London College of Fashion (UK), AMD – Akademie Mode & Design (Germany), ESMOD Paris (France), POLIMODA and Arsutoria School (Italy), IED Madrid (Spain), ESAD, FAUL, MODATEX and Academia de design de calçado (Portugal). They presented their creations to an international jury led by Eduarda Abbonadanza, president of ModaLisboa. The remaining seats of the decision-makers’ table were occupied by Svenja Specht (Head Designer of Reality Studio), Adriano Batista (Fucking Young! Magazine Director), Jessica Michault (Launchmetrics), Livio Facchini (Public Image PR), Miguel Flor (Creative Director of Prinçipal Magazine) and Gemma Williams (Business of Fashion), who all gave their expert opinions and valuable input. Meanwhile, at the ModaPortugal Showcase fashion and footwear labels and designers from across the European continent were exhibited.
Fashion Design Competition ModaPortugal 2018 Jury.
The Jury (L to R): Livio Facchini .IT, Svenja Specht .DE, Eduarda Abbondanza (President) .PT, Miguel Flor .PT, Gemma Williams .UK, Adriano Batista .ES, Jessica Michault .FR