Global Denim Awards

 

 

AMSTERDAM GEARING UP FOR GLOBAL DENIM AWARDS, made possible by e3.

 

On 29 October the brand-new annual Global Denim Awards event premieres at Denim City, Amsterdam. Global Denim Awards 2014, a truly innovative initiative, pairs six of the world’s premier denim mills with six emerging designers. Its aim is to connect talent and industry to create a directional platform for the future of denim design, innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship. Sponsored and made possible by e3, this first-of-its-kind runway show and competition will take place at Denim City, Amsterdam’s brand new denim innovation campus. Global Denim Awards coincides, and is co-developed, with the Amsterdam edition of the Kingpins Show, which takes place from 29 to 30 October. 

 

Co-creation between designer and denim mills
Six emerging designers from all over the world were selected and paired with one of six premier and progressive denim mills each. They were given the opportunity to visit their designated mill to develop an in-depth understanding of fibre, fabric, wash and denim development. Armed with these new skills as well as their mill’s best fabrications, each designer then developed a capsule collection of five total looks, including treatments and washes, which will be presented on the runway on 29 October. 
 

The collections will be judged by a panel of international denim experts based on the merits of the design and the innovative nature of the denim fabrications. The winning designer will be awarded €10,000 and have his/her winning designs displayed at the Kingpins shows in Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and at the Amsterdam Denim Days 2015.
 

The concept for Global Denim Awards was developed by HTNK, the Amsterdam-based fashion recruitment and consultancy firm en House of Denim, in collaboration with the Kingpins Show. Global Denim Awards by e3 will feature the latest and greatest fabrics by Candiani Denim, Royo Textile, ITV Denim, Bossa, Orta Anadolu and Prosperity Textile.