Fabulous Fashion Opportunity for Designers

Attention all Fashion Designers!!

This is an amazing opportunity for you!

Starting today, Gen Art, the leading arts & entertainment organization, is accepting applications for their 11th annual Styles International Design Competition & Runway Show.

Each year, Gen Art produces a fabulous, high profile runway show in New York City to showcase the designs of the world’s most talented, up and coming designers.

They accept applications from all emerging fashion designers, including students, from around the world, who have worked under their own name for 7 years or less.

Finalists of the competition will include 5 different designers in each of the following categories: Ready-to-wear, Eveningwear, Avant Garde, Menswear and Accessories.

Ready-to-wear finalist 2008

Eveningwear finalist 2008

Avant Garde winner 2008

Accessories finalist 2008

Menswear finalist 2008

They will have the amazing opportunity to showcase their work at this grand event and will be judged by fashions finest, such as, Betsey Johnson, Diane Von Furstenberg, Patricia Field and Nicole Miller. The winners in each category will be rewarded with $5000 and variety of amazing opportunities in the fashion industry.

All applications for this competition must be submitted between January 15th and March 17th, 2009.

For full details on application submission visit Gen Art’s website here.

Good Luck to all those who apply!! And please keep in touch with us, here at Montreal Fashion Minds if you do, so we can document your progress here as well, because we too, love to support our readers and up and coming fashion designers.

In addition, for those of you not already familiar with Gen Art, they not only support up and coming fashion talent, but are dedicated to helping emerging talent in filmmaking, music, and visual arts as well, and produce a plethora of events each year.

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Movie Screening with Director Peter Sollett

With offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago, Gen Art’s goal is to provide emerging talent with access to the art and entertainment industries that often seem impossible to break into.

I, personally have had the opportunity to intern for Gen Art’s fashion department this past summer in New York City, and can attest to the fact that they work very hard, and are extremely passionate about helping up and coming talent in various industries, achieve success. They become a mentor to all emerging talent, providing them with the tools and advise needed to achieve great success in their field. They also produce killer events that will blow your mind!

Me at Gen Art's "My Life in Smiles" event hosted by Nigel Barker

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Image & Info Source: www.genart.org