2025 French Fashion Awards
Registration Deadline: Jan 10, 2025; Submission Deadline: Jan 10, 2025 2025 French Fashion AwardsThe French Fashion Awards celebrates design excellence in the global fashion industry, honouring designers worldwide who are actively seeing fashion as more than fabric and thread, but as a canvas for innovation, a statement of style, and a reflection of cultural evolution.In search of fashion visionaries, the competition exhibits dedication in recognising fashion designers, icons, creative professionals, or emerging talents globally who are eager to showcase their latest collections and avant-garde pieces to a global audience, who dare to chart new territories in design, challenge the environment as trendsetters, and exhibit a fearless approach to fashion. Your inspiration in design can turn into stunning, head-turning fashion statements. Join us today and elevate the art of fashion, presenting exceptional designs to the world. Featured Categories: Haute Couture, Ready-to-Wear, Accessories, Footwear, Fashion Marketing & Advertising, Sportswear, Fashion Icon (Best Fashion Designer, Model, Entrepreneur, Brand, and others), Rising Design Stars. Eligibility: The French Fashion Awards warmly welcomes worldwide fashion designers, textile innovators, stylists, accessory creators, creative marketing and advertising professionals, fashion houses, design teams, independent designers, manufacturers, or students with a flair for fashion. Submissions are welcomed from all over the world. Entries must have been produced after 1 January 2021. Submission Requirements: Entries must be produced within the last TWO (2) calendar years up through the final deadline. All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The French Fashion Awards may request proof of initial production and/or publication date. The awards reserve the right to re-categorize incorrectly classified entries. Judges reserve the right to withhold an award in a category if submissions do not meet their expectations. Entry Brief: It is recommended that you keep your synopsis to approximately 350 words. We suggest you utilize this section of your entry to elaborate on the piece as well as the creativity and originality of your idea. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries. Image Submission: The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB). 2025 Entry Deadline & Fees: Regular: 16 Oct – 13 Nov 2024 Student ($70) / Professional ($219) Final: 14 Nov - 13 Dec 2024 Student ($80) / Professional ($239) Final Extension: Dec 14, 2024 – Jan 10, 2025 Single Student ($90) / Professional ($249) Results Announcement: 20 March 2025 There are FOUR (4) levels of achievement in the competition: Special Recognition of the Year (Only ONE highest scoring entry from each category will be recognised as Haute Couture, Ready-to-Wear Design, Accessories Design, Footwear Design, Fashion Marketing & Advertising, Sportswear Design, or Fashion Icon of the Year.) Platinum Winner (85-100 points) Gold Winner (70-84 points) Silver Winner (50-69 points) Judging: Judging is blind. All entrant information is removed from entries to prevent bias/conflict of interest. The prestigious panel of judges, carefully selected for their expertise in the world of fashion and design, includes renowned designers, influential stylists, respected fashion educators, and industry leaders. Each judge is chosen for their extensive experience, impeccable credibility, and a broad global perspective on fashion and style. To ensure fairness and objectivity, a blind judging process is implemented. This approach conceals all information about entrants, effectively preventing any bias or conflict of interest. All judges assess each entry on a scale from 1 to 100, evaluating them based on criteria that encompass the core elements of fashion design: Creativity / Originality / Innovation Design Aesthetics Craftmanship / Material Use / Sustainability Expressiveness / Wearability / Commercial Viability Cultural Impact / Wow Factor Judges also assess on a scale from 1 – 100, for the following criteria of Marketing & Advertising categories: Creativity / Concept / Idea Content / Quality of Message Production & Execution Innovation / Effectiveness Overall Experience The French Fashion Awards and International Awards Associate Inc's decision are final in its sole discretion and binding in relation to all matters relating to Competitions and may not be subject to any discussions or correspondence. Results Announcement: All winners for 2025 will be announced on March 20 2025 via French Fashion Awards official page. All registered participants can then login to see the winning works. Prizes: One professionally designed certificate commemorating th
2025 French Fashion Awards
The French Fashion Awards celebrates design excellence in the global fashion industry, honouring designers worldwide who are actively seeing fashion as more than fabric and thread, but as a canvas for innovation, a statement of style, and a reflection of cultural evolution.
In search of fashion visionaries, the competition exhibits dedication in recognising fashion designers, icons, creative professionals, or emerging talents globally who are eager to showcase their latest collections and avant-garde pieces to a global audience, who dare to chart new territories in design, challenge the environment as trendsetters, and exhibit a fearless approach to fashion.
Your inspiration in design can turn into stunning, head-turning fashion statements. Join us today and elevate the art of fashion, presenting exceptional designs to the world.
Featured Categories:
Haute Couture, Ready-to-Wear, Accessories, Footwear, Fashion Marketing & Advertising, Sportswear, Fashion Icon (Best Fashion Designer, Model, Entrepreneur, Brand, and others), Rising Design Stars.
Eligibility:
The French Fashion Awards warmly welcomes worldwide fashion designers, textile innovators, stylists, accessory creators, creative marketing and advertising professionals, fashion houses, design teams, independent designers, manufacturers, or students with a flair for fashion.
Submissions are welcomed from all over the world. Entries must have been produced after 1 January 2021.
Submission Requirements:
Entries must be produced within the last TWO (2) calendar years up through the final deadline.
All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The French Fashion Awards may request proof of initial production and/or publication date.
The awards reserve the right to re-categorize incorrectly classified entries.
Judges reserve the right to withhold an award in a category if submissions do not meet their expectations.
Entry Brief:
It is recommended that you keep your synopsis to approximately 350 words. We suggest you utilize this section of your entry to elaborate on the piece as well as the creativity and originality of your idea. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries.
Image Submission:
The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).
2025 Entry Deadline & Fees:
Regular: 16 Oct – 13 Nov 2024 Student ($70) / Professional ($219)
Final: 14 Nov - 13 Dec 2024 Student ($80) / Professional ($239)
Final Extension: Dec 14, 2024 – Jan 10, 2025 Single Student ($90) / Professional ($249)
Results Announcement: 20 March 2025
There are FOUR (4) levels of achievement in the competition:
Special Recognition of the Year (Only ONE highest scoring entry from each category will be recognised as Haute Couture, Ready-to-Wear Design, Accessories Design, Footwear Design, Fashion Marketing & Advertising, Sportswear Design, or Fashion Icon of the Year.)
Platinum Winner (85-100 points)
Gold Winner (70-84 points)
Silver Winner (50-69 points)
Judging:
Judging is blind. All entrant information is removed from entries to prevent bias/conflict of interest.
The prestigious panel of judges, carefully selected for their expertise in the world of fashion and design, includes renowned designers, influential stylists, respected fashion educators, and industry leaders. Each judge is chosen for their extensive experience, impeccable credibility, and a broad global perspective on fashion and style.
To ensure fairness and objectivity, a blind judging process is implemented. This approach conceals all information about entrants, effectively preventing any bias or conflict of interest. All judges assess each entry on a scale from 1 to 100, evaluating them based on criteria that encompass the core elements of fashion design:
Creativity / Originality / Innovation
Design Aesthetics
Craftmanship / Material Use / Sustainability
Expressiveness / Wearability / Commercial Viability
Cultural Impact / Wow Factor
Judges also assess on a scale from 1 – 100, for the following criteria of Marketing & Advertising categories:
Creativity / Concept / Idea
Content / Quality of Message
Production & Execution
Innovation / Effectiveness
Overall Experience
The French Fashion Awards and International Awards Associate Inc's decision are final in its sole discretion and binding in relation to all matters relating to Competitions and may not be subject to any discussions or correspondence.
Results Announcement:
All winners for 2025 will be announced on March 20 2025 via French Fashion Awards official page. All registered participants can then login to see the winning works.
Prizes:
One professionally designed certificate commemorating the winning entry, which includes entry title, entering company/winners' name and category. Decal will be affixed indicating the level of win.
Top tier (Platinum and Gold) winners will be featured on French Fashion Awards site's Gallery, where professionals can view your work.
A press release template sent to major industry outlets, celebrating your win.
Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc.
In addition to the complimentary certificates, Platinum, Gold, and Silver winners may purchase beautiful Maia statuettes, and/or additional customized certificates.
Platinum and Gold winners will get featured by French Fashion Awards on social media or our media partner on Muse.World's website.
Entries are now open for the 2025 French Fashion Awards! Join us as we honour the remarkable achievements that have shaped today's fashion landscape and look ahead to a future rich with new possibilities.
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