The Arts of Fashion Foundation is the premiere international fashion student competition and the first American organization to bring together emerging fashion designers from around the world to share and celebrate creativity in Fashion.
Since 2002 | San Francisco, CA
International Competition
2023
To participate to the international Arts of Fashion Competition 2023 applicants should register online. The application fee is $50.00 for the Fashion or Accessory category.
After confirmation of registration each applicant should submit a file of drawings/illustrations of a mini collection of 3 outfits in menswear, womenswear or a mixed collection of both menswear and womenswear or 3 accessories.
This year's theme is
Masterclass
Programs
2023
This 4-week intensive fashion program is an excellent opportunity and unique frame for excellence to enhance fashion students' creative identity with consistent personal research.
This new intensive session will be hosted at the Cristobal Balenciaga Museum in Getaria, Spain - with final projects to be exhibited at the end of the session in the Museum.
Series
Carte Blanche
The series was introduced in 2004 to further the goal of promoting fashion, creativity innovation and education. CARTEBLANCHE has provided previously awarded and emerging designers with strong unique voices and exposure at a crucial point in their careers.
Learn MoreCredit @ Zoë Vermeire
Series
Cinetoile
Cinetoile Series was initiated in 2002 during the first Arts of Fashion Competition hosted at the University of Cincinnati with “Notebook on Cities and Clothes” by Film Director Wim Wenders.
The video screening is an occasion to invite the public to view short films, documentaries or feature films that are not widely distributed in the United States and are related to the world of fashion and the arts linked to it.
Series
Fashion.edu
Fashion.edu series was introduced in 2008 under the direction of Steven Faerm from Parsons the New School for Design in New York. The series gives opportunities to 3 to 6 selected fashion educators - professors, artists and designers - who teach at fashion institutions in United States and abroad to present their research and publications to their peers. During the academic year, professors are invited to submit to the Arts of Fashion Foundation a presentation proposal. Professors who have recently published books and articles frequently use this opportunity to come and discuss their topics with the public.
Learn MoreCredit @ Patricia Mears & Anne Valérie Hash