Canada's First Canadian Arts And Fashion Awards - Calling For Emerging Fashion Designers Nomination
Great things are coming to the Canadian fashion scene with the
announcement of the 1st annual Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards (CAFA).
Yes, you read it right, our very own fashion awards dedicated to people in the
Canadian fashion industry, very much like the Juno Awards for Canadian
musicians and Gemini Awards for Canadian actors. I think it’s about time to
celebrate Canadian fashion scenes, and give a thumbs-up to all the fashion
designers, stylists, editors, and models who have worked so hard maintaining Canadian
identity in the fashion world. The award ceremony is to be hosted in February
2014 in Toronto (More details to come as time for the event gets closer). It is
a great pleasure to also announce that myself (Binzento.com), as well as Kara
Chomistek from PARK are two of
the Calgarians invited to be on the nominating committee. The award categories
include 1) The Womenswear Designer of
the Year, 2) The Menswear Designer
of the Year, 3) The Emerging Talent
Award, 4) The Outstanding
Achievement Award, 5) The Accessory
Designer of the Year, 6) The
Canadian Style Award, 7) The Image
Maker Award, 8) The International
Canadian Designer of the Year, 9) The
Stylist of the Year, and 10) The
Model of the Year.
The Emerging Talent Award is the only award that can be self nominated. I
absolutely encourage emerging or new fashion designers to apply:
“The Emerging Talent Award is the only
CAFA Award category eligible for self nomination. This Award will be presented
to an innovative Canadian designer who is emerging as a true creative force in
Canadian fashion. The Emerging Talent Award winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, complimentary production of a look book and gain national and international exposure
and recognition.” For eligibility and application, please visit: http://www.cafawards.ca/submission.php
As Vicky Milner, the Managing
Director of CAFA said: “It’s about
time Canada hosts its own fashion award, and to acknowledge the great
achievements we’ve made in the fashion industry”. Selecting the winner for each
category will not be easy, so of course this task is handed down to a panel of
fashion professionals, which includes:
Angela
Campagnoni
: Director, Atlantic Fashion week
Anick
Redburn:
Editor-in-chief, Fashion, Clin d’oeil
Bernadette
Morra:
Editor-in-Chief, FASHION Magazine
Bronwyn
Cosgrave:
Best-selling author, broadcaster & luxury brand consultant
Carolyn
Quinn:
Head of IMG World Canada
Darcy
Killeen:
Executive Director, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
David
Clemmer:
CEO of Judy Inc
Geneviève
Borne:
TV host
Glenn
Baxter:
Canadian television journalist & former host of Fashion
Television
Hans
Koechling:
Fashion Show Producer & Creative Director of The Image Is
Jean
-Francois Daviau:
Producer, Montreal Fashion Week
Jeremy
Freed:
Editor-in-Chief, Sharp Magazine
Jeanne
Beker:
Fashion Personality & Host, Writer & Producer
Lisa
Tant:
VP, Fashion Editor Holt Renfrew
Nicholas
Mellamphy:
VP & Buying Director of The Room, The Bay
Noreen
Flanagan:
Editor-in-Chief, Elle Magazine
Robert
Doyle:
Celebrated Set, Stage and Costume Designer and recipient of
The Order of Canada
Robert
Ott:
Chair of the School of Fashion, Ryerson University
Sara
Diamond:
President of OCAD U
Shauna
Levy:
President of the Design Exchange
Susan
Langdon:
Executive Director, Toronto Fashion Incubator
Suzanne
Rogers:
Photographic Artist & Fashion Director Blanche Macdonald
Centre
Tiyana
Grulovic:
Fashion Director, Flare
Be
expected that this will be a fashion-star studded event, with attendees
including many great fashion talents from all over Canada (and internationally)
and fashion industry insiders. I will be posting more information on Binzento.com in the following weeks, so
stayed tune! For more information about CAFA, please visit: http://www.cafawards.ca/
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