The judges said Igor’s collection had a strong, cohesive theme and demonstrated a great range of skills, including the traditional handcraft of knitting.
Ryota Shiga, Sugina Fashion College, Japan, won the Dunedin City Council second place and $3,000, while Ichiro Suzuki, London College of Fashion, UK, was awarded the Mild Red third place and $1,000.
Winner of the inaugural Golden Centre jewellery design award and $1,000 is Paula Kyle Walden, from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
A three-month residency at the Dunedin Fashion Incubator was awarded to Brooke Fairgray from Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland for her collection It’s What You do to Me.
Sandra Tupu, Auckland University of Technology, won the $2,500 Otago Institute of Design Sustainability Award. Sandra’s collection brings a fresh approach to contemporary Pasifika fashion and explores the reconnection to her roots through the use of recycled natural fabrics, including old blankets and antique flour bags.
The Pacific Blue Emerging Designer Travel Prize was awarded to Otago Polytechnic graduate, Laura Marshall. The Pacific Blue Lucky Boarding Pass draw including two return flights to Brisbane went to Geoff Schaumann from Dunedin.
Glenn Yungnickel, with his collection ‘In The Red,” won the Pulp magazine "Pulp Fashion Culture Award" which secures him an editorial spread and a one-year magazine subscription.
Judges for the 2010 Emerging Designer Awards were: Zandra Rhodes, international fashion designer; Stefano Sopelza, Mittelmoda Fashion Award Project Supervisor, Italy; Katie Newton, fashion and beauty editor of the Sunday Star Times, Sunday magazine; and, Isaac Hindin-Miller, fashion blogger. Judges for the jewellery section of the Awards are: David McLeod, Dunedin sculptor and jeweler; and, Andrew Logan, international sculptor and jewelry designer.
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