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‘INJECTION’ – emerging fashion talent Competition established by fashion festival ‘FASHION INFECTION’ calls for international entries.

The objective of the Competition is to discover and reveal upcoming fashion designers with fresh, new and conceptual ideas. Winners will be granted with all needed support and opportunity to make a start on the catwalk of ‘FASHION INFECTION together with leading Lithuanian and prominent worldwide known fashion designers. Not to mention the ones who have already showed their collections: Siv Stoldal, Carlos Diez Diez, Richard Rene, Denis Simachev, Txell Miras, Alistair Carr, Jean Pierre Braganza, Barbara i Gongini, Patrick Mohr, Federico Cina, Tobias Birk Nielsen and many others.

‘FASHION INFECTION’ is the most prominent annual fashion festival in Lithuania and Baltic states started in 1999 and distinguished for conceptual and innovative attitude likewise production quality.

RULES – download.

ELIGIBILITY

The Competition is open both to design students and professionals, without age limit.

AWARDS

The Jury made up exclusively of professional designers and fashion critics will award winners. Winners will be granted with an opportunity to present their collections during the fashion festival ‘FASHION INFECTION’ (2024 spring) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The organizers of ‘FASHION INFECTION’ undertake to cover costs of each winner (accommodation; all backstage facilities; photo and video records; press coverage; etc.). Designer covers travel expenses himself.

COMPETITION PROCEDURE >

Phase one – designers registration to participate in the competition till September 20th 2023

Register your entry here

Phase two – all entries must comprise following material via internet till October 10th 2023

  • Detailed curriculum vitae with a portrait picture
  • Image, text documentation of the collection with design concept (season doesn‘t matter)
  • 15–20 model sketches
  • A few pictures of 1 accomplished model
  • Fabric sample pictures
  • Separate Word document with textual information (CV and description of the collection)

Please send all material at once via wetransfer.com to info@madosinfekcija.lt (file size max 500 MB)

Phase three –all entries selected by the Jury will be invited to participate in the second phase of the Competition. Everyone will be informed about the Jury decision personally till October 23th 2022.

All entries invited to the third phase will have to present 5 implemented models on the catwalk during the final show of the Competition. Designers can arrive personally to the event (but they will have to cover travel expenses themselves. Organizers will only take care of accommodation) or send the models with precise instructions by post. Organizers will send the models back to the designers after the final show.

THEME FOR 2023 COMPETITION

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A piece of cake
A piece of junk
A piece of china
A piece of shit
A piece of art
What about fashion?
PEACE

  • Winners will be announced during the final ‘INJECTION’ show held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 2023 November 25.
  • The winner is obliged to show not less than 20 models at ‘FASHION INFECTION’ which will be held in Spring 2024 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • The winner is obliged to cover his model fees during ‘FASHION INFECTION’.
  • The organizers of ‘FASHION INFECTION’ undertake to cover costs of accommodation, all backstage facilities, photo and video records, press coverage; etc.. Designer covers travel expenses himself.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The Jury, made up exclusively of professionals, will assess the authenticity and originality of the idea; design concept and quality; complete stylistic interpretation; choice of material and construction of cut; technical and creative realization.

Design must be original and not previously produced.

The designers of the works submitted will be responsible before any claims made in relation to the authorship of the designs and possible cases of plagiarism related to the same.

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