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Open Call: Emerging Designer Competition East

by Mo on August 12, 2011

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Applications are now being accepted for the Charleston Fashion Week® 2012 Emerging Designer Competition: East. Taking place March 20-24, 2012, the five-night celebration of the region’s fashion and design communities has opened the competition up to residents of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Online applications will be accepted through October 13, 2011.

For more designer success stories, click here.

For a full list and bios of the CFW 2011 Fashion Panel, click here.

For more info on the 2012 Charleston Fashion Week® Emerging Designer Competition: East, click here.

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Mo

NYC Fashion Designer Open Call, L.E.S. Runway

by Mo on July 15, 2011

Oh glorious are those who support emerging, local fashion designers! We are thrilled for Cheryl and Marc Maleh who successfully funded their idea for L.E.S. Runway on Kickstarter mid-June. If you are a NYC designer in any of the five boroughs, check this out! Get to know their vision better in Cheryl’s video, then see if you fit the requirements over on the  full application page on the Grand Opening website (only a one-time $15 fee). We’d love to be coming to your show this September!

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About this project

Part fashion showcase, part pop-up shop, LES Runway brings the runway to the downtown scene. It is an opportunity for emerging, local fashion designers to present their work on the catwalk, display the same creations in a pop-up store and interact with the general public in a truly creative and unique fashion setting. Grand Opening will reinvent itself by day as a boutique storefront where patrons will have the chance to purchase select items straight off the runway and by night as the most intimate, interactive runway ever to hit New York.

My name is Cheryl Maleh, and I am working with Grand Opening to bring LES Runway to life for the month of September 2011. Runway shows will take place throughout the weekends, and a different designer or group of designers will be featured each night. We are looking for designers who live and work in one of the five boroughs to be considered. Designers who back this project with a small contribution of $12 will have their application fee waived. Participating designers will be chosen from these applications by a select group of established local designers and industry professionals.



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Mo

Knit to Commemorate: Open Call, MicroRevolt146+

by Mo on February 23, 2011

The overall goal of the project is to have a maker-class who may consider themselves DIYers, on-line merchants or craft hobbyists in the context of a larger economy and labor movement… MicroRevolt.

Join MicroRevolt146+ to commemorate the victims of the Triangle Waist Factory fire for the upcoming centennial, March 25, 2011. Grab their pattern here, or design your own. If you participate please let us know! Comment below, or email us a picture of your armband to mo@smashingdarling.com.

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microRevolt has launched a new craft action called 146+. The craft action involves participants knitting an armband enumerating the fire victims from the Triangle Waist factory that catalyzed an international labor movement exactly 100 years ago this March. The project connects the factory fires to the ones that have taken place in Bangladesh, where workers are making consumer apparel for Walmart, JCPenny and H&M. The overall goal of the project is to have a maker-class who may consider themselves DIYers, on-line merchants or craft hobbyists in the context of a larger economy and labor movement. So we hope for 146 or more participants to stand in solidarity with Workers United (workers in hospitality, food service, gaming, apparel, etc.). Volunteering to knit a simple numbered armband would contribute to the action even if you cannot make it to the factory site on March 25th, 2011 on the centennial.

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trish

West 18th Street Fashion Show, Open Call For Designers

by trish on March 10, 2010

Independent designers, listen up, are you in or around Kansas City? West 18th Street Fashion Show is accepting applications from designers who would like the chance to show this June at their annual fashion show.  Details for applying are below.

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To apply:

  • * At least 3 photographs of previous garment/clothing design work (not on CD)
  • * Resume
  • * Please tell us­– through both sketches and an artist statement­– how your designs will interpret this year’s title/theme, “A Decadent Summer.” Be bold; be brave; be excellent; and collect your inspiration from romantic elegance, drama, classic luxury and Edward Steichen.
  • * Registration Fee: $25 (cash or check made payable to “18th St. Fashion Show”)
  • * Application materials may not exceed 12” X 15” in size.

For more info click here.

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trish

Open Call For Independent Designers In Kansas City, MO

by trish on January 22, 2010

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The Kansas City Crossroads West 18th Street Fashion Show returns! This year’s TENTH ANNIVERSARY event, A Decadent Summer, is looking for artists and designers to be a part of KC’s annual runway tradition. As our 10th anniversary event, this year will be bigger and more extraordinary than ever!

To apply:

  • * At least 3 photographs of previous garment/clothing design work (not on CD)
  • * Resume
  • * Please tell us­– through both sketches and an artist statement­– how your designs will interpret this year’s title/theme, “A Decadent Summer.” Be bold; be brave; be excellent; and collect your inspiration from romantic elegance, drama, classic luxury and Edward Steichen.
  • * Registration Fee: $25 (cash or check made payable to “18th St. Fashion Show”)
  • * Application materials may not exceed 12” X 15” in size.


Please mail or hand-deliver the above information to:

  • Call for Artists
  • c/o birdies
  • 116 W. 18th St.
  • K.C., MO 64108

To be considered, all registration materials must be received by 7.00pm on Tuesday, March 9. Application will not be reviewed if ALL application guidelines are not followed. Please note, no materials will be returned. The selected eighteen collections will be announced during the week of March 8.

Selected designers must be available the following mandatory dates: May 22, June 6 & June 12. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2010.

Questions? Email 18thstreetfashionshow@gmail.com.

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trish

Henri Bendel Open Call For Emerging Designers

by trish on October 20, 2009

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Think you could be the next Todd Oldham, Anna Sui, Colette Malouf, James Purcell, Pamela Dennis? These are just a few of the designers who’s careers were launched with the help of Bendel’s Open See. For more than 40 years Bendel’s has opened it’s doors for the open call. Up and coming designers line the sidewalk waiting for a chance to get in front of the stores buyers in hopes of getting their lines on the selling floor of the flagship store in NYC.

The Open See will be Oct.23 at the fifth avenue location in NYC. Designers are seen on a first-come-first-see basis. For more details call 212-904-7992.

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trish

Supima Is Calling All Emerging Designers

by trish on October 9, 2009

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Supima Cotton is CALLING ALL EMERGING DESIGNERS. Supima is the promotional organization of the American Pima cotton growers. They are holding an OPEN CALL for their latest contest at Bloomingdale’s 59th street NYC, 59 Metro Level (at base of downward escalator) on October 21st 10 AM – 6 PM. You must bring:

  • A sketch of the eveningwear entry
  • Design Portfolio
  • A garment you have designed and sewn
  • Resume

Winning design will be featured in Bloomingdale’s and promoted by Supima. Contact rsvp@supima.com for more info or visit the website http://supima.com. Become a fan on Facebook.

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