Creative Awards
At the heart of British fashion, Clothes Show Live is continuing to show support to the future of fashion with our Creative Award Programme, built with your students wider learning and work based learning objectives in mind. Based on core criteria, as set by the leading examining bodies, your students can not only benefit from engagement with leading fashion brands and magazines, but also produce fun and inspired submissions, suitable for including in their end of year course work portfolios. Once again the Creative Awards have been split into 3 criterias; Design, Craft & Communication, offering fantastic educational bursary prizes and work experience placements.
Young Fashion Photographer 2012
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Catherine Windeatt, 23, competed against some of Britain’s best young photography talent to win the title for her underwater shot inspired by the surreal work of English fashion photographer David LaChapelle.
Catherine said: “Dave Lachapelle’s work really appeals to me and so I tried to include his influences in my photograph to come up with a deliberately colourful underwater image. When people see some of the images, they always ask if they are actually underwater or not. I like to get really clear images but then use the water and the light to come up with something different. It's a technique I'm still working on but I really love it. I’m thrilled to have won, especially given the high standard of entries this year.”
As part of her prize, Catherine has won £1,000 prize money, a trophy and tickets to next year’s show.
Congradulations Catherine!
Knitted Textile Designer of the Year 2012
sponsored by Rowan
Naomi Lobley (21) has scooped the award for knitted textile designer of the year 2012. The award was sponsored by knitwear company Rowan, whose lead designer Marie Walin commented: “We want people to see knitting as a modern craft, and by engaging with new and extremely talented designers such as Naomi we are bringing it back into the twenty first century.”
As part of her prize, Naomi won a £500 bursary, work experience at Rowan, and the opportunity to see her outfit modeled on the catwalk at Clothes Show Live.
Caryn Franklin said: “The level of talent this year was unprecedented with the best level of entries submitted since the programme’s launch - we were seriously impressed with both the skill and quality of submissions across the
board. Naomi should be really proud of her achievement, and 
should use this as a springboard into the industry. ”
Congratulations Naomi!
Young Artist of the Year 2012
Samantha Mulliner fought off tough competition from some of the best young artistic talent to win the title for her design of a 2013 campaign for Clothes Show Live inspired by street art.
Samantha said: “When I won I felt very emotional as I really didn’t expect it. It’s a dream come true to win amongst such a high standard of entries. I’m thrilled.”
As part of her prize, Jodi won £1,000 for her school, £1,000 prize money, a trophy and tickets to next 
year’s show as well as the opportunity to see her outfit modeled on the catwalk at Clothes Show Live.
Young Designer of the Year Award 2012
Curtis Li Young, 22, beat some of the country’s best young creative talent to win the award for his futuristic, geometric design inspired by punk rockstar Siouxsie Sioux.
Fashion commentator and Educational Ambassador Caryn Franklin, who was on the judging panel with celebrity stylist Karl Willett and Clothes Show Live MD Gavin Brown, said: “We felt Curtis embraced the brief to design and make a garment with a ‘fashion wonderland’ theme. His piece certainly had the ‘wow’ factor, but most importantly it was grounded in an understanding of modern print techniques and utilised a contemporary silhouette to give it a fashion context. ”
Curtis’ offered a futuristic take on the gothic age, incorporating the shapes, colours and patterns associated with architecture from that period into his work. Curtis used the state-of-the-art digital printing facilities at Coventry University to transfer his design onto the synthetic, rubber fabric.
Curtis said: “I’m delighted about winning my first fashion design award. It's an amazing achievement for me and gives me so much more confidence. I'm happy to say that I'm making my family proud as they have been supporting me all the way ever since I decided to step into this fashion pathway.
“I’d also like to thank my lecturers Angela Armstrong and Ann Muirhead, and our fashion technicians Scarlet and Eva. Without their help this wouldn't have happened, so the award is not only mine – it’s also a testament to the University’s efforts. I'm very pleased with this result and I'm ready for the next challenge.”
As part of his prize, Curtis won a £1,000 bursary, a week’s work experience with a leading British fashion designer, and the opportunity to see his outfit modeled on the catwalk at Clothes Show Live.
Congratulations Curtis!
Young Handbag Designer of the Year 2012
Jodi Feddon fought off tough competition from some of the best young talent in the design to win the title for her houndstooth bag design with glow in the dark and blue fabric inspired by the Henry Holland brand.
The Clothes Show Live Creative Awards Programme, based on core learning criteria as set by leading examining bodies, has been designed with the help of schools, colleges and universities to help students gain the 
recognition and experience necessary to kick start their career in art and design.
Jodi said: “Winning the award has been so exciting. I am going to continue to design handbags and think this could really shape things for me in the future.”
As part of her prize, Jodi won £1,000 for her school, £1,000 prize money, a trophy and tickets to next year’s show as well as the opportunity to see her outfit modeled on the catwalk at Clothes Show Live.
The UCLA Clothing Varsity Project: Emerging Designer Award 2012
Melahat Uskuri and Rebecca Saygi were announced as the judge’s favourites in the UCLA Clothing Varsity Project for Emerging Designers of the Year – Melahat in the womenswear and Rebecca in menswear category.
The brief was to redesign the well know UCLA Clothing Varsity Jacket for a British market whilst still retaining the authentic American collegiate brand image.
Whilst Rebecca’s design incorporated classic British tailoring and traditional patterns and weaves such as herringbone or Scottish tartan, Melahat used retro colours to represent the roots of the brand and ideas around vintage California girls.
Jo Evendon, from UCLA clothing who launched the project for the first time this year, said: “Melahat and Rebecca’s work particularly stood out to us because they 100% fulfilled the brief. We were looking for a design that stayed true to UCLA’s heritage whilst also addressing key UK trends.
“What we loved especially about the girls’ designs was their constant note back to UCLA and the LA lifestyle. It was important that the designs did not lead away too far from the original concept so students at UCLA could still identify with them and would want to wear the pieces.”
As part of their prize Rebecca and Melahat will gain industry experience working alongside the design team at UCLA to create the jackets, getting involved in various elements of production such as fabric selection and pattern cutting and helping their limited edition designs come to market for Autumn/Winter 2013.
Rebecca said: “This project has been a brilliant experience. Not only has our design work been recognised by a major clothing brand, but the experience Melahat and I will gain working with them through the production of our jackets will be invaluable. These aspects combined with the time management and brand experience we gained whilst working on our designs will help us to gain essential skills for our studies and in the future.”
