SAFW Competitions
South African Fashion Week runs three Competitions annually:
· Scouting Menswear Competition
The value of competitions lies in their capacity to generate excitement on many levels. New or relatively unknown designers use them to demonstrate their creative vision to an influential handpicked audience of media and ardent followers of fashion. They are always delighted by the opportunity to innovate.
Since its inception, SA Fashion Week has leveraged the persuasive power of competitions to provide a launch pad to the most determined designers. And whilst there is sadly only one winner who receives the welcome financial injection, all the finalists are winners by receiving the powerful visibility that these spotlights provide.
In service of fast tracking its commitment to a sustainable fashion ethos, all competitions include core principles of this approach including ecologically sound fabric sourcing, classic design and low or zero waste cutting techniques in their evaluation criteria.
