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ITAA Design Scholarship

2010 Design Submission Deadline June 1st

The deadline for submitting designs for the 2010 Design Exhibition is quickly approaching! All designs must be submitted by 11:59 pm PT on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. The designer who uploads the submission must be a member of ITAA. This includes undergraduate students. If there are co-designers, only the submitting designer must be a member. Please realize that if a faculty member is listed as co-designer, the submission will not be considered for undergraduate awards, and will be reviewed in the professional category. If a professional member submits the design for an undergraduate or graduate student, without being listed as co-designer, the submission will be disqualified.

If you have already submitted a design under the professional category when in fact either graduate student or undergraduate student is the correct category, please contact ITAA so that the entry may be either ‘unsubmitted’ or deleted and a fresh entry made. For instance, if a professional member submitted a design for an undergraduate student and the entry is under the professional member’s name but the member wishes the design to be in the undergraduate student’s name, the submission must be deleted from the system, the undergraduate student must join (someone else can make the entry if the student has already left for the summer), and then the submission can be made using the undergraduate student’s log in name and password.

For clarification purposes, please know that the Proceedings must be submitted on the Proceedings Template, must include at least the front image of the design, and may include one more image of your choosing. Do not upload additional graphics into the submission site. Although we realize this new requirement may cause some problems for sponsors during its inauguration year, the rule was enacted to provide better accountability to ITAA members.

If you encounter difficulties logging in to the system and have not contacted ITAA, please refrain from attempting to set up multiple accounts. Doing so will not get you into the system but will create additional difficulties in resolving your issues quickly. ITAA will gladly assist you on Tuesday, June 1, 2010.

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Be sure to check out the PAA/ITAA design scholarship. Encourage your students to apply. Deadline, June 14^th. For all information go to:

http://web.me.com/jeanmichelageron/PAA/PAA___ITAA_Fashion_Scholarship.html

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A revised 2010 Call for Designs has been uploaded to the ITAA website. Visit http://www.itaaonline.org/downloads/CallDesign2010.pdf.

A direct link to the 2010 submission site, as well as commonly used design forms have been added to the ITAA home page for the convenience of those wishing to enter the design competition for 2010. Visit http://www.itaaonline.org/www/default/index.cfm.

Project Runway Season 8 Cast Call

Two great opportunities for up-and-coming fashion designers! Project Runway Season 8 casting begins now, and the CLEAN & CLEAR® Designer Prom Dress competition is accepting entries until April 9th. Read the details below…

Project Runway Season 8…Casting Begins NOW!

Click here for details Do you have what it takes to be the next hot fashion designer?
Always dreamed of showing your work on the runways of New York City’s Fashion Week? This is your opportunity!
Casting begins now, so visit www.bunim-murray.com/prcasting or email prcasting@bunim-murray.com today before you miss out on the chance of a lifetime.


Final week for submissions—Upload your design today! Enter your design for a chance to win a $5000 stipend CLEAN & CLEAR® Skincare products and Gen Art are challenging new and established designers who think they have what it takes to create the ultimate prom dress that one lucky teen will wear to an exclusive prom party just for her. One talented designer will be awarded $5,000 to create the dress, which will be “unveiled” to the media at a high profile press event in New York City. This is your chance to step into the spotlight and get in front of the people (and cameras) that can make you and your designs famous.
Visit http://discover.genart.org for contest rules & to upload your design!

$5000 Prom Design Contest

Design the Ultimate Prom Dress & and win 5,000 to create it!

Gen Art and the maker of CLEAN & CLEAR® Skincare products present the Designer Prom Dress Competition – CLEAN & CLEAR® Brand Invites Up-And-Coming Designers to Help One Lucky Teen Get Prom Beautiful From Start to Finish
Win $5,000 to bring your design to life!
One talented winner will receive $5,000 to create the ultimate designer prom dress that will be worn by one girl at her very own prom party given by Seventeen magazine and CLEAN & CLEAR® Brand. The winning designer and his/her creation will be “unveiled” to the media at a high profile press event in New York City.
Entering is free and easy: Submit two images (front and back) of your unique prom dress design. Simply upload your photos to the competition starting March 10, 2010.
There is no entry fee, and you can submit looks from existing collections or previous Gen Art competitions.
How the winners are chosen:Online voting resulting from the discover.genart.org community will help determine the finalists, and our panel of experts will choose the winner. This panel of experts will consist of a fashion expert from Gen Art, a beauty expert from CLEAN & CLEAR® Brand and contributor from Seventeen magazine!Get your designs ready today…CLEAN & CLEAR® Skincare Products Make You Prom Beautiful from Start to Finish – Designer Prom Dress Competition begins today! GenArt looks forward to seeing your unique prom dress designs.

CLICK HERE to enter

Gen Art Contest

Final week to enter!
This is the last week to enter your design for a shot at
$10,000 and a New York show!
Gen Art is holding a design competition based on the versatility and usability of plastic-based fibers in fashion, presented by Plastics Make it PossibleSM.

What will you design for New York Fashion Week with $10,000?
One winner will receive a $10,000 stipend to create their own 10-piece Fall 2010 collection using the list of approved fabrics to be showcased at Gen Art’s New York Fashion Week show in February. Click here for a full list of materials. Click here for a list of the rules.

Sound like a stretch?
Chances are, you’re already using these materials in your designs. So many of the things we wear, design and covet every day are made from plastics including Jersey, Chiffon and Dupioni, not to mention Lycra®, faux fur, velvet, Mesh and dozens more. You should enter now
Entering is free and easy:

Submit two photos of two full womenswear looks primarily made from one or more of these plastic-based fabrics until December 1st. Don’t wait until the last minute—you need the Discover community to rate and review your entry in order to be a contender! So get your designs in today to make sure you are eligible to win.

There is no entry fee, and you can submit pieces from your current collection if they are made of approved materials! See the full list of fibers here.

How the winners are chosen:
Online voting resulting from the discover.genart.org community will determine 10 finalists in the competition. One winner will be selected by Gen Art, a committee of fashion industry professionals and representatives of Plastics Make it PossibleSM. Join the community now

Good luck!
- Gen Art Fashion