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MAX
announces the top 15 finalist of MAX DESIGN AWARDS 2014 in association with Elle
18th
Nov. 2014, Delhi: MAX, the country’s largest value fashion brand in
association with Elle launched debut edition of MAX Design Awards this year. This program is a definitive fashion
designing competition where students get to test their creativity and reach out
to the world of fashions with their designs.
At the MAX Design Awards 2014, the
ambition is to recognize and reward the next generation of Fashion designers
and provide them a platform to springboard their fashion designing careers.
The program started this year in August.
Entries from students of top 15 fashion designing colleges across India were
invited to send in their registrations through the microsite - http://elle.in/maxdesignawards. Students
were asked to submit their sketches, one prêt & one couture from Menswear,
Women’s Wear or Ethnic Wear, based on MAX seasonal theme.
These entries were judged by esteemed
panel of jury which included Fashion Designers Ashish Soni, Masaba Gupta
& Gaurav Gupta and Industry
Experts including Shekar CS. –
President, Max Fashion, Malini Banerjee
– Fashion Director ELLE India, Kamakshi
Kaul – Head Design, Max Fashion and Marc
Robinson – Project Head, Max Design Awards.
The jury shortlisted 15 finalists based
on the criteria like Interpretation of the Theme, Creative Details, Colour
Aesthetics, Presentation, Style and Originality. Now these finalists will be
completing their outfits with a given budget and in a specific timeframe. Each
of the finalists will showcase their collection at the Max Design Awards night to be held in Mumbai in December. At the
Grand finale, the Jury members will select the top 3 winners of the program.
These 3 winners will be awarded a
cash prize of INR 50000/- each, Internship with the three fashion designers –
Masaba Gupta, Ashish Soni & Gaurav Gupta. They will also get an opportunity
to intern with MAX & showcase a capsule collection at the ELLE Graduates
show in December this year.
Speaking on the occasion Fashion Designer & the jury member Masaba Gupta quotes “It’s a great
initiative by Max Fashions to do something of this manner. We all know that
being a part of this industry is not an easy thing. Looking at these beautiful
entries that we have got, I think it’s a great boost for students and for their
confidence level. The kind of support they are getting being as mentors or
financially, from Max is phenomenal.”
Fashion
Designer & the jury member Gaurav Gupta –
“I think there is a lot of young, budding talent in our country & Max
Design awards provide a great opportunity for these young talents to be
mentored by industry veterans.”
Fashion
Designer & the jury member Ashish Soni – “Times
could not be better for fashion students as they are now. Fashion as a industry
was not perceived to have any impact of the social, economic landscape of India
but the young designers are rapidly changing that and Max gives them a great platform to do that with this property.”
Kamakshi
Kaul – Head Design, Max Fashion said “We are excited about the quality and freshness
of designs emerging from the design colleges and want to tap into this
resource. With new trends emerging every week there
is so much the students can work with to express themselves and at MAX we want
to tap this talent and groom them to be the fashion leaders of tomorrow.”
Marc
Robinson – Project Head, Max Design Awards said
“The Indian Fashion Industry is witnessing
a surge of young new talented designers. New creative fashion
design talent needs to be identified, nurtured and promoted. Max Design
Awards Student Edition, will provide a credible and solid platform in
propelling the winners of these awards into the fashion industry, and provide
ample opportunity and placement, within fashion retail brands, design
studios, or in creating their own label.”
Shekar CS. – President, Max Fashion said – “Max
believes in democratizing fashion and making fashion available to a cross
section of consumers. As a brand our endeavour has been to provide contemporary
fashion at affordable prices. Design plays a significant role in ensuring our
leadership in value fashion segment. Max Design Award is an initiative to
provide design students a platform to showcase their talent. I am extremely
delighted at the phenomenal response we have received from leading fashion
institutes and their students who have welcomed this initiative and have
participated wholeheartedly".
About Max:
Max is the leading fashion brand
offering customers a one stop shop for clothing, accessories and footwear needs
for the entire family.
Max, a division of Lifestyle
International (P) Ltd., has pioneered the concept of ‘value fashion’ in the
country, thereby offering the discerning shopper a vast choice with
international fashion & quality. It offers apparel, footwear &
accessories that are of the latest fashion trends at a great price, making it
affordable to many. The store ambience offers an international shopping experience
making shopping for the entire family an absolute delight. In India, Max has
over 100 stores across 45 cities including Mumbai, Delhi/NCR, Bangalore,
Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Bhopal, Ahmadabad, Indore, Kochi, Lucknow,
Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jabalpur, Jammu, Kanpur, Nagpur, Raipur, Surat,
Vadodara, Gangtok, Ranchi, Siliguri, Agra, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bareilly,
Chandigarh, Dehradun, Varanasi, Calicut, Coimbatore, Hubli, Kannur, Madurai,
Mangalore, Mysore, Pondicherry, Thrissur, Trichy, Trivandrum, Vizag &
Vijayawada. The brand plans to have a network of 120 stores by the end of the
financial year.
About ELLE.
ELLE has been at the forefront of
fashion in India since 1996 and ever since has looked for opportunities to
support and promote the industry.
