Sonny Vandevelde
Fashion should be fun and with my photography I love to create those fun moments.
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Ancient Plastic by Taro Horiuchi
Trieste , Italy Italy
Diesel stores worldwide host “Ancient
Plastic” capsule collection by Taro Horiuchi
The brand new Diesel Award at ITS#SEVEN: 50.000 euros and an experience in
DIESEL CREATIVE TEAM.
International Talent Support, the platform for young talents from all over the
globe, is collecting the enrolled projects from which ITS#SEVEN finalists of
the three areas (ITS#FASHION, ITS#ACCESSORIES and ITS#PHOTO) will be selected
to show their creativity at the event to be held 18-19 July 2008 in
During the year, between the different editions, chances and opportunities
connected with the previous events and prizes become reality. Taro Horiuchi,
Japanese, with an MA at Hogeschool Antwerp, entered into the fashion world
working with the Raf Simons team in Paris from 2004 to 2007. Taro, finalist
during the sixth edition of International Talent Support, July 2007, won the
prestigious Diesel Award, which gave him the chance to work for over three
months as part of the Diesel Creative Team, an international group of over 40
designers - headed by Creative Director Wilbert Das -among which Teppei Sugaya
and Christoph Froehlich winners of the Diesel Award at ITS#TWO and ITS#FOUR
respectively.
The creative allure of the experience,
blended with Taro’s rich and different inspirations, drove him to a collection
which mixes different flavours and elaborates new forms. The result is
concretely represented by his capsule collection, produced by DIESEL and ready
to be distributed in the most important DIESEL stores worldwide. Through clean
lines and basic pieces “Ancient Plastic” expresses the combination of
simplicity and individual uniqueness of human beings relating with God.
Last but not least the
young fashion designer flew from Trieste to Japan, for Tokyo Collection Week,
he (together with some more former ITS finalists) had been chosen to be part of
"New Designers Met in Europe", an exhibition focused on emerging
talents set as a side show during Tokyo Fashion Week, promoted and supervised
by Issey Miake.
“Ancient plastic” will be the last capsule collection designed by The Diesel
Award winner. With the aim to ensure that fashion students' dreams become
reality, by offering them a tangible way to support their breakthrough into the
international fashion scene, from ITS#SEVEN on the prize will be transformed.
The Award will consist of a cash prize of € 50,000 that the winner can use,
without limitations, to promote their work in the best possible way and to
invest in their career. On top of that, the winner will be offered an
internship within the Diesel Creative Team, headed by Diesel's Creative
Director, Wilbert Das, at its HQ in
From March 2008, Taro’s name-labelled collection, will be available in Diesel
flagship stores around the world - Milan, Paris, Berlin, New York, Tokyo,
Osaka, London and Brussels just to name a few …check it out!
ITS#SEVEN is created and
organized by EVE, DIESEL is ITS’ presenting partner, the first one that believed
in the project and supports young fashion talents with concrete opportunities;
ITS#ACCESSORIES is partnered by YKK, ITS#PHOTO is partnered by MINI. Air
Dolomiti is the brand new partner of this edition and Develon is once again our
internet partner.
For more information please contact
ITS#SEVEN Press Office:
Manuela Spiga or Alessandro Offer:
Tel. +39/040/3220970, Fax +39/040/3221245,
email:pressoffice@itsweb.org,
Please visit our website: www.itsweb.org
( I just copied and pasted this newsletter I got from ITS, as I really support what Barbara and her team at Eve in Trieste are doing for young designers, plus I was at this event last year in July-click archives and then July 2007 , scroll down to see the picturses )