International Talent Support launches its new edition. Created in 2002, the pioneering competition writes a new chapter in its decades-long mission to intercept the most interesting creative talents from all over the world. ITS Contest 2023 is open to emerging designers and students enrolled in fashion, accessories and jewellery courses worldwide, who can submit their collections between May 10 and September 10, 2023. Finalists will be announced in November 2023.

All competitors will also be able to enter the ITS Artwork selection, in partnership con Swatch Art Peace Hotel, an evaluation of their potential on the basis of their portfolios, the ITS Special Mention powered by Vogue Eyewear part of EssilorLuxottica, the ITS Sportswear Award powered by Lotto Sports and the ITS Digital Fashion Award, dedicated to digital projects.

Over the last two decades, ITS Contest has scouted hundreds of trailblazing creatives who have contributed to changing the face of contemporary fashion. Many of them now work in the most important maisons or have launched successful eponymous brands such as Demna (creative director of Balenciaga), Matthew Blazy (creative director of Bottega Veneta), and Richard Quinn (the first designer to receive the design award established by Queen Elizabeth II in 2018). They are now members of the global community fo-stered by ITS Contest over the years, a borderless and multidisciplinary network of fashion creators, journalists, teachers and observers that includes some of the most important and influential names of the world of art, design and media.

ITS Arcademy will be home to the competition’s final stages. Contest finalists will be hosted in Trieste for a one-week residency during which they will be able to develop their artistic projects under the supervision of industry experts and previous finalists.

The ITS Contest 2023 Awards support the professional career of the winners and aim to suppor the development of their creative projects beyond the event. For the first time this year each finalist will receive the ITS Residency Award. They will be hosted at ITS Arcademy in Trieste for a week, to develop their practice supported by fellow designers and experts. In addition, finalists will see a piece of their work on show in a dedicated exhibition at ITS Arcademy, which will run for two months.

All competitors will be able to receive the rewards promoted by the partners and sponsors of the initiative: ITS Arcademy Award: €15,000 to the most creative, socially aware and innovative finalist project; ITS Media Award: €5,000 awarded by the ITS Contest 2023 Media Jury to the fashion, accessories, jewellery or artwork finalist showing the strongest ability to transmit their innovative vision in a socially meaningful way; ITS Community Award: €3,000 awarded by the public to a fashion, accessories jewellery or Artwork finalist; ITS Fashion Film Award: €3,000 awarded by ITS to the best fashion film, selected among all ITS Contest applications; ITS Digital Fashion Award: €3,000 awarded by ITS to the best digital fashion project selected among all ITS Contest applications; ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel: €10,000 assigned by Swatch Art Peace Hotel, upon selection among the ITS Contest participants.


For more information about ITS Contest 2023 see itsweb.org

Photo: ITS Contest 2022