Fashioning the Future Awards 2011

Abstract

Established in 2008, Fashioning the Future aims to inspire curiosity, encourage the testing of ideas and create a platform for emerging thinkers, doers, designers and innovators. It facilitates interactions between people in education and business, steering a course towards a better future. The Fashioning the Future Awards were conceived by Dilys Williams as a means for CSF to share and exchange knowledge, skills and experience with others. So far, CSF has connected over 3000 students from a host of fashion institutions worldwide with global businesses and NGOs. Resources, developed from Dilys’ and CSF’s expertise, act as a guide to participants and outcomes are showcased through exhibition, catwalk and digital mediums. For the third edition of the Fashioning the Future Awards, and as part of the decade of biodiversity and partnering with UNCTAD, finalists were selected to be featured in an experimental multimedia exhibition and catwalk show supported by Canary Wharf and held in the imposing East Winter Gardens