Designers whose collections have made an outstanding, impactful statement about innovation and creativity in fashion were honored this year.
According to Jan-Willem Breure, accessory designers often play second fiddle to clothing designers for attention and recognition. He notes that most accessory designers fail to gain significant notoriety or fame from this niche industry.
Founded by Jan-Willem Breure
Jan-Willem Breure, the founder of ISIS Fashion Awards, believes accessory designers often go unnoticed due to clothing designers attracting most of the spotlight. For this show solely dedicated to accessories, he is hosting 12 items such as shoes, bags, glasses, jewelry, watches, stocking socks, gloves, scarves, belts, and hats to showcase. Additionally, the event will host red-carpet interviews and fashion shows as part of this inaugural event.
The event will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall – the heart of fashion creativity – with global leaders coming together at this ceremony to recognize leaders of change and celebrate excellence in creativity. Furthermore, proceeds raised at this event support future talent through education grants, business mentoring programs, and business mentoring services provided by the BFC Foundation.
In this year’s edition, an unprecedented number of designers were nominated for this award, from established fashion houses to young talents creating new trends. The winner will receive a prize of EUR 30,000 and assistance in developing their collections with experts from DEFI.
Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajan, an unwavering Gambian human rights activist who played an essential role in galvanizing opposition that ultimately ousted long-serving Gambian president Yahya Jammeh from power, was presented the New African Woman award on Wednesday night at an extravagant ceremony held in Dakar – attended by dignitaries, celebrities such as singers, musicians and actors like Jodie Turner-Smith who is an advocate for survivors of assault and known for her roles in Bring it On and Think Like a Man film.
IFA is the first fashion show in the Netherlands exclusively focused on accessories.
IFA was established to become the first fashion show exclusively focused on accessories in the Netherlands. Founder Jan-Willem Breure had a vision to revolutionize the fashion industry by showing accessory collections in an exciting, daring manner – something often ignored in fashion industry circles. Jan-Willem felt accessory designers deserved more recognition and wanted to provide an outlet where they could do just that.
IFA emphasizes discovering and nurturing talent while supporting visionary designers with their ideas. Furthermore, designers and models receive VIP treatment during the event: limousine rides are offered, and red carpet interviews for interviews during red carpet appearances; fashion shows, awards ceremonies, and other activities take place alongside it all.
Fashion Show featuring male and female full-frontal nudity models wearing various clothing and accessories such as shoes, bags, glasses, jewelry, and watches. Sylvana Simons will perform during this event while judges from the fashion industry, including Taina van Dijk, Paulina Tsvetanova, and Gary Symor, will serve on its jury.
IFA highlights designers
IFA Fashion Show stands apart from traditional fashion shows by inviting designers to display their creations without wearing clothing, giving the audience a better sense of who these creatives are and their vision. Additionally, following each designer’s catwalk, the jury will ask questions to gain insight into their inspiration and motivations for creations.
Jan-Willem Breure, IFA’s founder, is an ardent proponent of the accessory industry. He believes accessory designers often go unappreciated or underappreciated and seeks to change this by providing them with a unique platform to showcase their collections. The show also highlights the work of designers by providing VIP treatment. Designers and models receive limousine transportation to get them to the event, where they are interviewed and photographed by the press. This helps them increase their profile within the industry and encourage more people to purchase their designs. This year’s winners include Satoshi Kuwata of Setchu, which bridges East and West; Julie Pelipas of Better Repurposing Dead Stock into apparel designs; and Luca Magliano from Magliano, which focuses on transformation.
IFA gives designers and models VIP treatment
IFA stands out from traditional fashion shows by featuring only accessories designed by their creators rather than models wearing clothes. It was founded by Jan-Willem Breure,, who believes accessory designers are underdogs within the fashion industry and wanted to give them the recognition they deserved. The competition includes red carpet interviews, fashion shows, and awards, with designer models arriving by limousine to enjoy VIP treatment upon arriving at the competition; once finished, they will be interviewed and assessed by jury members for the feedback given during fashion shows such as IFA.
IFA is a platform for accessory designers
IFA Fashion Show is an unprecedented fashion show where accessory designers can display their collections. Usually, all the attention and fame goes to clothing designers; with IFA, however, that has changed. Jan-Willem Breure wanted to revolutionize the fashion industry and give accessories designers their due. Jan-Willem Breure envisioned giving accessories designers more prominence; as part of this initiative, a large prize will be awarded: one winner will win both money as well as mentoring from Francesca Bellettini of Saint Laurent’s CEO Francesca Bellettini as well as products and support from MAC Cosmetics.
Isis Fashion Awards features red-carpet interviews, fashion shows, and an awards ceremony. The event also emphasizes discovering talent, supporting visionary designers with their ideas, and offering 12 fashion items for display on stage: shoes, bags, sunglasses, glasses, jewelry, watches, stocking gloves, scarves, and belts.
Lisa Folawiyo, a Nigerian designer, has made the list of nominees for the IFA 2014 Fashion Awards. She is recognized for her multifaceted, global womenswear and accessories brand and her work bringing new talent into fashion. Other nominees include Omoyemi Akerele of Style House Files/Lagos Fashion & Design Week and Amaka Osakwe from Maki Oh – not forgetting South African and Ghana designers among them!
