THE BRIEF

For 2011 F.A.D. invites you to make your Escape.

Escape from the everyday into a place of wonder and distraction. Retreat to a physical or fictional place that holds personal meaning for you.

Design two complementary outfits which express your notions of Escape. Use form, colour and texture inspired by your escapist vision.

Your chosen destination of Escape could be real, imagined, or somewhere in between. You may incorporate physical references, looking to environments, constructions and spaces for inspiration. Or perhaps you will be inspired by illusion, humour and the ‘magically real’ to create garments where things aren’t quite as they seem.

You may decide to include the following ideas within your two designs:

+ Use of unexpected materials and processes
+ Magical, illusionary methods of construction
+ Playful scale
+ Inventive, witty details
+ Colours collated from your escapist environment

HOW TO ENTER

Download the complete F.A.D. Competition Guidelines here

Eligibility

Participants must be 2nd or 3rd (final) year BA, or MA, students studying Fashion at a UK Higher Education Institution. There is no age restriction.

Each institution is permitted a maximum of three entries from BA courses and three from MA courses.

Please note Students who have previously taken part in F.A.D. Fashion Futures programmes may send their entries directly to F.A.D. These entries are in addition to institutions’ quota of three entries and will be considered equally alongside other entries received.