ITS CONTEST

Welcome to the 21st edition of ITS Contest, one of the world’s leading platforms for emerging creative talent.

Applications are open to Fashion, Accessories and Jewellery designers. Finalists are selected by an international Jury composed of fashion industry leaders, artists, stylists, photographers and editors. They benefit from global media exposure, professional opportunities and mentoring, as well as financial awards.

Contest

Welcome to the 21st edition of ITS Contest, one of the world’s leading platforms for emerging creative talent.

Applications are open to Fashion, Accessories and Jewellery designers. Finalists are selected by an international Jury composed of fashion industry leaders, artists, stylists, photographers and editors. They benefit from global media exposure, professional opportunities and mentoring, as well as financial awards.

Born to Create

Rebellious, unconventional, revolutionary: that’s what life is. A strange and improbable occurence, when order was created out of disorder in a universe verging on disgregation. As living beings, our innate talent is to perceive order. Everytime we imagine, everytime we take a different, unpredictable path, we are subverting the flow of events: a revolution starts, and a new world is created. So, if life is the ultimate act of rebellion, then creativity is our tool. And we were born to use this tool. We were born to create.

ITS CONTEST

Apply now!

Click below to begin your application for ITS Contest. The entry is free and the process is entirely digital. You will be required to create an account: this means you do not need to complete the process all in one go, you can get back to it as many times as you need before clicking “send” in time for the deadline on September 10th. Read very carefully the entry requirements before you start!

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ITS CONTEST

Apply now!

Click below to begin your application for ITS Contest. The entry is free and the process is entirely digital. You will be required to create an account: this means you do not need to complete the process all in one go, you can get back to it as many times as you need before clicking “send” in time for the deadline on September 10th. Read very carefully the entry requirements before you start!

ITS Contest

Apply Now!

Click below to begin your application for ITS Contest. The entry is free and the process is entirely digital. You will be required to create an account: this means you do not need to complete the process all in one go, you can get back to it as many times as you need before clicking “send” in time for the deadline on September 10th. Read very carefully the entry requirements before you start!

ITS Contest 2023 Timeline

May 10th

Launch of ITS Contest 2023

Applications open.

May 10th

September 10th

Application deadline

Last day to submit the online application form.

September 10th

Early November

Finalists announcement

The ITS Contest Jury announces the finalists.

Early November

March 2024

Finals & Awards Ceremony

ITS Contest Finals and Residency at ITS Arcademy.

March 2024
ITS CONTEST

Discover the past finalists

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Discover the past finalists

ITS Contest Numbers

Schools in over
80 countries
Applications from
80 nations
Finalists from
over 60 countries
Journalists from
37 nations
Articles in over
50 countries
Years of
International Talent Support
The Seismographer

Teaching creativity. Interview with Ike Rust, menswear tutor to former ITS winners.

13 February, 2023

In the twenty years of ITS Contest rarely have we seen such consistency in training young designers that would be then be selected as finalists by the ITS Jury, a first step of brilliant careers in the industry. The quality of Ike Rust’s students is undeniable and the students themselves recall his teaching as a…

The Seismographer

ITS Contest names that ring a bell.
Craig Green, David Koma, Liam Fahy and Lee Matthews in the ITS Arcademy Collection.

12 January, 2023

In the history of contemporary fashion, documented through the perspective of the ITS Arcademy Collection, there are designers who made history. Interestingly, it’s not always names that made it through to the finals. Perhaps because their talent was still too raw when they applied, or maybe because the jury was unable to understand their creativity…

The Seismographer

One Collection, infinite stories: Religion. Looking at the religious elements of the ITS Arcademy collection.

05 December, 2022

Looking for either controversy, beauty, culture or symbolism, it is no mystery why fashion drives inspiration from religion. They are undeniably intertwined: religions and religious orders have dress codes and use fashion to communicate position, sanctity, pureness and the entire spectrum of religious emotions and meaning. And fashion has always been intrigued by how religion…