In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Nordstrom partnered with Cuban designer Robert Rodriguez to host a T-shirt design competition for students currently enrolled in fashion or design colleges across the U.S.
Students from the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York), Parsons, The New School of Design (New York), Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design (New York), Otis College of Arts and Design (Los Angeles), Columbia College (Chicago) and American Intercontinental University (Atlanta) were eligible to win one of three $5,000 grants from Nordstrom to continue their education in fashion or design.
In conjunction with the competition, Nordstrom will also make a $20,000 contribution to the Association of Hispanic Arts Inc to benefit educational programs for the arts.
Submissions for the competition focused on personal interpretations of Hispanic heritage with winning designs submitted by Lorna Mahler, Vanessa De La Torre and Elly Choi, all from Parsons.
A panel of judges including Rodriguez, Project Runway's Tim Gunn, fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo, Anne Klein Creative Director, Isabel Toledo, fashion photographer Jose Picayo and Nordstrom Corporate Merchandising Manager Ana Capestany Swaab selected these winners based on the fashion and aesthetic appeal of the students' design.
Winning designs will be produced by Robert Rodriguez as limited-edition T-shirts and will be sold in the Savvy department of select Nordstrom stores and online from September 15 through October 15, 2007.
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