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Triumph International Fashion Award winner Rafael Gomes

06 Jul '06

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Rafael Gomes was awarded with the Triumph International Fashion Award 2005 in the emerging capital for electronic music, Graz in Austria. The motto of the Triumph Fashion Award has been: „Dress up the Pin-up for a glamorous party”. With 700 submitted designs from 40 countries, and prizes as well as international presentations in the value of about 100.000 euros the Triumph International Fashion Award is one of the most popular international fashion design prizes.

In a public online-voting the 3 Finalists Fiorenza from Italy, Susanne Zaspel from Germany, and Rafael Gomes from Brazil were selected by more than 11.000 registered fashionistas. An international jury of 19 experts from the USA, Asia, Europe and New Zealand has chosen the winner of the Triumph International Fashion Award 2005: RAFAEL GOMES. He has created the most fascinating interpretation of a fashionable Pin-Up.

The Weekend Vee:club in Graz is famous for the creation of new virtual spaces of music, light, video and computer technology. In this artistic frame the creations of the winner Rafael Gomes and the two finalists Fiorenza and Susanne Zaspel have been presented to an enthusiastic audience.

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