International jury selects Triumph International Award finalists
29 Aug '05
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Sixteen international jury members from the fields of science, design, events and media have been casting their votes for the three finalists in the Triumph International Award, taking place now on Austrian fashion site fashionoffice.org.
The finalists are Fiorenza (Italy), Susanne Zaspel (Germany) and Rafael Gomes (Brazil).
They were selected through a first round of voting by the public. Initially, 700 sketches from designers in 40 countries were submitted for the competition's theme, 'Dress up the Pin-up for a Glamorous Party'.
Between the three finalists, some 11,000 votes were received. The jury has until September 12 to finish its voting.
"I want to mention four of the 16 jury members: fashion theorist Prof Dr Ingrid Loschek is one of the most important fashion and costume scientists in Europe, Mary Jo Diehl from New York is one of the rare fashion designers who presents her work in art galleries and museums of modern art, Kunie Usuki from Tokyo has established Japan's most successful fashion and art festival Design Festa, and Jack Yan, founder of Lucire, one of the highest ranking fashion magazines on the internet, is one of the most influential online fashion pioneers," says Dr Karin Sawetz of fashionoffice.org.
"It was a pleasure to serve on the Triumph International jury again," says Lucire founding publisher Jack Yan.
"I remember being part of this for some years when Lucire was web-only. I am delighted tosay that the quality of entries has been the highest this year."