Global Fashion Graduate South Africa 2025
Deadline:
21 October 2025
Global Fashion Graduate South Africa 2025October 21–23, 2025 | Cape Town, South AfricaA Unique Opportunity on a Global StageFollowing the incredible success of last year’s Global Fashion Graduate event in Mexico, we are thrilled to announce this year’s edition will take place in Cape Town, South Africa .This initiative b...
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025
Deadline:
31 August
2025
2025
For our 6th edition, Arts Thread is delighted that Monaco Foundry and Google Arts & Culture are collaborating on the Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025.Global Creative Graduate Showcase is open to all undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate art and design disciplines for those that have graduated between September 2...
International Student Design Competition 2025
Deadline:
7 July 2025
We are delighted for the fifth year to be partnering with the International Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition 2025, a search for the best new designers around the globe and for those who want to promote slow style and a more sustainable future for fashion.Are you ready to join the fight against fast fas...
Only Natural Design Competitions 2025
Deadline:
30 June 2025
We are delighted to be partnering for the second time with Only Natural – a global design competition that dares to redefine the future of home and fashion – challenging students to create bespoke items from natural fibres and materials with sustainability at their core.Our planet is at a tipping point. From global warmi...
TEX+ 2025
closed
For Review
Arts Thread is proud to be working with TEX+ again for 2025 NURTURING NEW TEXTILE TALENT• TEX+ is an initiative to promote, support and enhance textile design and training.Its mission is to connect textile graduates and practitioners with opportunities across the textile industries and beyond.• TEX+ will work with UK un...
Global Fashion Graduate Mexico 2024
Deadline:
28 October 2024
Leading Fashion Universities Come Together for a Pioneering International Graduate Fashion Event in Mexico City CENTRO Mexico City , one of world’s leading design institutions has joined with Arts Thread to host a groundbreaking 4-Day Symposium and Fashion Show celebrating Diversity, Innovation, Sustainability and the Future...
SFAA x Stella Blu x Arts Thread Design Contest 2024 - Denim go Green
closed
For Review
Are you a student or a recent graduate from Hong Kong who possesses a deep passion for sustainable fashion?If so, we extend an invitation to you to unleash your boundless creativity in the realm of sustainable denim and empower you to redefine the concept of denim.The prizes will be awarded to the top two designers. Join us i...
Only Natural Design Competitions 2024
Deadline:
30 June 2024
Update! Meet the Category winners for Only Natural 2024!In Fashion, Molly Wade claimed the Apparel Category and the title of Overall Fashion Winner with her project Shenn Vyrneen Aym (An old love of mine). Molly is a graduate of the London College of Fashion, UK. Her design incorporated wool, shearing sheepskin and regenerati...
International Student Design Competition 2024
Deadline:
30 June 2024
Update! Meet the category winners of the International Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition 2024! Category Winners:Mor Elfassy, 2024 Apparel Category WinnerRoscha Dinler, 2024 Footwear Category WinnerBingbing Bai, 2024 Accessories Category WinnerJosslyn Shi, 2024 People’s Choice Category & Overall Winn...
Cotton Forward: 3D Fashion Design Challenge
Winner(s)
Announced
Update! Winners announced! First Place | $5000 prize - Jacob Frothingham, Buffalo State UniversitySecond Place | $3500 prize - Britney Spangenberg, Missouri State UniversityThird Place | $1500 prize - Kailey Itri, Texas Tech University---Are you a student or a recent graduate with a passion for fashion and a flair for the fut...
TEX+ 2024
Deadline:
11 May 2024
Meet the finalists on the TEX+ websiteArts Thread is proud to be working with TEX+RECOGNISING THE POWER OF TEXTILES• TEX+ is an initiative to promote, support and enhance textile design and training.• Our mission is to connect textile graduates and practitioners with opportunities across the textile industries and beyond.• T...
NYCxDESIGN Emerging Designer Residency 2024
Winner(s)
Announced
The Emerging Designer Residency was created to support the work of designers in the early stages of their careers. NYCxDESIGN and Arts Thread have teamed up again to present the 2024 iteration of the Emerging Designer Residency program in New York City. Four recent graduates in a variety of design disciplines will set up stud...