The Worlds First Fashion Illustration and Drawing Awards

About this Event

Fida© is the world’s first awards to promote fashion illustration and drawing around the globe, supported and partnered by some of the best brands and people in the fashion industry.

The aim of the awards is to celebrate the field of fashion illustration and highlight the major role the Fashion illustrator plays in the creative arts industry.

WIN £1000 EACH CATEGORY.

WE HAVE THREE CATEGORIES THIS YEAR:

• DOCUMENTARY
• COMMERCIAL
• EXPERIMENTAL.

Blakes 5 Star hotel is offering a 3 month residency for a selected winner, gaining access to hidden spaces and staying for free in various rooms over night curating fashion drawing experiences.

The Judges for this year:

Chair / Patrick Morgan

Judges

• Gill Button – Vogue/Gucci/Dazed/Nicole Farhi
• Richard Haines – Prada/Dries Van Norten/Valentino
• Ugo Gattoni – Hermes/Ruinart/Pierre Frey
• Quentin Jones – Chanel/Nasa/Coach/Louis Vuitton/Victoria Beckham
• Laura Laine – Vogue Japan/Vogue Italy/Givenchy/Elle/The New York Times
• Javier Mariscal – Louis Vuitton/Barcelona Olympics/Academy Award winner/Gaudi Award
• Ignasi Monreal – Gucci/Netflix/Dior/Louis Vuitton/Louboutin

• Philip Mauge – Designer/Runway – Burberry
• Massimo Nicosia – Head of Design – Zegna

Industry Press Panel

• Roberta Pinna – Fashion Market Editor Vogue Italia
• Chris Curry – Art Director The New Yorker

Young Fashion Illustration Ambassador

• Sabrina Percy

Academia Support

• Massimo Casagrande – Education Director Istituto Marangoni – Miami/Milan Harriet Posner – Conde Nast College – UK

Founded by illustrator/educator and artist Patrick Morgan RCA, who developed the Wallpaper* magazine education programme with the Royal College of Art, and has most recently been leading the luxury fashion illustration masterclasses with the V&A and Dior, for the ‘Designer of Dreams’ Exhibition.https://www.fidaworldwide.com/

Blakes Hotel and Fida, will be offering the winners of this award, selected by a committee, the opportunity to illustrate and draw numerous muses within the different locations of this luxury hotel.

Blakes Hotel is a 5-star hotel in London and considered one of the world’s first boutique hotels. It is at 33 Roland Gardens in South Kensington. It was established by London hotelier and designer Anouska Hempel, and contains eclectic artefacts collected by Hempel during her international travels. Known for protecting its clients’s privacy from the paparazzi, it often accommodates celebrities. Regular guests have included Princess Margaret; Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York; actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Lindsay Lohan; and supermodel Kate Moss.