Dust off your portfolios fashion designers and get ready for Supima’s 2nd Emerging Designer Competition to be held in SoHo, New York. The Phoenix-based marketing agency for U.S. grown pima cotton has created a contest modeled after the 1954 Wool Secretariat competition that launched the careers of legendary designers like Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. Their cotton is the chosen brand for designers and retailers like James Perse, Ralph Lauren, and Brooks Brothers. The open call will be held at the Thompson Hotel in SoHo on Thursday November 20th (4pm to 9pm) and Friday November 21st (10am to 1pm). 25-30 designers will be hand picked for the event. The competition will be centered on one womenswear evening piece made from Supima cotton that will be presented during a live runway show on January 14th at Gotham Hall. Select sketches and winning designs will also be shown in a Supima magazine distributed to fashion retailers and buyers as well as on the Supima website. Applicants need to bring a portfolio, cv or resume, a sketch of the evening wear entry, and a garment they have designed and sewn themselves. You will meet with an esteemed panel of judges at the open call for an interview. Once you are chosen to be a contestant, you will be given 10 yards of the luxurious cotton in which to complete your design. Make it work designers and good luck! ~ Maria Denardo

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