APPLY: The Vlisco Fashion Fund 2019 for Emerging Designers and Tailors

Application Deadline: October 1st 2019

The Vlisco Fashion Fund supports emerging designers and tailors in the process of establishing a career in fashion. We share knowledge, give access to an expanded network, and help emerging fashion talent with skill-strengthening and brand-development for their African fashion labels.

Requirements:

• African fashion designers, 20-30 years of age, living in or outside Africa.
• Applicants must be able to design and sew their own clothes.

Criteria

Selected applicants are invited for an interview and sewing test, after which 3 candidates are chosen as finalists per country category. 

Those finalists are given an assignment to complete, which is judged by an international panel of fashion professionals. Seven winners are chosen, one from every country category: Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, DRC, Ghana, and ‘Global’ which includes the rest of Africa and the diaspora.

Prize:

Vlisco Fashion Fund winners receive career funding of €5000 to invest in new equipment, to help finance the set-up of a studio, or to otherwise facilitate business growth. Each winner will also be invited to participate in professional training workshops.

How to Apply:

1. Download application form below
2. Fill out application form by computer, or by hand if necessary
3. Prepare a portfolio of max. 8 images
4. Send complete application and portfolio in 1 email to fashionfund@vlisco.com

For questions, send an e-mail to: infovff@vlisco.com

PLEASE NOTE:

• You must send all documents in 1 email
• Attachments cannot exceed 25 MB
• We do not accept WeTransfer files
• Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed
• Apply before October 1

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Vlisco Fashion Fund 2019