The CTF (Challenge The Fabric) Award has announced its debut at London Fashion Week. The award organised by the Swedish Fashion Council, is for emerging fashion talents, celebrating creativity and exploring the fabric viscose and its versatile application for the fashion industry. The award was created in response to increasing fashion consumption and the growing demands for fibers. The CTF opens the dialogue about viscose as alternative fabric, a biomaterial processed from wood. 

The CTF Award will launch at London Fashion Week on 13 September with a fashion show presenting the creations of six young designers who have been selected as finalists for the award of €30.000. 

A jury of fashion experts will award the CTF Award 2018 to one of the six finalists. 

The six finalists will present a selection of their BA collections in addition to newly designed viscose looks at the CTF show. The finalists are as follows:

• Harry Freegard of London’s Central St. Martins
• Brandon Wen of Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts 
• Christine-Marie Valtonen of Helsinki’s Aalto University
• Anna Bernal of Arnhem’s ArtEZ
• Elena Velez of New York Parsons School 
• Paolo Carzana of London’s University of Westminster

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