Young fashion designers to gain from IYFE
Hathoon Sheriffdeen
Sri Lanka has a strong opportunity to get a chance to enter into the
top ten young fashion Entrepreneurs of the International Young Fashion
Entrepreneurs (IYFE) Award in 2009.
Deputy Director, British Council, Duncan Wilson announcing the IYFE
Award 2009 yesterday said this the second award ceremony introduced to
the Sri Lankan fashion industry.
There were 25 participants last year.
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National IYFE winner 2008, Darshi Keerthisena, Chief
Corporate Officer , SLT, P.N.E. Abayasekara, Deputy
Director, British Council Sri Lanka, Duncan Wilson and
Manager-Programme Delivery, British Council, Ranmali
Mirchandani. Picture by Sudath Nishantha |
IYFE award 2008 was held in London last February. Sri Lankan batik
designer, Darshi Keerthisena competed along with nine other
international winners from countries such as India, Indonesia, Mexico,
Lebanon, Pakistan.
Entrepreneurial skills, like risk bearing will be assessed in the
International Young Fashion Entrepreneur (IYFE).
Participants will be chosen from various fashion sectors such as
fashion textile, accessories production and design, fashion promotion,
fashion marketing and fashion publishing in Sri Lanka, Manager-
Programme Delivery, British council of Sri Lanka, Ranmali Mirchandani
said.
The applicants should be within the age limit of 25 to 35 years and
working in the fashion industry and IELTS language skills six points.
The applications should reach the British Council is on 15,
September, she said.
The National winner will be sponsored to UK for 10 to 12 days and
will also be participating for the IYFE 2009 UK. This will be in
February 2009. |
