FIDA 11th Awards 2025 List of Winners and Commendation Artists
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS AND COMMENDATION ARTISTS IN THE 11TH FIDA AWARDS 2025:
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR AWARD SPONSORS
Lumii Design – Pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling
Intermezzo Catering & Events – Bringing creativity to life through unforgettable experiences
Sartoria Rea – Excellence in design and craftsmanship
LiveEventsArtist.com – Championing artists for live event experiences worldwide
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR AWARD PARTNERS
Arts Thread – Connecting the next generation of creatives with global opportunities
Fashion Scout – Discovering and promoting the world’s most exciting fashion talent
JUDGES FOR THE 11TH FIDA AWARDS
Filippo Grazioli – Creative Director, Missoni
Patrick Cox – Founder, Doors of Perception
Jim Turner – Editor-in-Chief, Flaunt Magazine
Stefano Carminati – Art Director, Wired Magazine
Anthony McGrath – Course Leader, UAL (London College of Fashion) & Founder, Clothes-Make-the-Man.com
Rita Bressani Doldi – Founder & Creative Culinary Director, Intermezzo Catering and Events
Cosimo Ippolito – Managing Director, Sartoria Rea
Franck Lopez – Representative, Hermès
Anthony Brownless – Founder, Arts Thread
Martyn Roberts – Co-Founder, Fashion Scout
Biljana Ljubicic – Co-Founder, Fashion Scout
Bonny Coakley – Co-Founder, Lumii Design
Celebrating Excellence: Highlights From This Year’s Fashion Illustration Awards
This year’s Fashion Illustration Awards showcased artists who demonstrated extraordinary skill, emotional clarity and a fearless commitment to visual storytelling. Across every category, the work reflected not only technique but also perspective — the ability to observe, reinterpret and elevate fashion into a compelling artistic language. The result was an inspiring, diverse and powerful creative landscape, marking a dynamic moment for contemporary fashion illustration.
Faces & Beauty: Emotion, Elegance and Human Depth
The Faces & Beauty category revealed portrait work that truly transcended technique. Artists captured emotion, elegance and humanity with remarkable sensitivity, transforming beauty into intimate narrative. Each portrait emphasised character over surface appearance, using detail, depth and honesty to express the individuality of its subject. These pieces stood out not simply for their skill, but for their ability to weave story and personality into every mark.
Live Event Illustration: Spontaneity Brought to Life
Live event illustrators once again demonstrated an extraordinary ability to capture movement, atmosphere and energy in real time. Their work felt fluid, instinctive and alive, turning immediacy into art. Every stroke distilled the pulse of the moment, resulting in drawings that read like vivid performances on paper — spontaneous yet confidently composed. This category reaffirmed how powerful and expressive speed-based illustration can be when guided by a sharp observational eye.
Digital Fashion Design: Precision With Humanity
Digital illustrators delivered work rich in concept, tone and craftsmanship. These artists balanced innovation with emotion, proving that technology can feel beautifully human when guided by strong artistic vision. Their renderings glowed with sophistication, demonstrating how digital technique can elevate, rather than replace, expressive storytelling. This category continues to redefine what digital fashion design can achieve, blurring the line between precision and artistry.
Fashion Editorial Illustration: Full Worlds in a Single Frame
The editorial category offered some of the most cinematic and narrative-driven work in the competition. Illustrators created layered, evocative imagery that felt visually magnetic from the first glance. Colour, composition and concept worked together to create narratives that were both contemporary and timeless. Many submissions stood as fully imagined editorial worlds — rich in cultural awareness, artistic assurance and meticulous detail.
Emerging Talent: Confident Voices Shaping the Future
The Emerging Talent Award highlighted artists whose voices already feel unmistakably their own. This new generation demonstrated a rare combination of imagination, skill and bold creative curiosity. Their work signalled genuine promise, presenting visions that were not only distinct but exciting in their potential. This category made it clear that the future of fashion illustration is being shaped by artists who are confident, expressive and eager to push boundaries.
A New Era for Fashion Illustration
Taken together, this year’s submissions reflected a new wave of illustrators blending craft, culture and innovation with remarkable assurance. The diversity of style, technique and imagination was extraordinary, each artist offering something unexpected and powerful. The future of fashion illustration looks not only bright but brilliantly unpredictable — a landscape shaped by artists unafraid to explore new forms of expression and redefine what the discipline can be.
A final congratulations and heartfelt thank you to every artist who took part – your work made this year’s awards truly special. It takes real courage to put your work out there, and we look forward to seeing more of you in the future.
Keep creating!
Team FIDA
