Collection: The Fourth Fida Awards 2021

Fida is proud to announce the 4th Global Fashion Illustration and Drawing Awards 2021. As we constantly strive for excellence and find new voices in the industry we aim to get the best visionaries to judge and oversee the competition. 

The winner of each category will receive over £1000 worth of Fida products (Membership for 1 year, worth £270, and feature in The Fida Fashion Illustration Bible Book, worth £750) 

Of the 4 category winners, 1 artist will go forward to become the overall winner and will receive an additional prize of £2000 cash.

This year we will be joined by the following artists, brands and creatives:

DAVID DOWNTON - Master Fashion Illustrator & Special Guest Judge

JOHN BOOTH - Fashion Creative and Textile Artist 

STINA PERSSON - Fashion Illustrator

NOEMIE SCHWALLER - Deputy Editor-in-Chief textilrevue, CH Media / Founder DASH Magazine

CATHERINE HAYWARD - Fashion Director ESQUIRE

SHIVANGI BHARDWAJ - ADIDAS 

SHAWN DAVEY - Art Director SELFRIDGES

MIKE CHRISTENSEN - Editor Man About Town Magazine

SPIROS HALARIS -  Fashion Illustrator

PETER TURNER -  Fashion Illustrator

ERIS TRAN -  Fashion Illustrator

The awards are split into the following 4 categories:

Classical:

The Classical Award welcomes entries from artists using traditional methods of drawing and fashion illustration and will be looking for best practice. The artwork(s) for this award can represent anything inspired by fashion: designers, collections, fashion shows, advertisements, photos, personal fashion inspiration or your own representation of fashion. Fashion is your own interpretation of the world of clothes and culture.

Avant Garde:

The Avant Garde Award is open to the artists using mixed media, combining traditional and new technology together. The artworks for this award can represent anything inspired by fashion: designers, collections, fashion shows, advertisements, photos, personal fashion inspiration or your own representation of fashion. Fashion is your own interpretation of the world of clothes and culture.

Nouveau:

The Nouveau Award is open to the creative who likes to use new technology, including: photoshop, ipad, procreate, Virtual Reality, mixed reality or even cgi. The artworks for this award can represent anything inspired by fashion: designers, fashion collections, fashion shows, advertisements, photos, personal fashion inspiration or your own representation of fashion. Fashion is your own interpretation of the world of clothes and culture.

Fashion Show:

The Fashion Show Award is open to the creative using any technique they prefer to best represent a fashion show of the past or present. In a fast moving fashion industry, capturing the best moments in history or illustrating a behind the scenes image, helps to document these special times. Artists and image makers have captured collections and shows throughout history and some of the best image makers have been lucky to see these moments, as they happen. Documenting and translating these shows enables audiences to try to imagine the time, place and atmosphere. The artwork should try to reflect the mood of the fashion show. 

For more information, please see the individual details in each award and if you still have questions please email : info@fidaworldwide.com