Tuesday, May 16th
7:30 - 11:30pm

Hammerstein Ballroom
311 West 34th Street
(b/w 8th & 9th Avenues)

* Featured 30 fashion designers *

Finalists culled from over 800 submissions from 29 countries & 33 U.S. States...

Showcased on the 60 foot catwalk in one of New York City's most magnificent venues...

They battled for $35,000 in awards...

Master of Ceremonies:
Jessica Capshaw

Evening's Judges:
designer Diane von Furstenberg
designer Nicole Miller
designer John Bartlett
designer Joseph Abboud
designer Michael Vollbracht (Bill Blass)
designer Rebecca Taylor
designer Richard Lambertson (Lambertson/Truex)
journalist/tv host Mary Alice Stephenson
Project Runway's Tim Gunn

* 5 Motorola Design Vision Awards come with $5,000 grant

* 1 Perrier Bubbling Under Award comes with $10,000 grant

FINALISTS:

Motorola Design Vision Award for Accessories -
Tivi (Colorado, USA)*
De Palma Leather (New York, NY)
Andrea Brueckner (New York, NY)
Crumley by Brian Crumley (New York, NY)
Alejandro Ingelmo (New York, NY)

Motorola Design Vision Award for Menswear -
Loden Dager (New York, NY)
Nylo by Bryan Wang (New York, NY)*
IO by Carola Ploechinger (Berlin, Germany)
Vu N. (N. Hollywood, CA)
Brian Wood (New York, NY)

Motorola Design Vision Award for Womens Eveningwear -
Bruno Grizzo (New York, NY)*
H Fredriksson (Brooklyn, NY)
Ciarla by Jessica Ciarla (Brooklyn, NY)
Geren Ford (Hollywood,CA)
Jeanne Feldkamp (San Francisco, CA)

Motorola Design Vision Award for Womens Ready to Wear -
Bruno Grizzo (New York, NY)*
Christine Alcalay (Brooklyn, NY)
Church & State (Portland, Oregon)
Mal Sirrah, Inc (New York, NY)
Vandalborne by Katie Wendelborn (New York, NY)

Motorola Design Vision Award for Womens Avant Garde -
Yusuke Amatsu (New York, NY)*
POUR.ROW.QUOI (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Sarah Zins (San Francisco, CA)
KASIA RASS (Warsaw, Poland)
Carrie Lam (Hong Kong, HK)

Perrier Bubbling Under Award (Sparkle):
Jaclyn Mayer (New York, NY)
Zoe Hong (San Francisco, CA)*
Rhea Green (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Erlina Soegandi (North York, Ontario, Canada)
Patricia Samaniego (Las Vegas, NV)


* WINNER OF AWARD

**Beats by Monsieur Rene Goulet**