Cracow Fashion Week 2013
Cracow Fashion Week 2013 opened with the SAPU Graduation Show – Cracow Fashion Awards, where sixty graduates presented a diverse range of collections inspired by various styles and eras.
The Collection of the Year award went to Michał Wójciak for Malkontent, while distinctions were awarded to, among others, Maria Mrowca and Iga Szuchiewicz, who also received an internship at a Parisian atelier.
The gala honored 21 collections, confirming the high level of young designers and strengthening SAPU’s reputation on the fashion scene.
Highlights
SAPU designers presented a variety of collections, with the best receiving prestigious awards and internships, thereby promoting creativity and the development of talent.
Event details
Cracow Fashion Week opens with the SAPU Graduation Show – Cracow Fashion Awards (CFA), the most prestigious graduation fashion show in Poland and a competition for SAPU graduates. For years, the show has continuously promoted young talents in fashion design.
Each year, CFA attracts representatives from leading media as well as well-known figures from Polish and international fashion and art, who award prestigious prizes to graduates — including internships abroad and in Poland, opportunities to present collections in London, Moscow, Lviv, Riga, Minsk, free booths at Fashion Week Poland, and features in influential fashion magazines.
Thanks to the SAPU graduation show and the intensive promotion of young designers, Kraków has ranked 23rd among the world’s fashion capitals, surpassing cities such as Frankfurt, Vienna, San Francisco, and Rio de Janeiro. The show takes place in the exclusive spaces of the ICE Kraków Congress Centre.