Cracow Fashion Week 2016
Several dozen young designers presented their graduation collections during the Cracow Fashion Awards. The best competed for the Grand Prix, the Media Award, and the Artists’ Award, judged by a jury of leading figures from fashion, art, and media.
The top prize — Grand Prix for Collection of the Year — was awarded to Bartosz Kuśnierz. The event, held at ICE Kraków, marked the opening of the 7th edition of Cracow Fashion Week.
The gala also featured guest shows, including Gosia Sobiczewska (ESTby ES) and SAPU alumni — Ewelina Kosmal, Anka Letycja Walicka, and Michał Wójciak. Collections were also presented by young designers from Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia, and Hungary.
Highlights
The Cracow Fashion Awards once again impressed with the creativity of SAPU students — the Grand Prix was awarded to Bartosz Kuśnierz.
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.