Cracow Fashion Week 2019
The Cracow Fashion Awards 2019, combined with the SAPU Graduation Show, took place on March 9 at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre, opening the jubilee 10th edition of Cracow Fashion Week.
Organized by SAPU in partnership with the City of Kraków, the event was held under the theme “Fashion, Art, Ecology”. It also marked the 25th edition of the SAPU graduation competition.
The Grand Prix and the awards for Collection of the Year and Media Collection were won by Anna Nowak-Curyło for her collection “Identity”, which stood out for its artistic approach and coherent vision of identity.
The jury included fashion experts from Poland and abroad, including Katarzyna Sokołowska, Ilona Majer (MMC), Jerzy Antkowiak, Landiana Yolo, Nawie Kuiper, Branko Popović, Maria Cristina Rigano, Bin Chen, Natasha Pavluchenko, Anna Puślecka, and Anna Wasińska-Golonka.
Highlights
The Cracow Fashion Awards 2019 opened the 10th edition of Cracow Fashion Week — the Grand Prix was awarded to Anna Nowak-Curyło for her collection “Identity”, which was also recognized by the Media Council.
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.