Cracow Fashion Week 2021
During the Cracow Fashion Awards 2021, held at the Nowa Huta Cultural Centre in Kraków, the graduation collections of this year’s SAPU graduates were presented.
The Grand Prix was awarded to Anna Szczygieł for her collection “That’s The Way I Am”, inspired by the spirit of London, the city where the designer lives and works.
Łukasz Kubiński received the ARIADNA S.A. Award for his collection “Furniture Collection”, inspired by the shapes and structures of furniture as well as the idea of ethnic diversity in the world. He also won the Media Council Award.
Many of the showcased projects were created in the spirit of socially responsible fashion, reflecting the No Waste courses offered as part of the SAPU curriculum.
Highlights
During the Cracow Fashion Awards 2021, SAPU graduates presented collections inspired by the concept of responsible fashion, created in part through the No Waste courses. The Grand Prix was awarded to Anna Szczygieł for her collection inspired by London.
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.