SAPU Graduation Show 2024
The SAPU Graduation Show kicked off the 15th edition of Cracow Fashion Week.
During this year’s competition for young designers, the Cracow Fashion Awards, the Fashion Council was particularly impressed by Julia Korzeniowska’s surreal collection, inspired by the 19th-century circus of curiosities. The designer used unconventional materials and original accessories.
The event took place on March 17, 2024, at the Open Source Conference Centre in Kraków. 49 graduates from SAPU and the School of Fashion Design, both from Poland and abroad, presented their premiere collections, with a total audience of around 1,000 people across all shows (Premieres and Gala).
The young designers were evaluated by an international jury of leading fashion and media experts, including representatives from fashion weeks and fashion schools in Italy and China.
Highlights
Julia Korzeniowska won the Collection of the Year at the Cracow Fashion Awards 2024 for her surreal collection inspired by the 19th-century circus of curiosities.
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 consistently promoted young talent in fashion design.
Every year, CFA attracts representatives of leading media outlets and prominent figures from Polish and international fashion and art, who award graduates with prestigious prizes, including domestic and international internships, presentations of collections in London, Moscow, Lviv, Riga, Minsk, free booths at Fashion Week Poland, and publications in influential fashion magazines.
Thanks to the SAPU graduation show and the intensive promotion of young designers, Kraków 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.