Supima Names RISD Alumni Yuki Xu Design Competition Winner – WWD

Supima and stylist Regulation Roach on Thursday revealed Yuki Xu, alumni of Rhode Island College of Design, as this 12 months’s Supima Design Competitors winner.

Xu and 5 finalists — Cat Pfingst of Drexel College; Jiarui (Ruby) Cai of Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising; Yitao Li of Fashion Institute of Know-how; Alana Tolliver from Kent State College, and Bora Kim from College of Artwork Institute of Chicago — showcased eveningwear crafted totally with Supima cotton materials for a chance to win $10,000. The designers had been tasked with producing 5 appears utilizing Supima material, together with shirting, twill, denim, jersey and velveteen.

The designers had been mentored by CFDA Award successful eveningwear designer Bibhu Mohapatra and the collections had been evaluated by a panel of judges that included Roach, in addition to Nicola Formichetti, Fern Mallis, Edward Barsamian, Luke Meagher, Kelly Augustine, Godfrey Deeny, Freya Drohan, Gianluca Longo, Emilia Petrarca, Avril Graham, Claire Thomson-Jonville, Rajni Jacques, Maria Bernad, Tyler McCall, Tati Cotliar, Shibon Kennedy, Jerome Lamaar and the 2016 SDC winner, Jeffrey Taylor.

This 12 months marks the occasion’s return to a bodily presentation as final 12 months’s competitors was hosted through Instagram Stay and was additionally hosted by Roach. The earlier winner, Amanda Forastieri from Drexel College, additionally obtained a $10,000 prize.

“Given a number of the challenges we’re nonetheless dealing with, we’re so happy with this 12 months’s group of finalists,” mentioned Buxton Midyette, vp of promoting and promotions for Supima, in revealing this 12 months’s competitors in August. “They’re all extraordinarily gifted and have been in a position to embrace the true which means of the SDC with their creativity and innovation.”