The ITS Contest 2025 ended in Trieste today. The Trieste competition has been characterized by fashion talents for years, including the Gucci creative boss Demna Gvsalia.
Maximilian Raynor receives the international jury price
All designers: Inside this issue, scholarships and further training opportunities were awarded. Maximilian Raynor, who received the “ITS jury’s Rewarding Honors”, received the award of the international jury, consisting of designers: inside, creative and industry expert: inside.
The final of the event was a collective celebration of the talent of ten young designers from all over the world, whose works will be part of the collection of the ITS Arcademy, Museum of Art in Fashion, the first Museum of Contemporary Fashion in Italy.
The ten new design hopes are Cindy Zhaohan Li from China, Gabrielle Szwarcenberg from Belgium, Macy Grimshaw from France, Maximilian Raynor from Great Britain, Mijoda Dajomi from Germany, Naya El Ahdab from France, Patrick Taylor from Great Britain, Qianhan Liu from China, and Yifan Yu and Zhuen Cai.
The exhibitions “Fashionlands, Clothes Beyond Borders”, curated by Olivier Saillard and Emanuele Coccia, and “Borderless” were opened in the presence of the Cultural State Secretary Senator Lucia Borgonzoni and the President of the Friaul-Julisch Veneto, Massimiliano Fedriga.
The scouting initiative, founded by Barbara Franchin, has been discovering and promoting the most promising young designers since 2002: inside for fashion and accessories from all over the world.
On Thursday, March 20, the ten designers awarded the “ITS Creative Excellence Award”: Inside the opportunity to present their collections.
The special recognition of the jury, the “ITS jury’s Rewarding Honors”, was awarded to Maximilian Raynor. It is a special award for a designer of the ITS Contest 2025, which aims to offer tailor -made support that meets his needs and creative ambitions.
“The jury awarded the energy and the will with which the designer wants to achieve his passionally explained professional goals. It is of the opinion that Maximilian Raynor’s research has strong historical traces and a conscious handling of artistic codes from theater and music. Raynors work is enriched by the material experiments and the logic of self -production,” says one message.
The jury included Andrea Rosso, OTB and Diesel Sustainability Ambassador, Barbara Franchin, President of the Fondazione ITS, Carlo Giordanetti, CEO Swatch Art Peace Hotel, the designer Maria Sole Ferragamo, Orsola de Castro, co -founder of Fashion Revolution and Estethica, Stefania Ricci, director of the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo and the Fondazione Ferragamo, and Stefano Gallici, Creative Director of Ann Demeulemeester.
“All designers: to offer the opportunity to grow together, is a new answer to the global and ethical challenges of our time instead of working on competition was the most responsible decision to promote the potential of this new designer: internal generation,” emphasized Barbara Franchin, President of the Fondazione ITS and founder of the ITS contest.
The OTB Group offers all ten selected designers: Inside a training day in the branches of OTB and Staff International, where the young designers can experience the production phases of the clothing and accessories of the group brands up close.
Macy Grimshaw received the “Rewarding Honors Powered by Swatch”. The company offers the designer a journey through the artistic heritage of Venice over the centuries. The designer will discover the colorful and unique craft of the glass mosaics in the Fornace Orsoni, explore centuries of luxurious fabrics in the Fondazione Rubelli and experience the passion for modern art in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, with the opportunity to meet the protagonists of every project.
One of the other award winners: Inside, Zhuen CAI, which received the “Rewarding Honors Powered by Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana”, which includes a scholarship worth 5,000 euros, which, based on the creativity of the designer, with particular attention to the topic of sustainability in its broadest forms – sustainability of the product in relation to the environment and social Sustainability – is awarded. Yu received the “Rewarding Honors Powered by Fondazione Ferragamo”, which provides for a scholarship worth 7,000 euros based on the material knowledge and innovation.
Patrick Taylor received the “Rewarding Honors Powered by Pitti Tutoring & Consulting”, which consist of a six-month mentoring program with specific tutoring and consulting activities, such as support in the definition and design of your own brand and the determination and analysis of the career path, which is most suitable for the designer.
The works of the finalist: Inside the 2025 edition, the collection of the ITS Arcademy, Museum of Art in Fashion,, an exhibition room of international format at the interface of fashion, art and culture, will change the exhibitions designed by internationally renowned curators with a calendar of courses and creative workshops for design students, schools of all levels and the public.
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