Make it With Wool Fashion Designer Contest

Here at Yak we’re always on the look out for cool fashion news, especially if it has to do with fabulous hats and warm winter wool. And today we’ve got a great little tidbit for all you aspiring designers out there! Check out the Wool Fashion Design Competition, sponsored by the American Wool Council.

The contest invites all college-level apparel design students (who are at least 17 years old) to create an original design using wool and submit a fabric swatch, a 5×7 photograph of the garment on a model, and a 1-3 minute video of the garment on a model to the National ‘Make It With Wool’ Coordinator.

The designs will be judged on creativity, fit, marketability and workmanship, among other criteria, and the winner of the contest will get a $1000 scholarship and a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona to participate in the national finals fashion show in January!

Sounds pretty good to us! The deadline for submissions is November 1^st, 2011 – so get sewing, and be sure to show us your cool wool designs – you never know, maybe we’ll be inspired to design a new hat!
For more information and submission guidelines for the contest, go to http://www.makeitwithwool.com/fashiondesigncontest.html.

-Hannah Perlmutter