H&M announces the winner of the H&M Design Award 2016

Hannah Jinkins was announced as the winner of the H&M Design Award 2016.

Jinkins, a graduate from the Royal College of Art, London, was selected from eight finalists by an international jury that included amongst others Kate Bosworth, Olivier Rousteing and Nick Knight. As the H&M Design Award winner, Jinkins receives a one-year mentorship from H&M, a prize sum of €50,000 and the opportunity to develop her winning collection to be sold in selected H&M stores as well as online in autumn 2016.

24-year old Hannah Jinkins, from London, graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2015. Her collection created a balance between tough fabrics like raw denim and inner linings of silk. Her silhouettes are oversized yet feminine, showing a real understanding of the female body
 “I feel very honoured and proud to have won the H&M Design Award. When my name was announced, it was very surreal and I felt quite emotional. I want to start my own label, and winning the award means I can follow my dream,” says Hannah Jinkins, winner of the H&M Design Award 2016.

H & M Design Award for 2014 Goes To......

The winner of the H&M Design Award 2014 is Eddy Anemian, a 24 year-old student at La Cambre in Brussels.

 Today, in Stockholm, the winning collection was presented with a fashion show at Mercedes-Benz Stockholm Fashion Week. In addition to the show, Eddy has won €50,000 and the opportunity to sell pieces developed from his collection in selected H&M stores and online later this autumn.

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Minju Kim, winner of the 2013 H&M Design Award, shows her collection in Stockholm

The winner of the 2013 H&M Design Award is Minju Kim, a 26-year-old student at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

Part of the prize was the chance to present her collection with her own show at the Mercedes-Benz Stockholm Fashion Week and €50,000.

Plus the opportunity to develop pieces from her collection to be sold in selected H&M stores this autumn. www.hm.com

Minju was chosen by a grand jury which included fashion designer Jonathan Saunders, editor-at-large Tim Blanks, stylist Leith Clark, photographer Sølve Sundsbø, blogger and photographer Hanneli Mustaparta, fashion journalist Kristopher Arden Houser, H&M’s Creative Advisor Margareta van den Bosch, and H&M’s Head of Design Ann-Sofie Johansson.

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And the Winner of H&M's new Design Award for 2012 is....

H&M have created a brand new internationl design award to support talented designers after their graduation.
And the winner of the first ever H&M Design Award is Stine Riis, a 28 year old graduate from the London College of Fashion.
She was announced the winner at Stockholm's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week where she presented her  collection.

Titled 'Decadence & Decay' she describes her collection as 'tailored future elegance'

Colour palette: orange, tan, shades of  blue and white.

Stine wins 50.000 Euros and from September around fifteen pieces from her collection will be sold in selected H&M stores in the UK , Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands .

With so many great pieces, it will be hard to choose which ones.

The judges for this award were: fashion designer Christopher Kane; fashion journalists Hilary Alexander and Kristopher Arden Houser; fashion blogger Susie Lau; H&M's creative advisor Margareta van den Bosch and H&M's head of design Ann-Sofie Johansson.

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