Newly graduated designer Louise Boye Andersen from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, The School of Design is nominated for new international fashion award by H&M.
H&M has created a brand new, international design award with the ambition of supporting talented designers after their graduation. The H&M Design Award will push fashion students in the right direction, so that they can continue to grow and develop in their work as fashion designers.
H&M has chosen six brilliant finalists for the H&M Design Award 2012 – and among theseLouise Boye Andersen is representing Denmark. One of the finalists will show the winning collection live streamed from Stockholm’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
An international jury with some of the world’s biggest names in fashion will select the winner of the H&M Design Award 2012, together with Ann-Sofie Johansson, Head of Design at H&M. The H&M Design Award will be presented through a series of short web clips, to air from January 13 to February 1st on the H&M Design Award website.
The winner will be announced on February 1st 2012, during Stockholm Fashion Week, followed by a fashion show with the winner’s graduate collection. The event will be live streamed on designaward2012.hm.com.
Louise Boye Andersen recently graduated from The School of Design. Meet the designer here
