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Submit your work during the entry period that best suits your schedule. Early preparation helps ensure your couture work is presented at its strongest.
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RISING DESIGN STARS • TALENT • ORIGINALITY • FUTURE
Rising Design Stars CATEGORIES
Find the Category That Best Represents Your Work
The French Rising Design Stars Awards recognises emerging talent across a wide range of fashion disciplines and creative specialties.
WHY ENTER THE FRENCH Rising Design Stars AWARDS?
Turn Emerging Talent Into International Recognition
Recognition gives exceptional couture a platform beyond the atelier—helping craftsmanship, creative vision, and luxury design excellence be seen by a broader international audience.
International Recognition
Gain recognition from an international panel of fashion and creative industry experts.
Build Industry Credibility
Independent recognition helps establish trust and visibility within the fashion industry.
Showcase Emerging Talent
Highlight your creativity, design vision, and future potential on an international stage.
Accelerate Professional Growth
Use award recognition to strengthen your portfolio, brand positioning, and career opportunities.
Judging Criteria
Judged Through Potential, Creativity & Vision
Entries are evaluated based on their creativity, potential, innovation, execution, and overall impact.
Creativity & Originality
The uniqueness of the concept, creative vision, and design approach demonstrated by the submission.
Design Excellence
The quality, presentation, and overall execution of the work.
Innovation & Potential
The extent to which the work demonstrates fresh thinking, originality, and future promise.
Personal Vision & Development
The strength of the designer's creative identity, direction, and potential for continued growth.
Overall Impact
The lasting impression, significance, and overall excellence demonstrated by the submission.
FEATURED WINNING WORKS
Emerging Talent Recognised on the International Stage
Explore past Rising Design Stars whose work demonstrates fresh perspective, creative potential, and a distinctive design vision shaping the next generation of fashion.
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Yulu Xia
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Rising Design Stars - Fashion Design
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PHAN THI THUY
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Rising Design Stars - Fashion Design
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Rufan LIN
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Rising Design Stars - Costume Design
PART OF THE ARTE COLLECTION BY IAA
The French Fashion Awards is proudly part of the Arte Collection by IAA, alongside the French Design Awards, iLuxury Awards, Rome Design Awards, and Arte of Beauty Awards. Together, these programs celebrate creativity, craftsmanship, innovation, and excellence across design, luxury, fashion, and beauty worldwide.
YOUR TALENT. YOUR FUTURE.
THE FUTURE OF FASHION STARTS HERE
The French Rising Design Stars Awards celebrates emerging designers whose creativity and ambition are shaping the next generation of fashion. Showcase your talent, gain international recognition, and take the next step in your creative journey.
Explore Other Categories
Discover More French Fashion Awards Categories
Browse additional category pages across fashion design, branding, product, and industry recognition, and continue exploring the wider French Fashion Awards programme.
