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RIGHT: Dragovoja Horn. BELOW: Deconstruction from Patricia Lie. THIRD ROW: Selma Karaca. BOTTOM: Very futuristic: designs by Wilson Tijuatja Widjaja from Indonesia.

   In the category for the Gen Art Design Vision Award for Avant-Garde, it was equally as competitive, but the battle was won the moment the first design from Montreal’s Jade DevangelisSculpt Messyah Couture collection came on the runway. Skender Dragovoja and Otto Horn’s (of Dragovoja Horn) sculptural approach design was an early favourite. Brooklyn’s Patricia Lie’s elegantly deconstructed eveningwear designs (witness her naughty-but-nice sheer pleated top) likewise caught my fancy. Selma Karaca’s ‘Egyptian Maiden on the Nile’ high concept designs were slightly underwhelming and Indonesian Wilson Tijuatja Widjaja’s Pop Art paper doll designs were a bit too close to the iconic Victor & Rolf æsthetic for their own good.
   But Ms Devangelis’s high art Goth design defines the raison d’être of the category. She is known for her use of leather, sheet metal and a variety of technical processes to achieve a graphic, uncompromising, apocalyptic look that incorporates the world of haute couture and netherworld fetish fantasies.
   The Perrier ‘Bubbling Under’ Award for Design Concepts—‘the Elements’ was given to Kansas State University Senior Meleesa D. Lorett; and the Gen Art Design Vision Award for Accessories was granted to Brooklyn’s Nicole Landaw for her Nicole Landaw Jewelry line.
   Corporate sponsors and supporting award sponsors for the competition included Acura, Boru Vodka, Ecru New York, L’Oréal Féria, Red Stripe, Target, Stila Cosmetics, Perrier, Project New York/California and SoBe Adrenaline Rush. •

Phillip D. Johnson is features’ editor of Lucire.

 

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