For nearly two decades, Gen Art’s Fresh Faces in Fashion has been the original source for discovering the fashion design world’s rising stars, including Rebecca Taylor, Zac Posen, Philip Lim, Duckie Brown, and Rodarte.
In September 2015, Gen Art successfully re-launched Fresh Faces in Fashion, the legacy competition which gave three emerging designers a runway show at New York Fashion Week FW’16. The designers included:
Australian-based resort womenswear
London-based menswear
Israeli born, NYC based womenswear
Gen Art assembled an esteemed group of industry professionals that provided invaluable recommendations to the final three designers:
CHRISTINA NEAULT
Fashion Consult/ former IMGDANIEL SILVER
Duckie Brown DesignerBETSEY JOHNSON
Legendary DesignerSTEVEN COX
Duckie Brown DesignerLYDIA HEARST
Supermodel & ActressGEORGE WAYNE
Vanity Fair Editor & Fashion InfluencerROBERT VERDI
Fashion Media PersonalityKERI INVGARSSON
Gen Art PartnerDaniel Silverstain was selected and awarded a one-year acceleration period at the Agency at Gen Art, inclusive of strategy, financial, press, marketing, and sales services at no cost to him.
Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion 20th anniversary showcase during NYFW FW’16 garnered over 1 billion media impressions with over 1,000 global designer entrees and 500+ guests including celebrities, editors, buyers, stylists, and industry influencers.