ITS ON: Italy’s International Talent Support contest — also known as ITS — is back.
Following a one-year hiatus in 2017 due to a lack of funds, the Trieste-based design competition for emerging fashion, accessories and jewelry talents will return this June for its 16th edition.
Founded in 2002 by Barbara Franchin, the contest is back thanks to a new partnership with the Italian fashion chamber, Pitti Immagine and Altaroma, which will cooperate to provide continuity to ITS’ scouting activity and promotion of young designers.
Companies such as OTB Group, Swatch and Illy also resumed their partnership with the program. In particular, OTB’s president Renzo Rosso has been supporting the contest since its launch, first with Diesel and then with the brand’s parent company, which also controls the Maison Margiela, Marni, Viktor & Rolf and Paula Cademartori fashion labels.
“ITS has always been an incredible source of energy and inspiration,” Rosso said in a statement. “Many of its finalists work in the style offices of the most well-known fashion houses of the world, without mentioning our own.” The latest to join the group’s brands through an internship were the tied winners of the 2016 OTB Award, Niels Gundtoft Hansen and Anna Bornhold.
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