TFI’s Barbie® Fashion Challenge: Win $10,000 Cash!

The Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI) and Barbie® have a truly exciting opportunity for women’s wear designers to celebrate TFI’s 25th anniversary and also the opportunity to win $10,000!

Read more below or contact tfi@fashionincubator.com for more information.

She may be just under a foot tall, but Barbie® doll is big in the fashion world. She has served as model and muse to many of the world’s most renowned names in fashion. Always ahead of the trends, Barbie® has inspired many designers to identify and play out their dreams, serving as the ultimate canvas for their imaginations. For TFI’s 25^th anniversary, Barbie® is challenging Canadian designers to play with fashion for a chance to win $10,000 CASH!

ake your signature style to new heights using Barbie®, the ultimate fashion icon, as your inspiration! Push the boundaries of your imagination and create an unexpected twist, fashion that can be worn as ART! Have FUN designing an “art-to-wear” piece that’s THEATRICAL, FRESH, OPTMISTIC, OUT-OF-THE-BOX!

Your one-of-a-kind design should translate to a wearable piece that can be worn down the runway and designed to fit a female model. 25 designers will be selected to have their OUTSTANDING pieces showcased at TFI’s 25^th anniversary gala runway show on May 3, 2012. One winner from the 25 designers selected will win a $10,000 cash prize!

Send in the application (click here) and one full-colour fashion illustration of your proposed art-to-wear runway look no later than 5:00pm (ET) on FEBRUARY 10, 2012 to Toronto Fashion Incubator 285 Manitoba Dr., Toronto, ON M6K 3C3.