DMU?s Shivani Chavda as Young Designer of the Year

[Fibre2fashion]

De Montfort University (DMU) student Shivani Chavda has been named Young Fashion Designer of the Year at one of the UK’s most prestigious fashion events.

Shivani, 22, from Harrow, London, is in her final year of the BA (Hons) Fashion Design at DMU in Leicester and won the catwalk finals of the Young Designer of the Year 2010 competition at the Clothes Show Live at NEC in Birmingham.

She has won £1,000 prize money and a £1,000 donation to the university.

Shivani’s design, inspired by the Orient, was among ten finalists whose designs were showcased on the catwalk who included fellow DMU student Maria Ellina.

This is the second time in three years that the Young Designer of the Year title has gone to a DMU student. In 2008 Charlotte Christy won the competition which is open to fashion students from universities and colleges around the UK.

The brief for this year’s competition was to design a dress that draws inspiration from any country in the world.

Shivani has taken elements of the Orient and incorporated it into her dress. The mixture of delicate beauty and strong shapes are the defining features of her design.

 

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