NYFDA’s 2009
by user on March 26th, 2009
Last night saw a huge event in the fashion calendar. The NYFDA’s took place in college green and we were brought along to promote the 7310 supernova!
Prying ourselves away from the (free) bar, we had 3 handsets to give away - Best dressed male, best dressed female and a golden ticket that was hidden under one of the seats beside the catwalk.
As for the event itself - we were late as we had to wait for everyone attending the event to take their seats so UNFORTUNATELY we had to stand right beside the passage way the models walked through before hitting the catwalk. It’s a tough life.
The overall winner of the Nokia Young Fashion Designer Award was Aoife Gallagher from Limerick Senior College with her supernova inspired creation. Along with the honour of winning the competition, Aoife collected a cheque for €5000 along with huge notoriety in the fashion community.
Runners-up were Lynn Allen and Ciara Glynn who each collected cheques for €1000.
Overall winner - Aoife Gallagher
Joint Runner-up Ciara Glynn
Joint Runner-up Lynn Allen
Nokia Young Fashion Designer Awards 2009
by user on March 24th, 2009
The Nokia Young Fashion Designer Awards 2009 will take place this Wednesday, March 25th in Dublin, where an international judging panel including top fashion blogger Susie Lau from www.stylebubble.typepad.com, Senior Menswear designer at Hermés - Brendan Mullane, Irish designer Louise Kennedy and Godfrey Deeny of www.fashionwiredaily.com, will choose one winner from 20 finalists, after they show their creations live on the catwalk.
The glamorous event, which showcases the talents of Ireland’s 
young designers, will see 20 finalists unveil their Nokia Supernova inspired outfits at the event which takes place at the Old Habitat Building on College Green in Dublin city centre.
In the recent past, The Nokia Young Fashion Designer Award has proven to unearth some of Ireland’s top design talent. Previous winners include Olivia Hegarty, who is working with Double M in the UK, John McCormack, now stocked in Design Centre in Dublin, Rebeca Garcia, who has recently started her own business in Spain, Deirdre Brennan, who has since worked as assistant mainline designer with Joanne Hynes, and last year’s winner, Michelle Wilson
Off the Rails presenters, Brendan Courtney and Sonya Lennon will also be lending their flair to the catwalk this year!
For more information see www.nokia.ie/nyfda