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ITS#TENInternational Talent Supportfashion, accessories, jewelry, photoTrieste, 15-16 July 2011ITS#WHYThe aim of ITS is to give visibility, support and voice to young talents from every corner of the globe and offer the chance to set creativity free throughfinancial opportunities, work placements and occasions to have their work shown to a jury made up of real experts from the fashion and photographyworld. ITS is a platform created and developed by E V E, in cooperation with DIESEL, YKK, SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS and DISARONNO.ITS#WHATInternational Talent Support originary conceived as a fashion contest, evolved in a multi-disciplinary platform for creatives;ITS#FASHION, the established fashion competition for final-year students of fashion & design schools and young designers;ITS#ACCESSORIES, the only contest in the world entirely dedicated to all types of fashion accessories;ITS#PHOTO, the photography contest is back, open to photography students and young photographers worldwide;ITS#JEWELRY, the brand new Jewelry Design Competition, open to all schools of jewelry design worldwide and to young jewelrycreators.Prizes up for grabsITS#FASHION ITS#ACCESSORIES ITS#JEWELRY ITS#PHOTOFashion Collection of the Year:production and organization of afashion show, plus the chance tobe a member of ITS#11 Fashion& Accessories Jury + €15,000towards the development of thenew collection.Fashion Special Prize: €5,000.Diesel Award: supports the winner’spath into the internationalfashion industry through a cashprize of €25,000 + an internshipwithin the Diesel Creative Teamat its HQ in Italy.Skunkfunk Sustainability Award:the winner will receive €5,000 andwill work with Skunkfunk for a collectionwith his/her own label.MMM Award: offered by MaisonMartin Margiela The winner will receive€5,000 and will be offered aninternship at the prestigious fashionhouse.Accessories Collection of theYear: €5,000 to create a brandnew collection to be presentedout of competition in the nextedition, plus the chance to be amember of ITS#11 Accessoriesjury.YKK Award: €10,000 + the selected.YKK project will be usedfor a professional photographyshoot.ModAmontAward: €3,000 +winner’s work will be featuredin the ModAmont September2011 fair, catalogue andwebsite.Swarovski Elements JewelryAward: amounting to €10,000+ a 6 month internship atSwarovski HQ in Wattens (Austria).DISARONNO Photo Award:€5,000 and the possibility ofhaving their photo project exhibitedduring DISARONNO eventsworldwide.SVA Photoglobal Award: Afull scholarship to the one year“PhotoGlobal” photography courseat School of Visual Arts, NewYork, N.Y.D-La Repubblica will assign to a fashion, accessories or photography finalist the D-La Repubblica Award: the magazine will freelydecide when and how to grant visibility to the winner.ITS#WHOITS searches worldwide and scouts young talents that every year send their creations, visions and dreams to EVE headquarters in Trieste,Italy. International Talent Support would not be possible without the support of special partners and supportersDIESEL, main partner for ITS#FASHION, has established The Diesel Award offering the finalists the most tangible way to support theirbreakthrough into the international fashion scene. This year each contestant must send, in addition to the collection enrolled, a proposalinspired by the briefing “Set the future of the denim world with your creativity”. The prize consists of €25,000 that the winner can use topromote his/her work in the best possible way and to invest in their career. In addition, the winner will be invited at the Diesel CreativeTeam at its HQ in Italy for a 6 month internship. Skunkfunk, new sponsor of ITS, will ask the finalists to develop a sustainable project. Thewinner will receive the SKFK Sustainability Award amounting to €5,000 and will work with Skunkfunk for a collection with his/her ownlabel. MMM Award, offered by Maison Martin Margiela, with a project that re-elaborates iconic items from the maison. The winner willreceive €5,000 and will be offered an internship at the prestigious fashion house. L’Oréal Professionnel will provide the hairstyling for thefashion show, Lancôme will take care of the make-up.

YKK is the main partner for ITS#ACCESSORIES. A leading company in the production of fastenings, is in its sixth year of partnershipwith ITS. Each accessories designer enrolled in the competition is asked to present a project for one of the three different cathegories.The finalist with the best YKK project will be awarded €10,000 and will be the focus of a professional professional photography shoot.ModAmont, the International Trade Show of Trimming and Supplies for Fashion and Design, will offer the ModAmont Award, a dedicatedspace in its September 2011 fair, in its catalogue and website for one of the Accessories finalists.Swaroski Elements is the main partner of the brand new ITS#JEWELRY area, with the Swarovski Elements Jewelry Award consistingof €10,000 and the thrilling chance of a 6 month internship at Swarovski HQ in Wattens (Austria).DISARONNO is the main partner for ITS#PHOTO. DISARONNO will challenge the contestants asking them to enrol a photo series basedon the theme “Open the Possibilities”, the claim of the international communication campaign of DISARONNO. The selected finalists willbe required to prepare an extra photo project on a more focused theme, “DISARONNO Open the Possibilities” which will be presentedduring the finals in July. The DISARONNO Photo Award will grant the winner €5,000 and the possibility of having their photo project exhibitedduring DISARONNO events worldwide. SVA will offer the SVA Photoglobal Award: a full scholarship to the one year “PhotoGlobal”photography course at School of Visual Arts, New York, N.Y.D-La Repubblica, the weekly insert of the newspaper La Repubblica dealing with fashion, work, society and culture is the mediapartner ofITS#TEN and will assign to a fashion, accessories or photography finalist the D-La Repubblica Award: the magazine will freely decide whenand how to grant visibility to the winner.UniCredit, one of the leader banks in Europe, has become the new sponsor of the 10th Anniversary edition of ITS. Iqons and F-Tape willoffer a wide coverage of the event on their prestigious websites.Roberto Cipresso’s Winecircus is the realm of experimentation. Based on this, a natural connection developed with ITS. Roberto Cipresso,one of the world’s most gifted winemakers, will create the ITS#WINE.ITS#TEN would not be possible without the substantial contribution of the local institutions, that answered the call for support with a firmcommitment, that highlights the importance of ITS both for the city of Trieste and for the whole region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. ITS warmlythanks Regione FVG, Comune di Trieste, Fondazione CRTrieste, Camera di Commercio di Trieste and Acegas APS for their importantinvolvement.Develon, the internet partner of ITS, is a company specialised in developing projects that integrate both interactive and traditional communicationand www.itsweb.org is operational thanks to their contribution. Working closely with ITS since long time now, it always findsthe simplest and most innovative solutions.ITS#WHEREThe city: ITS is in Trieste… an alternative setting, an untouched area in the middle of Europe and outside the institutional fashion circuit,in a border city overlooking the open sea.The internet site: beyond the annual event, ITS virtual life is on the web – www.itsweb.org – where a large space is dedicated to promotingand supporting the ITS finalists with news and info on their latest projects.The schools: ITS is present in all the schools that back the project: more than 880 schools over 70 countries. Some names? Central St.Martins (London), The Royal College of Art (London), Royal Academy of Art (Antwerp), Institut Français de la Mode (Paris), Shenkar College(Tel-Aviv, Israel), S. Francisco Academy of Arts, Bunka Fashion College (Tokyo), École Cantonale d’Art (Lausanne), École NationaleSuperieure de la Photographie (Arles), School of Visual Arts (NYC).Around the world: In order to take ITS around the globe, in spring a Scouting Tour hits different schools. The network extends fromschools, to fashion houses, press and opinion leaders.ITS#WHENITS#TEN TIMING ITS#TEN Event 15-16 July 2011ITS#TEN Launch January 2011Enrollment DeadlinePre-selection25 March 2011 / April 2011 (Photo)19 April 2011 ITS#JEWELRY20-21 April 2011 FASHION & ACCESSORIES27 April 2011 ITS#PHOTO15 JulyITS#ACCESSORIES, ITS#PHOTO and ITS#JEWELRY Vernissage16 JulyITS#FASHION SHOW + Award Ceremony+ AftershowFor further information please contact ITS Press Office:Alessandro Offer – phone +39 040 3220970, fax +39 040 3221245email: pressoffice@itsweb.orgwebsite www.itsweb.orgEVE S.r.l., P.za Venezia, 1 – 34123 Trieste, ITALY