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Creative Invite > Fashion > Fashion Designers, collaborate with MJ Diehl and Roman Milisic in NYC

  • Submit29 days 2 hours 23 Min. left
  • VoteApr 09 - Apr 13, 2010
  • Winner Announced
House of Diehl
  • Fashion Designers, collaborate with MJ Diehl and Roman Milisic in NYC
  • House of Diehl
  • Incentive: Have your pieces used for a high profile runway event
  • MJ Diehl and Roman Milisic of the innovative House of Diehl, invite all fashion designers to submit their best work and take part in this one of a kind opportunity to be featured in a high profile runway event. The selected designer will collaborate directly with MJ Diehl and Roman Milisic on a one-of-a-kind piece of couture, plus the winner will be able to include a second piece to be independently designed. As the selected designer, you will be using the fabric created in "Auto-graph", which you can view here: www.houseofdiehl.com/projects/autopix.html. The collaboration will take place in the House of Diehl New York City studio and these pieces will be used in a high profile runway event and will be included in an exhibition at art institutions worldwide.

    House of Diehl will judge applicants based on their design aesthetic, tailoring and garment. The first piece will be the collaboration of MJ and Roman, but the designer will be credited for the second piece designed. For more inspiration, check out House of Diehl designs at:

    http://www.talenthouse.com/houseofdiehl.

    Fashion Designers, submit 3 photos of garments you have created yourself and 1 - 2 sketches of design ideas using the auto-graph fabric in jpg format. Additionally, email a copy of your resume to houseofdiehl@talenthouse.com to be considered.

    *This creative invite is for fashion designers.* *No Models Please*
  • Files: House of Diehl CI Rules (PDF)

 Details

Target Group Fashion Designers

Selection Criteria Invite your friends and fans to vote on your work. Submissions with the most votes are automatically included in the final selection round. House of Diehl will determine the final selection.

Submission requirements Please submit 3 photos of garments you have created yourself and 1 - 2 sketches of design ideas using the auto-graph fabric in jpg format. Also submit a copy of your resume to houseofdiehl@talenthouse.com

 Artist biography

House of Diehl www.houseofdiehl.com is the creative partnership of MJ Diehl and Roman Milisic. Producing statement-making fashion design and interactive, multimedia fashion experiences, their revolutionary work(ABC News) transcends the boundaries between fashion, art, and performance.

BlackBook magazine numbered them among the top artists in pop culture.Diehl and Milisic have been nominated for numerous design awards, and are the winners the Triumph International Fashion Award, 2004-5. You saw them as guest judges on Bravo's, Make Me A Supermodel.

As House of Diehl they've shown and performed around the world: with Sonic Youth and Rem Koolhaas at Greenspace in Spain; David La Chapelle's Rich Girl video for Gwen Stefani, alongside Elton John and Versace at the Lifeball Vienna, and at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Massachusetts.

House of Diehl are also the inventors of STYLE BATTLING - an international live fashion competition and the newest opportunity for young designers to make their name in the competitive arena of fashion.

House of Diehl's work uses the power of fashion to create and connect communities of forward-thinking, style-savvy individuals worldwide.

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What is a Creative Invite? Established and respected artists launch Creative Invites (CI's) through Talenthouse to find and support new talent. An CI challenges our artistic community to submit ideas or concepts for a new, creative and typically collaborative artistic endeavour that is sponsored by our established artists. CI's are as diverse as the Talenthouse community itself and span everything from recording new tracks with well known musicians, to designing new fashion lines for renowned designers, to auditioning for film or television projects.

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