Southern Protocol

Super exciting news this week at Southern Protocol…drum roll please…

We will be heavily involved with 2010′s Charleston Fashion Week, giving you style updates from the runway and gossip updates from the parties! March 16 will mark the beginning of the fourth year of craziness in Marion Square, and this year is expected to outshine the rest. While the runway shows and after parties might be months from now, preparations are already well under way…and the most exciting of those preparations are the application and selection processes for the Southeast Emerging Designers Competition.

Contributing what are easily the most innovative and awe-inspiring shows of Charleston Fashion Week, the Emerging Designer Competition invites up and coming designers throughout the Southeast to show their young collections at a fashion week that is rapidly gaining nationwide attention. An impressive number of previous participants are now launching their own lines and receiving media attention – perhaps two of the most popular being the Charlestonian contestants on the current season of Project Runway - showing the true impact CFW can have on a budding design career.

The Emerging Designer Competition is sponsored by the Art Institute of Charleston, and will feature eight designers sending their looks down the runway to be judged by a celebrity panel. The rewards are high for finalists and winners: a free show at CFW 2011, booths at the Apparel Mart in Atlanta, and monetary prizes are all incredible motivators to get involved.

So for all you creative types, get to work on that sketchpad! And for all you wishful-creative types (sadly I fall in this category…stick figures are the extent of my artistic ability…), spread the word! Designers should go to charlestonfashionweek.com to apply; the deadline is 11:00 pm est on October 23rd.

Good luck and we’ll see you in March!

Tags: charleston fashion week, emerging designers, march 2010