NEWS: FCG FUTURE MINDS SCHOLARSHIP by Istituto Marangoni:
The winners are decided.
Fashion Council Germany
Together with Istituto Marangoni, the Fashion Council Germany announces the winners of the FCG FUTURE MINDS SCHOLARSHIP by Istituto Marangoni. The competition, announced by the education platform re. FASHION ACADEMY, was realized in its first edition in collaboration with the Istituto Marangoni and expands the already existing support of the Fashion Council Germany for young design and business talents. The winners of the two scholarships are Antonia Pfeifer from Berlin for the Master's degree in Fashion Business & Entrepreneurship in Milan and Nekane Santos for the Master's degree in Fashion & Luxury Brand Management in London.
In addition to the two Master's scholarships worth 30,000 euros each, the winners will each receive one re. FASHION ACADEMY voucher worth 500 euros. The scholarships offer the winners the opportunity to concentrate fully on their education and training. During their studies at the internationally renowned ISTITUTO MARANGONI university, they will deepen their knowledge both theoretically and practically, thus laying an important foundation for their future careers in the fashion industry.
Antonia Pfeifer emphasizes: "After successfully completing my fashion studies in Berlin, this is an important step to improve my skills and career opportunities. I aspire to start my own business and realize my visions for the future. My goal is to locate production in Germany, combined with sustainable sourcing of raw materials to produce my own fabrics locally or regionally."
"I am truly honoured to have been selected as a scholarship recipient and I am committed to making the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in London. After standing behind my upcycling fashion brand Trashy Treasure for a few years, I feel that studying for the Master's in Fashion & Luxury Brand Management is exactly what my brand is missing," underlines Nekane Santos.
The two winners convinced the expert jury above all with their future-oriented thinking and innovative approaches. In the first edition, the jury consisted of the following industry experts. For Milan: Diana Marian Murek (Director of Education, Istituto Marangoni Milano), Manuela Kampp-Wirtz (Co-CEO, BurdaVerlag), Nadja Swarovski (President, Fashion Council Germany), Scott Lipinski (CEO, Fashion Council Germany) and William Fan (Fashion Designer). For London: Christiane Arp (Chairwoman, Fashion Council Germany), Janina Lin Otto (Entrepreneur and Founder), Kerstin Weng (Head of Editorial Content, Vogue Germany), Noorin Khamisani (Programme Leader for Postgraduate Fashion) and Kirsty Keoghan (General Manager Global Fashion, eBay).
Fashion Council Germany member Waridi Schrobsdorff acted as co-initiator of the project.