Berlin Fashion Week is entering the next round: the next edition will take place from February 4th to 8th, 2024. The Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Enterprises, in cooperation with the Fashion Council Germany, is once again launching a concept competition to find innovative presentation formats and events and award prize money of EUR 25,000. The aim is to promote exceptional design talent and their ideas and further stimulate their growth potential.

In July 2023, Berlin Fashion Week was able to build on the changes initiated last season and set a strong example with the diversity, inclusion and sustainability of its formats, events and shows. The summer edition impressed with its creative freedom and demonstrated a new qualitative standard. The designers presented outstanding collections in breathtaking Berlin locations.

In order to build on the successful edition and to continue to promote creative talents and their ideas, the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Enterprises, in collaboration with the Fashion Council Germany, is once again launching a concept competition. From September 11, 2023, concepts can be submitted in two categories:

STUDIO2RETAIL aims to support stationary retail formats, creative events and designers from Germany in Berlin. Outstanding innovative and sustainable event concepts that are aimed at end consumers and particularly focus on the key topics of sustainability, inclusion, education and community will be awarded prize money. This season, the five most convincing concepts will each receive up to EUR 5,000.

BERLIN CONTEMPORARY is aimed at outstanding fashion designers who pursue sustainable and innovative approaches with their labels and want to present their collections to a specialist audience at the next Berlin Fashion Week. In addition to established designers, new, exciting and up-and-coming talents will also be addressed and promoted. In previous seasons, the winners' presentation concepts were particularly impressive due to their creativity, sophisticated design, high quality craftsmanship and innovative shows in iconic locations.

This season, BERLIN CONTEMPORARY will once again award fourteen German labels and, as a sign of solidarity, four Ukrainian labels with prize money of EUR 25,000. This is intended to continue the support of Ukrainian Fashion Week and its creatives.

The competition concepts can be submitted until October 3, 2023. Details of the conditions of participation can be found at: https://fashionweek.berlin/competition.html

The winners, who will be selected by a jury of industry experts, will be announced at the end of October 2023.

The competition is financed with funds from the State of Berlin and ERDF funds: