A University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) student has been turning heads on the runway.
Fashion design student Sabrina Breitenmoser was recently named one of the top five designers at Canada’s Breakthrough Designers competition in Montreal.
The two-day contest, hosted by Télio, a leading textile company based in Quebec, recognized the best fashion design students from across the country.
Sketches were submitted by 21 Canadian schools, narrowed down to 25 finalists who competed for five scholarships totalling $10,000.
The challenge was to create an original design for a high-end retail company with a maximum of six metres of fabric. The garment was to match this year’s theme, the Great Canadian North.
Breitenmoser’s piece was called Warming the Igloos, which focused on the Inuit culture. It was a strapless dress with a quilted igloo-style skirt, accompanied by a pleated jacket.
Using “matte cool greys” and “padded, quilted treatments,” she won the creative use of fabric category and a $1,000 scholarship that she will use to further her education.
“Being in Montreal for Fashion Week was an amazing, yet surreal experience,” said Breitenmoser.
During the two-day contest, Breitenmoser met with industry professionals, toured the Télio’s Montréal offices and spent a lot of time behind the scenes.
Breitenmoser and other UFV students are completing their collections for UFV’s Absolute Style fashion show, on April 28 at UFV’s Abbotsford campus.
For ticket information contact Corinne at 604-864-4669 or corinne.richardson@ufv.ca.