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Gerber announces finalists of ideation2016 fashion design competition

The designers and their creations will debut at ideation2016 during a fashion show on 30 September.

3rd August 2016

Innovation in Textiles
 |  New York, NY

Clothing/​Footwear

Gerber Technology, a leader in integrated software and automated solutions for the apparel and industrial markets, has announced five finalists in the fashion design competition segment of its annual ideation conference.

The competition began with 60 entries in February 2016. Now down to five, the finalists include Ashley Maurice, Lin Savadty, Maria Silvia Grisolia, Victoria Zito and Ye Hong. The ideation2016 conference will take place from 28-30 September at The Ritz-Carlton South Beach in Miami, FL.

Fashion technology

“Gerber is passionate about providing the technology to make it easy for anyone in the world to design, produce and sell great products,” said Elizabeth King, VP, digital solutions community and ecosystem at Gerber Technology.

“It is exciting to see how these students applied their fashion education to express themselves creatively through the use of fashion technology and we look forward to seeing them during the fashion show at ideation.”

Conference

ideation2016 is the premier software conference dedicated to fashion and retail professionals who rely on Gerber's end-to-end Digital Solutions to integrate software like YuniquePLM and the AccuMark family of products to transfer data across the supply chain – driving smart machines and feeding back information, allowing companies to automate their entire process.

“The finalists were chosen after careful consideration and deliberation by a panel of industry experts,” explained Elizabeth King. “The designers and their creations will debut at ideation2016 during a fashion show on 30 September. Conference attendees will vote for the best overall garment to win the grand prize.”

Inspiration

The inspiration for the student contemporary designs was the PANTONE Color of the Year 2016. The vintage garments used as inspiration were carefully curated from The Darnell Collection, one of the largest private fashion collections of its type in existence today, containing over 8,000 pieces from 32 countries.

Included in the collection are exquisite pieces from the likes of Versace, Meliet, Chanel, Armonia for Montenapoleone, Balenciaga, Pauline Trigere, Bernshaw, Mann Maid and many more icons.

Gerber Technology

Gerber Technology delivers software and automation solutions that are designed to help apparel and industrial customers improve their manufacturing and design processes and more effectively manage and connect the supply chain, from product development and production to retail and the end customer.

Gerber serves more than 78,000 customers in 130 countries, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies in apparel and accessories, home and leisure, transportation, packaging and sign and graphics. The company develops and manufactures its products from various locations in the US and Canada and has additional manufacturing capabilities in China.

www.gerbertechnology.com

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