In Picture: Global Denim Awards

On Thursday night, the Global Denim Awards celebrated its 2nd annual edition in the European capital of denim, Amsterdam. The industry’s version of the Emmy’s saw 8 designers teamed with 8 of the world’s top denim mills to create a 5 outfit denim collection which combined the best of craftsmanship and innovation. Each collection had to consist of at least 50 percent denim and be made sustainable. The winning team, which consisted of Italian designer Andrea Diletto and Candiani Denim, won 10.000 euros, whilst denim mill Berto Industria Tessile was honoured for best fabric usage. FashionUnited had front row tickets to the denim event and lists the participating designers and there collections here:

1. Advance Denim & TRINHBECX

2. Atlantic Mills & Michael Seiter

3. Berto Industria Tessile & Studiopretzel

4. Calik Denim & Gülçin Çengel

5. Candiani Denim & Sartoria Diletto

6. ITV Denim & Alexandra Frida

7. Prosperity Textile & Maison the Faux

8. Tejidos Royo & John-Randy Anthony

Photo Credit: Simon Trel Photography