Supima offers design grads platform to shine in dark times

Amid the upheaval wrought by a global pandemic Supima in a superstition-defiant move has decided that its 13th  Annual  Supima Cotton Design Competition must proceed. In fact the organization felt that it was more important than ever to stage the competition this year as fashion graduates across the country struggle to secure jobs or even just find industry-recognized platforms to share their work. The only difference to the  competition that challenges student designers from the nation’s top fashion schools to create capsule collections using Supima cotton fabrics is that the presentation will take a digital format. This year’s six finalists are Amanda Forastieri, Drexel University; Sakura Mizutani, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Jenny Feng, Fashion Institute of Technology; Jennie Nguyen, Kent State University; Terrence Zhou, Parsons School of Design; and Kyra Buenviaje, Rhode Island School of Design. Supima also announced that fashion designer Bibhu Mohapatra will be returning for the sixth time as mentor to the finalists throughout the process.