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Photo credit: Kailey Fellows[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]At the 13th annual Supima Design Competition held Thursday, September 10, Drexel University’s Amanda Forastieri took home the top prize of $10,000. Other talented finalists included Sakura Mizutani from Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Jenny Feng from Fashion Institute of Technology, Jennie Nguyen from Kent State University, Terrence Zhou from Parsons School of Design and Kyra Buenviaje from Rhode Island School of Design.

Forastieri’s vibrant collection titled Utopia, “aims to portray the hopeful story of a near future post-COVID in which humans unite to build a new system, one that stems with love and respect for the planet and, most importantly, each other.”

The virtual event was hosted by celebrity image architect, Law Roach, and returning for a sixth time, CFDA Award-winning evening wear designer Bibhu Mohapatra served as design mentor to the finalists.

Amanda Forastieri

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