Estonian Academy of Arts fashion students were victorious at the Habitus Baltija 2016 fashion show held in Riga on 7-8 April. Third-year student Mariliis Niine’s collection “LegGOdt” won the award for best young designer. An invitation to participate in the IED Barcelona Summer School and a monetary prize for the competition were also awarded.
The EAA beat eight universities to win the title of best fashion school.
The international competition featured 30 collections by 32 young designers from nine countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey and Sweden. The competition was organised by the International Exhibition Company BT 1 in cooperation with the Latvian Academy of Arts.
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