Nominees
Manuela Baumgartner
George Bezhanishvili
George Bezhanishvili © Serena Velurez
Fashion Award of the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture
*1983
Manuela Baumgartner graduated from the University of Applied Art under Raf Simons and Veronique Branquinho. Afterwards, she
worked as a studio manager in Marios Schwab’s atelier in London. Last year, her first women's wear collection was presented
at Berlin Fashion Week. Her work is influenced by clear, puristic silhouettes, paired and accentuated with wild-romantic naturalness
and traditional handcrafting techniques.
*1987
Goerge Bezhanishvili has studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna under Veronique Branquinho and Bernhard Wilhelm. The Georgia-born designer has already presented his collections at Berlin Fashion Week and London Graduate Fashion Week. He typically names himself as source of inspiration as his work can be understood as a personal, handwritten diary. In 2010 he founded the fashion label “FEMME MAISON” with Franziska Fürnpass.
