The international jury consisting of Gerdi Esch / Flanders Fashion Institute - BE, Gerda Ott / Fachhochschule für Gestaltung Pforzheim - D, Angelique Westerhof / Arnhem Fashion Institute - NL and Andreas Bergbaur / Unit F büro für mode - A held its session on 2nd November 2001 and chose the following three designers out of 29 applications:

The clear and recognisable signature design, the professionality and the collection's international flair have been able to immediately convince the jury. Her potential makes Agnès Bernet meet the requirements to start her apprenticeship at an internationally renowned designer. Unanimously she was appointed the Modepreis der BKA - Kunstsektion 2001.

The collections by Hartmann Nordenholz combine generous silhouettes and contemporary feeling with classical traditions of couture. This combination has impressed the jury very much, and the members of the jury expect a promising international appearance of Hartmann Nordenholz, enabled by the Modepreis der Stadt Wien.

Their characteristic position in contemporary fashion business and their aesthetics, working out and accentuating the edgy part of fashion, made them unanimously the jury's choice for the Unit F Preis für Internationale Presse.

The journalist Gerdi Esch lives and works in Antwerp. She was artistic coordinator of the cultural fashion project Mode 2001 Landed / Geland in Antwerp and is editor in chief of the fashion magazine N°A, N°B and N°C. From the beginning on she was involved in the foundation and establishment of the Flanders Fashion Institute. Gerdi Esch also works as guest lecturer and for press and communication at the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. She is co-author of 'Mode in de Lage Landen', contributor and guide of 'Belgian Fashion Design', editorial coordinator of 'Fashion Walk' and editor for Belgian magazines.

Gerda Ott studied at the Fashion department at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 1984 she is heading the department Fashion-Design at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Pforzheim, Germany. Various teaching and lecturing work as well as excursions took her to New Delhi, New York, Milan, Paris, Antwerp, etc.

Angelique Westerhof studied art history in Amsterdam and is heading the internationally renowned educational institution Arnhem Fashion Institute. She has conceived the postgraduate program Fashion Design (running for five years now). Its graduates like Keupr van Benthm, Oscar Suleyman and Rozema / Teunissen are counted with the international newcomers. Beside her educational work Angelique Westerhof is writing also for international fashion magazines like N°A and dutch.