Fashion Trust U.S. — the nonprofit committed to funding and nurturing young design talent — hosted its inaugural awards ceremony on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles, awarding designer prizes in six categories.
Aisling Camps received the St. John Ready-to-Wear Award, allowing the designer to produce a collaboration with the Southern California luxury brand and receive mentorship by its global chief executive officer Andy Lew. He and Maria Sharapova gave out the award. Camps is a New York-based mechanical engineer-turned-knitwear designer whose comfy-sexy pieces have been worn by Michelle Obama, Jennifer Aniston, Cardi B and more.
The Jewelry award went to Soull and Dynasty Ogun of L’Enchanteur, presented by Tracee Ellis Ross. The Brooklyn-based identical twin creators, whose talisman-like jewelry was featured in Beyonce’s “Black is King” album, and has been worn by Erykah Badu and others, will be given a grant and professional mentorship from FTUS.
The Graduate Award, sponsored by Shop with Google and presented by Law Roach, went to West African fashion designer Papa Oppong. The New York City-based creative will receive a grant and professional mentorship from Google. The recent Fashion Institute of Technlogy grad is a native of Ghana. Jacques Agbobly of Agbobly received the Inclusivity Award, also sponsored by Shop with Google, for the
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