Fashion Design Contests, Start-up Opportunities and Castings for 2015

Are you ready for success in 2015? Fashion designers, style entrepreneurs, make this your year to win. Here are this month’s open calls for wearable tech, handbag design and reality shows. The prizes for success are so much better than a cash grab, they can make your career or make you a star!

Have you idolized Diane Von Furstenburg and know you are the perfect ambassador? The second season of House of DVF is now casting. This is perfect if you are tv-friendly, passionate and not fazed by cattiness. The open casting call and application for House of DVF is here.

The Independent Handbag Designer Awards competition has been covered on this blog for several years. Past winners have their collections featured in InStyle magazine and sold in Bloomingdale’s. The 2015 just launched in the New Year. There are multiple handbag design categories to enter that range from green or social responsible to best made. You have until April 25, 2015 to get your application for the Independent Handbag Designer Awards in.

Wearable tech is the fastest growing category of design right now. Vogue Talents are collaborating with Wowcracy’s Call the Tune to seek new crowdfunding projects in wearable tech. A senior editor of vogue Italia will choose the top three to interview for the publication. Hurry! Deadline for this project is January 20, 2015.

Are you a textile designer? Shopping favorite ASOS is collaborating with the Textile foundation to host a textile design competition with the theme "Chinese Whispers". Winners will be awarded a cash prize for the design and will be developed into an exclusive ASOS collection. Apply to the Chinese Whispers Textile Design Contest before January 11, 2015.

Are you the next fashion design contest star? Are you ready to show the world your talent at the casting call? Good luck and remember we knew you when!