The Edinburgh St James Creative Commerce Awards 2020
“Edinburgh St James will be a world renowned, retail-led, mixed-use destination for the future. Boasting a world-class retail, leisure, hotel and residential offer and injecting over £1 billion of investment into the city, the scheme will strengthen Edinburgh's global standing by transforming the city's east end. Now becoming an inspiring, attractive and vibrant destination for people to live, shop, experience and play.”
Edinburgh St James have generously gifted prizes to three graduates from the programmes of Fashion, Textiles and Jewellery and Silversmithing.
Prize: £500 per student
The Edinburgh St James Creative Commerce Award 2020 - Fashion
This prize is awarded to a Fashion Design graduate who demonstrates an excellent knowledge of the RTW market for fashion design, and whose collection communicates a clear and coherent brand ethos, bridging both creative and commercial markets.
Winner – Leah Holmes
The Edinburgh St James Quarter Creative Commerce Award 2020 - Textiles
This prize is awarded to a Textiles Design graduate whose work demonstrates excellence in design that can be applied to either commercial interiors, products and fashion markets, communicating a clear and coherent brand ethos and bridging creative and commercial markets.
Winner – Anna Kincaid
The Edinburgh St James Quarter Creative Commerce Award 2020 – Jewellery and Accessories
This prize is awarded to a Jewellery Design graduate whose work demonstrates an excellent knowledge of the current retail market for accessories, and whose work communicates a clear and coherent brand ethos, bridging creative and commercial markets.
Winner – Daniela Groza
Cocoon by Anna Kincaid, BA (Hons) Textiles 2020
The Wonky Vegetable That Nobody Wanted by Leah Holmes, BA (Hons) Fashion 2020