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Future Denim Awards

Award judges interacting with materials and designs being demonstrated by a student. There is a large editorial fashion poster on the wall behind.
  • Written byCSM Communications
  • Published date 29 June 2026
Award judges interacting with materials and designs being demonstrated by a student. There is a large editorial fashion poster on the wall behind.
Photo: Aleks Faust

Congratulations to our first winners of the Miss Sixty Future Denim Awards.

Miss Sixty Future Denim Discovery Prize

  • Winner: Alexander Ziemba @youngiscariot, MA Fashion
  • Highly commended: Ruth Lloyd, PhD registered at Central Saint Martins UAL, Living Systems Lab
  • Shortlisted: Louise McArthur, Josie Blundell, Audrey Levy and Tom Saville
A student in a beanie hat standing next to a clothes rail with his denim collection.
Alexander Ziemba, MA Fashion, Central Saint Martins, UAL | Photo: Aleks Faust

Miss Sixty Future Denim Design Prize

  • Winner: Shane Elias @shaneelias, BA Fashion Design: Communication
  • Highly commended: Luke Saul, BA Fashion Design: Menswear
  • Shortlisted: Maya Brown, Matteo Dunkley, Sophia Layk and Chuxuan Yu
A student is presenting their design to the judges
Shane Elias, BA Fashion Design: Communication, Central Saint Martins, UAL. | Photo: Aleks Faust

The Awards

The awards are part of the Future Denim Lab partnership between MISS SIXTY and Central Saint Martins, supporting emerging designers and researchers exploring the future of denim through creativity, innovation, circular thinking and more responsible approaches to fashion.

The collections

See their collections on UAL Showcase

Central Saint Martins

Contact

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