The theme of this year’s edition of the competition is “ Light the night “ or “ Enlighten the night “. The finalist been selected by the international jury for the last phase of the competition: 5 in the category of entrepreneurs and 5 in the category of students.

The winner of the first category will receive a prize of € 5.000, while the second will receive € 2.500.

Votes in public voting will determine the winner of audience prize of € 1.000.

All residents of Europe may vote. You can vote on: http://acte.net/fashionawards/vote in the period from June 5 to 19, 2018. The REBELPIN competition was initiated by ACTE to promote the creativity and heritage of the cities of the network members. It is a great opportunity for young fashion designers to make contacts and exchange experiences. The REBELPIN- Fashion awards by ACTE final is scheduled for June 5, 2018 as part of the Berlin Fashion Week.

Detailed information about the REBELPIN competition can be found at: acte.net/fashionawards For more information, please contact us at: rebelpin@acte.net ACTE (European Association of Textile Communities) is a network with members from over 30 cities and regions from all over Europe, as well as important institutions for the textile and fashion industry. The association's mission is to develop European textile industries, clothes, leather, footwear and accessories. ACTE's activities are based on cooperation, innovative thinking and exchange of knowledge and experience between members of the Association.