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January 31, 2008
ANNIKA BERGER WINS +46 AWARD
by Jamie E17

The January 2008 +46 Award has been won by Swedish designer Annika Berger, creator of SWD/Skyward.

The winner of this prestigious competition for the most talented designer in Scandinavia was selected by an international jury of fashion industry insiders including Diane Pernet (A shaded View on Fashion), Gert Jonkers (Fantastic Man / Butt magazine), Rosa Orrantia (Persude Bilbao), Kim Jones, Mattias Karlsson (Another Man /Dazed & Confused / Acne Paper), Massimo Redaelli (IMG Fashion's Senior vice president and Robin Schule (Head buyer Maria Luisa).

An installation of Annika's A/W 08/9 collection will be presented tomorrow (was 29.01.08!) at Stockholm's Enskilda Galleriet.

CONGRATULATIONS ANNIKA!

SWD/Skyward