Style battling
Encyclopedia
Style battling is a rising art form originating in New York City
, where young designer
s go head to head, live on stage to create fashion
outfits in less than 5 minutes, from vintage material and unusual items.
In a standard Style battling event, 8 designers or design teams compete in one-on-one battles through three knockout rounds (the round of eight, the semi-finals, and the final), designing on professional models, who then walk the catwalk. A panel of style VIP judges and/or the audience determine the winner of each battle based on three criteria: innovation, performance, and It-factor.
The first national tour of this sport/art--called STYLE WARS: The Style Battle Championships--hit NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami, in the fall of 2007. A Grand Finale in NYC in May 2008 crowned Miami designer Karelle Levy (of the krelwear label) as the first US Style Wars champion.
(Denver's Style Wars winner was Project Runway
runner-up Mondo Guerra
.) The second US Tour took place in fall 2009. STYLE WARS 'style battles' have been staged in worldwide, in cities including Buenos Aires, London, Johannesburg, and Singapore.
House of Diehl
are considered the originators of Style Battling, and are the owners of the STYLE WARS(tm) property.
Tag lines for this event include 'the 8-Mile of Style' and 'WWD meets WWF.'
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where young designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
s go head to head, live on stage to create fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
outfits in less than 5 minutes, from vintage material and unusual items.
In a standard Style battling event, 8 designers or design teams compete in one-on-one battles through three knockout rounds (the round of eight, the semi-finals, and the final), designing on professional models, who then walk the catwalk. A panel of style VIP judges and/or the audience determine the winner of each battle based on three criteria: innovation, performance, and It-factor.
The first national tour of this sport/art--called STYLE WARS: The Style Battle Championships--hit NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami, in the fall of 2007. A Grand Finale in NYC in May 2008 crowned Miami designer Karelle Levy (of the krelwear label) as the first US Style Wars champion.
(Denver's Style Wars winner was Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
runner-up Mondo Guerra
Mondo Guerra
Armando Thomas “Mondo” Guerra is a Mexican-American fashion designer who appeared on Season 8 of Project Runway. Guerra came in second place in the finals of the competition, which included Gretchen Jones and Andy South. In his run on the show, he won three challenges in a row.Guerra was also the...
.) The second US Tour took place in fall 2009. STYLE WARS 'style battles' have been staged in worldwide, in cities including Buenos Aires, London, Johannesburg, and Singapore.
House of Diehl
House of Diehl
House of Diehl is the New York-based fashion partnership of Mary Jo Diehl and Roman Milišić. House of Diehl are one of those avant garde fashion labels whose clothes are more likely to be seen in an I-D editorial than a department store, but their clothes crop up occasionally on the red carpet and...
are considered the originators of Style Battling, and are the owners of the STYLE WARS(tm) property.
Tag lines for this event include 'the 8-Mile of Style' and 'WWD meets WWF.'