Mia is the winner of Make Your Mark in Fashion, blending an innovative sense of style with a strong social and environmental ethos, she is a true entrepreneur of the future!

The Make Your Mark in Fashion competition challenged teams of young people aged 14-30 to come up with a viable business plan for a new sustainable fashion label. Teams from all over the country entered and three were chosen as finalists. Each finalist was assigned a business mentor in the run up to a high profile catwalk show during London Fashion Week September 2008.

The show saw a team of industry judges including Jessica Bumpus from Vogue.com and Safia Minney founder of fair trade fashion pioneers People Tree, chose Mia as the competition winner. Mia received a cash prize of £3000 to launch her inspirational business venture.

Want to Make Your Mark in Fashion? Explore this website to find out more about what we mean by sustainable fashion. You can also read interviews with industry experts, post photos of your fashion inspiration and find links to interesting articles on sustainable fashion.

“It is heartening to see Make Your Mark in Fashion bringing together experience and youth on the essential subject of sustainable fashion.

The labels involved in this competition are pioneers in showing that green and chic are not mutually exclusive; now it is important that eco fashion ensures its own sustainability by engaging the ideas and creativity of future fashion leaders. I think this project is really exciting and I look forward to seeing the results!”  Laura Bailey, Model and Make Your Mark in Fashion supporter


Make Your Mark in Fashion is part of the Make Your Mark
campaign inspiring young people to have an idea and make it happen.