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Out Fashion Vanguard Awards

OUT and Lexus are searching for talented designers on the cutting edge of fashion for the third annual #OUTFashionVanguard Awards! The industry's emerging design talent will vie win a six-week mentorship to design a capsule collection for Parke & Ronen, be featured in an upcoming issue of OUT and be named the 2018 OUT Fashion Vanguard. Meet the three finalist designers below! 

Parke & Ronen x Kris Harring
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See the Gender-Neutral Collection from Parke & Ronen x Kris Harring

Get a first look at the capsule collection from the design duo and Out's 2018 Fashion Vanguard. 

Making the FVAs Episode 4
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(Watch) Making the Fashion Vanguard Awards - Episode 4: The Winner Revealed

Meet the winner in the Making The #OUTFashionVanguard Awards Episode 4: The Winner Revealed. #LexusOUT

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(Watch) Making the Fashion Vanguard Awards - Episode 3: The Fashion Show

The fashion hits the runway in the Making The #OUTFashionVanguard Awards video series in Episode 3: The Fashion Show. #LexusOUT

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(Watch) Making the Fashion Vanguard Awards - Episode 2: Meet The Collection

The Making the #OUTFashionVangard Awards's experience continues with Episode 2: Designing The Collection. #LexusOUT

Episode 1: Meet The Designers
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(Watch) Making the OUT Fashion Vanguard Awards - Episode 1: Meet The Designers

Missed the #OUTFashionVanguard Awards? Then binge all the episodes in our four-part video series here, starting with Episode 1: Meet The Designers. 

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2018 OUT Fashion Vanguard Awards Finalists

Kris Harring at the OUT Fashion Vanguard Awards
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Genderfluid Designer Kris Harring Shares Her Journey to the OUT FVAs

"We all have a story to tell, and we all deserve to be heard."

Kevin Jaedon
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Meet Kevin Jaedon, 1 of 3 Design Finalists in the 2018 OUT FVAs

"This collection is about being unapologetic about all the aspects of yourself."

Kris Harring
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Meet Kris Harring, 1 of 3 Design Finalists in the 2018 OUT FVAs

"I did not feel like the fashion industry saw or spoke to me, so I started my line to essentially fill a void that I felt was missing for myself."

Grayling Purnell
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Meet Grayling Purnell, 1 of 3 Design Finalists in the 2018 OUT FVAs

"The moment I learned how to sew, my life changed drastically."

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Meet Out Fashion Vanguard Finalist DaShaun Hightower

The Chicago designer who’s aesthetic is a mix of streetwear and high fashion

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Meet Out Fashion Vanguard Finalist Nicolas Bilodeau

The Montrealer who’s fashions have a signature way of being and thinking