Applications for the 2026 Vilcek Foundation Prizes for Creative Promise in Fashion & Culture and Fashion & Design Are now open to immigrants under the age of 38. The Vilcek Foundation will award six $ 50,000 prizes to young immigrants who have demonstrated exceptional early career performance in the field of fashion and design and fashion and culture.
Fashion is a reflection of cultural shifts and serves as a powerful form of self -expression. From her and clothing to jewelry and makeup, fashion trends speak volumes about a time and place in society. Immigrants enrich the fashion industry by contributing their unique traditions, perspectives and styles.
Through the Vilcek prices for creative promise in fashion, the foundation wants to make the many ways aware of fashion and the immigrants who make work-related society better in fashion-related fields.
Won [this prize] Was an incredible honor and a deep personal milestone, “says Siki Im, winner of the 2015 Vilcek prize for creative promise in fashion.” It not only recognized my creative journey, but also the unique perspective that I bring in the fashion industry as an immigrant. Nowadays, the barriers seem more often, the Vilcek prize as a powerful memory and mediator whose United States has built and continues to push – a nation formed by the talent, creativity and resilience of immigrants. “
The Vilcek Foundation has created two fashion categories to expand the number of prizes awarded to immigrants in art and the humanities. Immigrants 38 years or younger who work on the following fashion fields are encouraged to apply:
Fashion and design
- Designers
- Environment and technology designers
- Material innovation -experts
- Makeup artists / hairdressers
Fashion and culture
- Writers and researchers
- Curators and museum professionals
- Stylists
- Image makers
Applications are accepted until 9 June 2025.
Visit for more information and apply vilcek.org.
