Jury Panel 2026
On July 2 and 3, 2026, at the invitation of the Austrian Fashion Association, five international fashion experts gathered in Vienna to decide on this year's recipients of the AFA Support funding program, the BMWKMS's Mode Star Scholarships, as well as the winners of the City of Vienna Fashion Prize and the BMWKMS's Outstanding Artist Award for Experimental Fashion Design.
This year’s jury consisted of:
Alex Kessler, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, i-D Magazine, London
Britta Song, Worldwide Commercial Director and Business Developer, Vienna
Eugene Rabkin, Founder and Editor, StyleZeitgeist, New York
Jonathan Lee, Co-founder The Molecule, Hong Kong
Robin Douglas Westling, Founder RDW and PR Director Our Legacy, Stockholm
The supported designers will be announced in September, and the prize winners will be presented in November as part of the Austrian Fashion Awards 2026.
Many thanks to our hotel partner SO/ Vienna, who hosted the jury session at their venue.
Fotocredits: Elif Gündüz
