Service & Ressources

The Austrian Fashion Association offers a range of services to support designers in their creative and professional development.

These include workshops with international experts, downloadable templates, guides, and checklists (coming soon), a venue for events, as well as a networking database (coming soon) to help designers find the right partners. In consulting sessions, both business and creative strategies can be discussed.

Diese Ressourcen sind darauf ausgelegt, Modedesigner*innen dabei zu helfen, ihre Karriere auf die nächste Stufe zu bringen.

Consulting

Balancing creativity and business can sometimes be challenging. With its extensive expertise, the team at the Austrian Fashion Association provides consultation on funding programs, marketing and sales, production, and internationalization. They offer free individual consultations to Austrian fashion designers and those working in Austria.

AFA Space

The AFA Space serves as a venue that spatially positions contemporary fashion design in Vienna. Here, the Austrian Fashion Association regularly invites stakeholders from the fashion scene and adjacent fields of visual culture to conceive exhibitions, presentations, sales events, and other activities or to present their projects. The AFA Space also serves as a meeting point and event space for programs and events developed by the Austrian Fashion Association, including talks, workshops, and networking activities.

Workshops

In this five-part program, fashion designers and fashion label founders will learn from international experts how to scale their artistic vision, attract customers, and build a fashion brand with global reach.

AFA Showroom

The AFA Showroom is an internationalization project aimed at promoting Austrian fashion and accessory designs during Paris Fashion Week.

How To Fashion x AFA Showroom represents a dynamic collaboration with the fashion fair Tranoï, one of the leading international platforms for contemporary fashion, held twice a year in Paris, France.

Tools & Tipps to boost your career as designer

We’ve collected tools, checklists, presentations and a lot of tipps to help you getting started and making your way as fashion designer in Austria and abroad.

Network Database

The network database of the Austrian Fashion Association provides a comprehensive overview of textile manufacturing companies, production firms, as well as universities and research centers in Austria.

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