Borneo Fashion Week

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Borneo Fashion Week
Genre	Clothing and fashion exhibitions
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Kuching, Sarawak Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Country	Malaysia
Inaugurated	2017^[1]
Previous event	4–6 October 2019
Next event	TBA
Website	borneofashionweek.com.my

Borneo Fashion Week (BFW) is a fashion event in Borneo which is held annually.^[2] BFW is founded by Stephanie Alcantara.^[3]

BFW is organised by Borneo Ads Management. The last edition of BFW was held for the first time in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah between 4 and 6 October 2019.^[4]

Locations

Year	Venue	Host city
2017	Borneo 744 Bintawa^[1]	Kuching, Sarawak
2018	Pullman Hotel and Cove55^[2]	Kuching, Sarawak
2019	Oceanus Waterfront Mall^[3]	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

List of winners

BFW also incorporates award ceremony to acknowledge outstanding designers and models. The list of winners for previous editions are as following:

2017

^[5]

Category	Winner (s)	Notes
Emerging Fashion Designer	Yacub Taha (Yacutha)	Also recipient of Limkokwing Fashion Design Diploma Scholarship
Emerging Fashion Designer	Azhar Zainal (AZ Brothers)	Also recipient of Limkokwing Fashion Design Degree Scholarship
Most Promising Sarawakian Designer	Datuk Raymond Jolly and Aaron G. Von Jolly (Von Jolly Couture)

2018

^[6]

Category	Winner (s)	Notes
Designer in the Spotlight	Najla Shoes
Model of the Year – Male	Zachary Puung Li Xin
Model of the Year – Female	Vanizha Vasantha Nathan
Emerging Borneo Designer of the Year	Kumang & Co
Most Promising Designer of the Year	JK Homme	Also recipient of Limkokwing Fashion Design Diploma Scholarship
Most Promising Designer of the Year	Michael Ooi	Also recipient of Limkokwing Fashion Design Degree Scholarship
Designer of the Year	Rozie Khan Couture

2019

^[3]

Category	Winner (s)	Notes
Designer Of The Year	Keith Sim
Emerging Borneo Designer Of The Year	Nasha Prive
Most Promising Designer	Abdul Latip Mohti (Latip’s Collections)

References

^ ^a ^b "Borneo Fashion Week 2017". Malaysia.Travel. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Borneo Fashion Week 2018". Sarawak Tourism Board. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Syafik Shukri Jalil (7 October 2019). "BFW 2019 labuhkan tirai dengan jayanya". Astro Awani. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^ Reef Omar (28 June 2019). "BORNEO FASHION WEEK 2019 KEMBALI LAGI UNTUK TAHUN KE-3!". This is Reef. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "Showcase of creativity". The Star. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "Thrilling finale to Borneo Fashion Week 2018". Citizen Journalists Malaysia. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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