Harim Jung and Yunxiang Zhou take Empowering Imagination Award

Parsons The New School for Design and Kering, formerly known as PPR, have announced the winners of this year's Empowering Imagination student design competition: Harim Jung has been selected for her women's ready-to-wear designs and Yunxiang Zhou takes the award for men's ready-to-wear. Receiving an internship at one of Kering's 19 luxury, sport and lifestyle brands, Harim and Yunxiang will also take part in a closed mentoring session with Style.com and have their work showcased at the flagship Barneys New York on Madison Avenue on May 28-June 10. The winners were selected out of 14 Parsons BFA Fashion Design graduates who presented their thesis collections to a panel of industry experts including Eco Age's Livia Firth, Style.com's Dirk Standen, Barneys New York's Dennis Freedman, Kering's Laurent Claquin, Paper Magazine's Mickey Boardman, and Parsons' Simon Collins.