The WindowsWear Mentorship Program connects brands with students from around the world! Brands present brief ideas to students to identify top talent, and students submit projects to win paid internships and prizes from Coach, Givenchy, and Kate Spade!
Congratulations to all the winners!
COACH | MEET THE WINNERS
Finalists designed a “Sensory Space Pop-Up” that immerses customers into at least one of the 5 senses. Taking sound, smell, taste, sight, or touch as the starting point, and considering the future of retail spaces and customer experience; they designed a new kind of retail environment that tells the Coach story in an immersive and future-facing way.
Coach selected 4 winners who had the opportunity to present their project to the Tapestry Global Visual Experience team, Talent Acquisition team, and WindowsWear team, who selected two 1st place winners, one 2nd place winner, and one 3rd place winner that will win paid internships for the summer 2024 and other prizes from the brand
1st place
Abbie Cardenas, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Andreas Caballero, College for Creative Studies
2nd place
Valentina Rojas, Fashion Institute of Technology
3rd place
Sara Castellanos, Sheridan College
All the finalists that were not selected as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a Coach gift valued at $50 and a letter congratulating them on their submission signed by Sponsor’s VP, Global Visual Experience, and/or other leaders.
GIVENCHY | MEET THE WINNERS
Finalists were asked to create a case study for the launch of the Givenchy star products “Voyou Bag” & “Shark Lock Cowboy Boot”. They choose between a physical or digital strategy and developed a campaign that showcases high level creativity, consistency in brand image and product message across all channels with a 360 vision.
The top finalists presented their final project to the Givenchy and WindowsWear teams. Students had the opportunity to get some feedback and learn from their point of view. Later on, the 1st place winner was announced who will receive a paid summer 2024 internship at the Givenchy offices in New York City and 2nd and 3rd place winners who received other prices from Givenchy.
1st place
Ginny Lim, The New School
2nd place
Meredith Meehan, SCAD
3rd place
Christine Capobianco, Bucknell University
All the finalists that were not selected as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a letter congratulating them on their submission signed by the Givenchy team.
KATE SPADE | MEET THE WINNERS
With the changing retail landscape, finalists were asked to creatively design an immersive experience that will attract new customers and Gen Z consumers. The store activation or pop-up that they imagined was designed to drive traffic to the stores and create brand awareness globally.
Kate Spade selected 3 winners who had the opportunity to present their project to the Tapestry Global Visual Experience team, Talent Acquisition team, and WindowsWear team, who selected a 1st place winner, 2nd place winner, and 3rd place winner that will win paid internships for the summer 2024 and other prizes from the brand.
1st place
Morgan Rogers, SCAD
2nd place
Sharanya Saripalli, The New School
3rd place
Christian Hooser, The New School
All the finalists that were not selected as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a Kate Spade gift valued at $50 and a letter congratulating them on their submission signed by Sponsor’s VP, Global Visual Experience, and/or other leaders.
ABOUT
WindowsWear’s Mentorship Program connects brands with top students from around the world! Brands create student projects to identify talent through generating new & innovative ideas. Students submit their projects and win unique opportunities. If you are a brand or school interested in participating, please contact us mentorship@windowswear.com. Brands that have participated include Coach, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, and Longchamp. See winners from 2021 and 2020.