The Link 2025: the jury announces the contest semifinalists

128 projects from 37 countries — a historic record for The Link, one of the world’s first talent-scouting contests designed to support and promote young designers from the top European schools.
The competition has always encouraged students to explore beyond traditional boundaries, challenging them to express themselves freely in the worlds of beachwear, lingerie, and athleisure, giving full rein to pure creativity.
Over the years, The Link has discovered young talents who have gone on to work in prestigious design offices or launch their own brands.

The technical jury carefully reviewed each project in detail and selected the twelve most deserving to move on to the next stage, which will determine the finalists who will be invited to Cannes, where they will each have a personal stand and runway show.
Now, the selected students will be tasked with creating a prototype, which will be evaluated by a second technical jury.

Here they are:

BEACHWEAR

TARA BLAZANOVIC – CROATIA – UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB FACULTY OF TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY

MATTIA D’AQUILA – ITALY – ACCADEMIA PBS

VICTORIA MINASCURTA – MOLDOVA – NEXT FASHION SCHOOL BY CARLA SECOLI

EMMA KIANINIA PARASTOO – IRAN – ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI BOLOGNA

 

UNDERWEAR

TRUONG HOANG CHAU NGUYEN – VIETNAM – IFA PARIS

REKA KINGA BARTHA -HUNGARY – UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN – CLUJ NAPOCA

MARILENA NICOLAU – CYPRUS – ALEXANDER COLLEGE CYPRUS

JESSICA TWOME – UK – LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION

 

ATHLEISURE

MARTA FANCIULLI – ITALY – ACCADEMIA DEL LUSSO ROMA

MELISSA ISACCO – ITALY – ISGMD

RACHEL TAIMAKO – NIGERIA – IFA PARIS

MICHELE ZAZZERONI – ITALY – NEXT FASHION SCHOOL BY CARLA SECOLI