Sid Neigum | |
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Born | 1988 Drayton Valley, Alberta Canada |
Occupation | Fashion designer |
Awards |
Toronto Fashion Incubator’s New Labels Award Winner, 2012 Mercedes Benz Start Up Winner, 2014 Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards (CAFA's) Emerging Talent, 2015 |
Website |
MC College Alumni Fashion Institute of Technology Alumni |
Toronto Fashion Incubator’s New Labels Award Winner, 2012
Mercedes Benz Start Up Winner, 2014
MC College Alumni
Sid Neigum is a Canadian Fashion Designer. He currently lives and works in Toronto.
In 2009, Sid Neigum graduated with a Diploma in Fashion Design and Apparel Production from Edmonton's MC College. After graduating, he moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology and intern for Yigal Azrouel. In March 2011, Neigum presented his first collection at Toronto Fashion Week (also known as World MasterCard Fashion Week). One year after Neigum’s first collection, in April 2012, he received the Toronto Fashion Incubator’s New Labels Award, an honour accompanied by a $25,000 cash prize sponsored by Suzanne A. Rogers, free studio space at the Toronto Fashion Incubator for one year, and editorial coverage in Flare Magazine. Upon receiving this Neigum moved from New York to Toronto. In 2014, he won the Mercedes-Benz Start Up Award, which included a $30,000 grant, and mentorships from Fashion Magazine’s editor in chief, Bernadette Morra and IMG Canada’s Carolyn Quinn. That same year, Neigum’s line was purchased by The Room at The Bay. In February 2015, Neigum won the Swarovski Emerging Talent Award at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards, which awarded $10,000 and mentorships from Natasha Koifman of NKPR Inc and Suzanne Timmins, SVP and fashion director of Hudson's Bay Company and Lord & Taylor. In September of 2016, Neigum won the DHL Exported program in London, which awarded him with two fully sponsored fashion shows at London Fashion Week. Neigum’s work has been featured in Vogue,Vogue Italia,Women's Wear Daily,Fashion Magazine,Elle Magazine and Business of Fashion. Neigum has dressed Coco Rocha, Jennifer Aniston, Jada Pinkett Smith, Stacey McKenzie, MTV's Jessi Cruickshank, and Kim Cattrall.