To show emerging designers Toronto Fashion Week

  A group of designers in our emerging won the chance to present their collections on the World Mastercard Fashion Week in Toronto - and leave a clear label with a great price.

Seven finalists were run in the Mercedes-Benz named the program. Now in its third year, wants to explore the initiative to create a national platform to support design talent back and forth to make have been in business for less than five years.

A search for emerging designers across Canada consisted of stops in Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal, Que., And Kitchener, Ontario., At the track, in the semifinals in each of the four cities shows instead.

The current contingent of finalists includes a trio of designers who train it to the finals last year: PEI brother duo Hilary and Louanna Murphy Dreamboat Lucy and designer based in Edmonton Malorie Urbanovitch.

Cécile Raizonville the Montreal label Black Material Iranian origin, Pedram Karimi Montreal, Vancouver Iceland Eliza Faulkner, Hussein Dhalla HD Toronto man and Jonathan Shimoni lifestyle brand based in Toronto based Faded complete the list of contenders.

The jury will select an additional designer at the end of the month for a place in the Wild Card, the group of eight finalists present their collections to the world of MasterCard Fashion Week shows in Toronto this fall to complete.

In the coming months, the finalists will receive mentoring by experts as the final will take place during Fashion Week show in October 2014 to prepare group parade their collections spring-summer.

The triumphant return label to Toronto March next track to stage their own solo show fully produced, in addition to landing an editorial feature in the fashion magazine and receive ongoing mentoring from industry experts.

The winning labels previous two Mercedes-Benz Start Up competition are both based in Montreal.

In 2011, married design duo Martin Danielle Martin and Pao Lim Lim won the highest award in the inaugural competition with a series of fluid and feminine color blocked creations.

Duy Nguyen ready-to-wear DUY won first prize last year with a collection of rich colors inspired by the 1980s. He returned to the track in Toronto in March to its fall line of the Canadian winter to provide inspiration.