The “El Botón” - MANGO Fashion Awards offer young designers throughout the world the ooportunity to participate in an international fashion design competition, wich takes place every 18 months, has the support of five of the most important design schools in Europe. The aim of this event is give young designers access to a new media platform, as well as the opportunity to market their collections.

The five fashion design schools acting as co-organisers are: the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design (London); the Escola Superior de Disseny, ESDi (Barcelona); Institut Français de la Mode (Paris); Istituto Marangoni (Milan-Paris-London) and Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp). These schools will form part of the Jury, which will shortlist the 10 finalists out of the 50 candidates previously selected by the MANGO Committee.