KARACHI: Pakistani fashion designer Deepak Perwani has been nominated for first round of the Bulgarian Fashion Awards for the year 2014.

"It is a matter of prestige for us. If we win this, it will be our third international award," Perwani told Dawn.

There are total nine continental locations for the Bulgarian Fashion awards nominations. Top ten designers are selected from each continental locations.

Perwani has been shortlisted among the top 10 fashion designers from the Middle Eastern region as the category from Asia was already filled up.

According to the rules of the awards, Deepak has been nominated for the first of the three rounds of the awards. Voting for this category continues until June 22 via the link provided.

All nominations can be voted via the ‘like’ button on the Bulgarian Fashion Awards Facebook announcements.

The final results of first rounds will be realised according to the total number of votes the nominees receive and their bonus points.

For second round, the top three nominations from each category will be judged for creativity, uniqueness and perspectives for development.

For the final round, total public voting and assessments by academy awards will be combined to determine the final winner of the Bulgarian Fashion awards.

The winner will be awarded 25,000 Euros.

Perwani, a prominent fashion designer from Pakistan has already won Lux and Indus Style awards and features in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest Kurta ever made.