Jill Grinda ONBOARD as Executive Director

Redress recently welcomed Jill Grinda to the team as Executive Director. Jill is based in Hong Kong and is leading overall project development for Redress and The EcoChic Design Award, the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition, as well as driving business development. Jill also oversees the production, education and communications teams in Hong Kong and Europe and is driving forth Redress’ programmes around industry and consumer engagement, and educating emerging designers.

PUTTING BETTER FASHION OPTIONS ON THE MAP

Redress, is calling fashion lovers across Hong Kong to join in their citywide series of sustainable fashion focused events in this September to coincide with HKTDC's 'Hong Kong in Fashion 2016' and 'CENTRESTAGE 2016'. The month-long calendar of activities encourages the public to redress their relationship with their clothes and to cut waste out of fashion. Click here to find out more.

Award-winning brands hit kapok stores

Earlier this month, The EcoChic Design Award 2015/16 Alumni Prize winners, Clementine Sandner and Wan & Wong Fashion, celebrated the much-anticipated sales launch of their collections in kapok. The Asian lifestyle store hosted an event in PMQ to mark the occasion for the winning brands where designers shared the stories behind their brands. We are thrilled to have worked with prize sponsor kapok to bring more sustainable fashion options to market, proving that it is possible to have design-led, desirable sustainable fashion! Plus, 10% of the sales of the collections were donated to Redress to support our ongoing work!

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FRONTLINE FASHION PREMIERS ON FASHION ONE

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Mark your calendars! Frontline Fashion – Redress’ very first feature-length documentary – is premiering on Fashion One on Monday 29 August. This 50 minute feature follows 10 talented Asian and European emerging fashion designers determined to change the future of fashion for the better in the world’s biggest sustainable fashion design competition, The EcoChic Design Award. If you, your university, school or organisation are interested in hosting a screening event, get in touch!

CREATING MOVEMENTS TOWARDS CIRCULAR FASHION IN HONG KONG

Hong Kong, like many other cities in the world, is enjoying a boom in circular initiatives that keep our unwanted clothes in a circular fashion system and, crucially, out of landfill. But given our staggeringly high textile waste rates in landfill, we have a long way yet to go. So how do we scale up this flurry of circular initiatives? To explore this, we co-hosted a roundtable with H&M, attended by Hong Kong’s circular movers and shakers to identify ways to maximise their circular impacts. Check out the roundtable summary report here to see what can be learnt from circular thinking.

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THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2015/16 GRAND FINAL WEEK

The winners of The EcoChic Design Award 2015/16 were announced on 20 January 2016. Read about our winners and their prizes here and read the press release about the Grand Final week activities in our media kit here.

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FASHION BUSINESS

We’ve just added our new Building a Sustainable Fashion Business guide and video to our EcoChic Design Award learn platform. Our written guide includes case studies and expert advice from brands already working to improve various aspects of their businesses. Our video guide leans in closer to learn from Patagonia, H&M and our very own alumni, Janko Lam’s brand Classics Anew. Get going with sustainable business!

TUNE IN TO THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD GRAND FINAL LIVE STREAM

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For a front row seat at our The EcoChic Design Award 2015/16 grand final show on 20 January, tune into www.ecochicdesignaward.com at HKT 17.00 / GMT 9.00. No matter where you are in the world, you’re invited to join the excitement as we live stream the fashion show grand final and announce our winners straight to your laptop, phone or tablet. Add 20 January to your diary now. 

THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2015/16 FINALISTS' PHOTO SHOOT

Our The EcoChic Design Award 2015/16 Finalists’ Photo Shoot images have been released. Our ten finalists’ minimal waste designs were modelled by supermodel and competition Ambassador Bonnie Chen. The shoot was held in talented photographer, Tim Wong’s studios, with Creative Direction by Denise Ho. View the behind-the-scenes photos here and watch the video here

 

ALUMNI FEATURE AT BRIGHTON FASHION WEEK 2015

Angus Tsui, The EcoChic Design Award 2012 Peoples Award Winner, and Tiffany Fung, The EcoChic Design Award 2012 China finalist, with her brand Tiffany Pattinson, were invited to showcase their sustainable collections at Brighton Fashion Week

MINIMAL WASTE UNIFORMS FOR T'ANG COURT RESTAURANT

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Victor Chu, our Second Prize Winner of The EcoChic Design Award 2014/15, has applied the techniques and theory leant from his competition experience to bring sustainable fashion to life at The Langham, Hong Kong. His minimal waste uniform designs, a fusion of sustainability and elegance, are debuting at the hotel’s two Michelin-star restaurant, T’ang Court. Complementing this, a new locally sourced vegetarian menu has been introduced to the restaurant. 

THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD ALUMNI NETWORKING EVENT 2016

The EcoChic Design Award Alumni Network launched with a networking event in Hong Kong, where the alumni mingled with industry professionals and media representatives. At the event, we showcased ten alumni sustainable brands and held a panel discussion on the topic ‘Is the future of fashion ready for positive change?’. The panel was moderated by Tania Reinert-Shchelkanovtseva, Co-founder of A Boy Named Sue, and speakers were Arnault Castel, Founder of kapok, Anderson Lee, Chairman of Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium and Cherry Wong, Project Manager of The Office of Hon Felix Chung Kwok-pan, Member of Legislative Council.

BENU BERLIN AT PARIS FASHION WEEK

Karen Jessen, The EcoChic Design Award 2013 Winner, presented her brand Benu Berlin’s up-cycled designs at Paris Fashion Week’s Der Berliner Mode Salon in October 2015.

ANGUS TSUI SELECTED AS 'BLACK SHEEP'

Angus Tsui, The EcoChic Design Award 2012 Hong Kong People´s Award Winner, was recently handpicked by Not Just A Label’s scouting team to become one of their ‘Black Sheep’, rewarding his outstanding quality of work. He joins The EcoChic Design Award 2012 Hong Kong Most Promising Student Award winner, Kelvin Wan’s brand Wan & Wong Fashion who were also selected earlier this year. 

DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE BRANDS

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The Ethical Fashion Forum is sponsoring one The EcoChic Design Award alumni with a SOURCE full access membership which supports fashion professionals to build successful, sustainable businesses by providing members with business intelligence, training, and networking opportunities. The organisation has selected Sophia Heussner and her brand ï Miss Sophïe as the winner of this prize for her strong commitment and well-rounded approach to building a sustainable brand. Find out more about Sophia´s brand here.

CONNECTING CREATIVITY TO CHANGE THE PATTERN OF FASHION

The EcoChic Design Award Alumni Network

We are pleased to announce the launch of The EcoChic Design Award Alumni Network, a community bringing opportunities to sustainable fashion designers that are shaping the future of the fashion world. The Alumni Network has over 100 designers from across Asia and Europe ready to be matched with industry professionals who are increasingly interested in collaborating with inspiring sustainable designers in a number of ways that will cultivate bigger change. Read more here, and start posting opportunities here

ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2015/16 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Ten emerging fashion designers were announced today as The EcoChic Design Award 2015/16 finalists. These talented finalists out-designed a record number of applications received from 40 countries, including newcomer countries such as India, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Iran and Israel, and collectively represent a greater global focus put onto sustainable design amongst emerging designers. Meet the finalists here, and visit our media kit for background information, quotations and images. 

ANNOUNCING THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2015/16 SEMI-FINALISTS

After our biggest year for entries to date and a challenging selection process by our regional judges across Asia and Europe, 30 talented fashion designers (15 from Asia and 15 from Europe) have successfully made it through to the international judging stage of the competition. Find out who they are and take a look at their design sketches here

UNCOVERING THE DARK SHADOW OF FASHION

As part of our efforts to raise awareness on the issue of textile waste, we enlisted the help of Hong Kong Baptist University students to design and build a sculpture which was exhibited from July 2015 in K11 mall, Hong Kong. The aim of the exhibition was to inspire shoppers about the role they can play in creating a more sustainable fashion industry by re-thinking the way they buy, care and dispose of their clothes. Read more about the project here and watch the exhibit come to life here.

BONNIE CHEN RETURNS AS THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD AMBASSADOR

Supermodel, Bonnie Chen returns for a second year as the EcoChic Design Award Ambassador. Watch Bonnie in action modelling our 2014/15 finalist collections as she calls out for fashion designers to join the current cycle here, and find out more about her here.