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
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
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
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
EMPOWERING DESIGNERS TO CUT WASTE OUT OF FASHION
On June 7 2015, the last in a series of five Fashion Academies took place in India to bring sustainable fashion education to emerging designers. In Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, London and Mumbai attendees were inspired by the positive power of fashion, hearing from a variety of sustainable fashion experts and previous competition alumni. More educational material can be found on the Learn platform.
FIVE YEAR MILESTONE FOR THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD!
On 13 May 2015 Redress held a media launch event for the EcoChic Design Award 2015/16 competition cycle alongside their Fifth Year Anniversary Exhibition at Hysan Place in Hong Kong. Read the press release and access more resources in the media kit here.
CUTTING IT FINE
Follow The EcoChic Design Award 2014/15 finalists on their recent journeys to Hong Kong for the finale of the competition cycle earlier this year. Our mini series ‘Cutting it Fine’ which debuted online and on TV screens around the world on Fashion One puts the pursuit of a more sustainable fashion industry at its core. Watch episodes on our Redress Asia Youtube here.
THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2014/15 WINNERS!
Winners of The EcoChic Design Award were announced on 21 January 2015. Read about our winners and their prizes here and read the press release about the Grand Final week activities here.
WATCH THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2014/15 FINAL LIVE!
Watch The EcoChic Design Award 2014/15 finalists present their minimal waste collections on the runway at Hong Kong Fashion Week’s World Boutique. The show will be live streamed on 21 January 2015 at 17:00 HKT / 09.00 GMT on NOTJUSTALABEL.COM.
THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2014/15 FINALISTS' FASHION SHOOT
Earlier this month our The EcoChic Design Award Ambassador and supermodel Bonnie Chen joined us at The Langham, Hong Kong, to model The EcoChic Design Award 2014/15 finalists minimal waste collection pieces. Take a look behind the scenes here and view the images here.
JOINING THE GATEWAY CHALLENGE
Redress is taking part in Global Giving’s Gateway Challenge which allows us to receive donations as we expand our fundraising activities globally. Wherever our supporters are in the world, they can now donate to make a mark on increasing the delivery of our highly impactful educational programmes, which are changing the next generation of fashion designers. As the global environmental crisis associated with the fashion and textile industry rages on, never before have we needed to cut waste out of fashion more. Please donate here.
REDRESS AWARDED GO GREEN AWARD
This October Redress were awarded a Go Green Award in recognition of our work towards reducing waste in the fashion industry. The awards are organised by 新假期 Go Green (Hong Kong).
THE ECOCHIC DESIGN AWARD 2014/15 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Ten next generation fashion designers were announced today as the finalists for the EcoChic Design Award 2014/15. They will now take their minimal waste designs from concept to reality for presentation at Hong Kong Fashion Week in January 2015 as they battle it out for career changing prizes. Meet the finalists here, and see our media kit for background information and images.