Redress Design Award 2023 Finalists' Photoshoot reflects on the textile waste crisis with circular fashion design
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Redress, the environmental NGO with a mission to accelerate the change to a circular fashion industry by educating and empowering designers and consumers so as to reduce clothing’s negative environmental impacts, has produced an editorial photoshoot with upcoming runway looks crafted by the Finalists of the Redress Design Award 2023.
With ‘Reflection’ as the theme, the photoshoot honors the power that designers have in creating fashion more sustainably, with 80% of a garment’s environmental impact locked in at the design stage. The photo shoot is styled by leading Hong Kong creative and influencer Kayla Wong, photographed by Kim Lo, and incorporates various mirrored surfaces. The aesthetics evoke the pressing need for reflection — on the rising textile waste crisis contributing to global climate change, and on the future of fashion as imagined by the waste-reducing designs of the competition Finalists.
Each Finalist collection features innovative solutions to the issue of textile waste, with elements such as fabric recreated from denim scraps, embellishments made from plastic and electronic waste, and a zero-waste appliqué technique that incorporates minute textile fragments from the pattern-cutting process.
Early next month, the Finalists’ collections will be judged based on their use of circular design strategies of designing for low impact and processes, low waste, longevity, and recyclability, as well as criteria such as creativity, marketability, and scalability. The esteemed panel of international judges from across the fashion industry includes Kévin Germanier, Creative Director, GERMANIER and Alumnus, Redress Design Award; Orsola de Castro, Author and Co-founder, Fashion Revolution; and Angus Tsui, Creative Director, ANGUS TSUI and Alumnus, Redress Design Award; among others.
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE GRAND FINAL FASHION SHOW
The Redress Design Award 2023 Grand Final Fashion Show is open to an exclusive in-person audience and will be livestreamed globally on 7 September 2023 (Thursday), at 6:00 pm (HKT) / 12:00 pm (CET) via Facebook and Weibo. Save the date here.
