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Update! Congrats to - Maddie Williams wins the First Prize Carina Roca Portella wins Runner-up Prize Keith Chan wins Hong Kong Best Prize Update! The Redress Design Award 2019 Finalists are: Moriah Ardila, Israel, Unisex Julia English, Australia, Unisex Abby Gaskin, Canada, Womenswear Chan Jianfeng, Hong Kong, Womenswear Chan Meiyan, Hong Kong, Womenswear Damini Mittai, India, Womenswear Carina Roca Portella, Spain, Womenswear Anna Schuster, Germany, Menswear Natalie Tzur, Israel, Menswear Maddie Williams, UK, Womenswear 10 emerging designers who have been shortlisted by our International Judging panel from hundreds of applicants from across the globe ready to transform fashion’s waste into want. Representing the cutting-edge of fashion creativity, the finalists, which include menswear designers for the first time in the competition’s history, now have just 11 weeks to bring their concepts to life before presenting their collections in Hong Kong on 5 September at the live Grand Final at CENTRESTAGE, where winners will be announced. The Redress Design Award (formerly the EcoChic Design Award) is the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition. Organised by Redress, the competition works to educate emerging fashion designers around the world about sustainable design theories and techniques in order to drive growth towards a circular fashion system. By putting sustainable design talent in the global spotlight, the competition creates a unique platform for passionate and talented fashion game-changers to transform the global fashion industry and rewards the best with career-changing prizes to maximise long-term impact. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Details & to enter Redress Design Award 2019 Location: open globally - worldwide Experience/age: Having less than three years’ professional fashion design experience or are a fashion student in any year at an educational institution at the time of application. 18+ Entry: Free to Apply Deadline: March 14 2019 THE BRIEF You are challenged to re-design fashion, by re-thinking how clothes are made and worn through a lens of design for circularity. You must design a womenswear, menswear, or unisex sustainable collection for contemporary, fashion-loving individuals who value directional design (be it inspired by the runway or the street) and technical innovation as much as they respect people and the planet. THE PRIZES FIRST PRIZE - THE REDRESS DESIGN AWARD 2019 WITH JNBY GROUP You will join a team of fashion leaders to assist in creating a contemporary sustainable collection for a JNBY Group brand, which will retail in JNBY Group stores around the world and online. Following your victory, you will work with a JNBY Group design team in the culturally rich city of Hangzhou, China for up to three months, during which you will get experience in fabric sourcing, work on the designs and product development, get insight to production and learn more about all aspects of building a collection, with mentorship from top experts in fashion, business and sustainability. Find out more about The Redress Design Award 2019 with JNBY Group here. You will also… Receive a one-year full subscription to access all areas of Bloomsbury Fashion Central including the Fairchild Books Library and associated online resources, The Berg Fashion Library and the Fashion Photography Archive*. *Not available to residents of USA and Canada RUNNER-UP PRIZE - THE REDRESS DESIGN AWARD 2019 MENTORSHIP WITH ORSOLA DE CASTRO You will receive a tailored mentorship with distinguished sustainable fashion designer and competition judge, Orsola de Castro. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in sustainable fashion, Orsola has nurtured many of the pioneering names in sustainable fashion from their early designs through to their established brands. This mentorship opportunity will give you expert and targeted support, which will be provided to you wherever you are in the world through video calls and by email over a six-month period. This will propel your career in sustainable fashion design forwards and prepare you, your visions and your collections for the competitive market of attracting fashion buyers and media – and ultimately securing success. Find out more about The Redress Design Award 2019 mentorship with Orsola de Castro here. You will also… Receive 10 books from the Basics Fashion Design series. PEOPLE'S CHOICE After impressing the global public with your designs in an online vote to outshine your 29 semi-finalist competitors, you will be promoted across Redress’ social networks along with your accolade of People’s Choice, and will recieve: The Bloomsbury Publishing Handbook of Design for Sustainability by Stuart Walker. Find out more about The Redress Design Award 2019 People's Choice prize here. HONG KONG BEST PRIZE Hong Kong's highest scoring designer will receive the accolade of Hong Kong best, along with a place in the Grand Final and 10 books from the Bloomsbury Basics Fashion Design series. ALL TEN FINALISTS WILL Present their sustainable collections at HKTDC Hong Kong's Fashion Week CENTRESTAGE Enjoy a whirlwind educational all-expenses paid trip to Hong Kong Have their designs shot in Hong Kong by a renowned photographer and styled by an influential stylist Have designs showcased under the international public’s spotlight in an exhibition after the grand final concludes Receive a 12 month Pro membership to the CO platform providing them with access to premium intelligence and learning that will help them launch their careers in sustainable fashion business. Receive a subscription to Bloomsbury's online portal, the Berg Fashion Library (from May to September 2020) A copy of new Bloomsbury title, Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion by Alison Gwilt, Alice Payne and Evelise Anicet Ruthschilling Receive a two-hour mentorship with a sustainable fashion expert to help nurture their future career development Star in Redress' documentary series, Frontline Fashion ALL 30 SEMI-FINALISTS WILL RECEIVE Promotion across Redress’ marketing channels Access to the Redress Design Award Alumni Network which provides regular opportunities to develop your sustainable fashion career A selection of fashion books from Bloomsbury Publishing including a Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion by Alison Gwilt, Fashion Fibres: Designing for Sustainability by Annie Gullingsrud and Zero Waste Fashion Design by Timo Rissanen and Holly McQuillan