It is no secret that establishing connections between emerging designers and large-scale manufacturers comes with an array of obstacles. Yet there are those trying to mitigate these challenges, bridging the gap between the young designer and the global manufacturer in order to, ultimately, push forward a new chapter in the story of sustainable...
4 Oct 2024
The 14th annual edition of the Redress Design Awards were held today, during the ongoing Centrestage Hong Kong trade show, where a slew of new designers showcased collections made under the guidance of the educational NGO. Despite being rescheduled one day later due to the emergence of Typhoon Yagi, the event still drew in a sizable crowd made...
6 Sept 2024
The Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress has unveiled the semi-finalists for its Redress Design Award 2024, the well-known international sustainable student design competition. The list of semi finalists consists of 30 young designers from across the world. Fashion design students from 55 countries and regions submitted their applications....
24 Apr 2024
American designer brand Tommy Hilfiger has announced a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-based Asia-focused environmental NGO, which focuses on educating and empowering designers to accelerate the change to a circular fashion industry. Tommy Hilfiger is joining forces with its sustainable design competition, the Redress Design Award 2024,...
9 Jan 2024
Redress has announced the finalists of its Redress Design Award 2023. The ten 2023 finalists are Aya Letzter from Israel, Frances Brunner from the US, Jasmine Leung from Hong Kong, Mandy Fong Sze Man, Hong Kong Molly Ryan from Australia, Nils Hauser from Germany, Pavneet Kaur from India, Ruwanthi Gajadeera from Sri Lanka, Kim Yanghun from...
12 May 2023
Redress has launched the 13th edition of its Redress Design Award 2023 during an event in Hong Kong, where industry leaders gathered to support the occasion. The NGO will again be partnering with VF Corporation to carry out this year’s award, with the initiative's first prize winner out of 10 finalists to join the conglomerate on a sustainable...
13 Jan 2023
The winner of sustainable fashion design competition Redress Design Award has been unveiled at its 2022 Grand Final Fashion Presentation in Hong Kong. In an announcement made by Redress and VF Corporation, the NGO’s four year collaborator, Federico Badini Confalonieri was revealed to be the recipient of the award. The designer will have the...
8 Sept 2022
Top 10 designers advance to the runway of the Grand Final Fashion Presentation, taking on practical challenges to prove themselves for Timberland collab and development funding Redress, the environmental NGO working to reduce fashion’s waste, announces today the 10 finalists of the Redress Design Award 2022, the world’s largest sustainable...
17 May 2022
The international sustainable fashion design competition, the Redress Design Award, has announced its 30 semi-finalists from all around the world including three designers from Spain, two UK designers and one US designer. The public plays an important part in the next round of the competition as people can now vote for their favourite designer...
21 Apr 2022
With sustainability becoming an ever increasing focus across the fashion supply chain – over 50% of companies now report to be using at least one sustainable sourcing practice - environmental NGO, Redress are exploring what it means to be working as a designer in the industry and how much autonomy. Their short survey looks to assess levels of...
29 Mar 2022
World’s largest sustainable fashion design competition offers HK$80,000 (US$10,000) in funding as VF’s Timberland® unveils debut collection designed with Redress Design Award 2020 winner It’s a banner month for leading Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress as it unveils plans for its Redress Design Award 2022, the world’s largest sustainable...
11 Jan 2022
In this video, Frontline Fashion's host Taylor R, content creator, heads backstage to see the finalists of the Redress Design Award 2021 before the runway to present their collections in episode six of the sixth season. Watch the video below. Video: RedressAsia via YouTube Photo credit: RedressAsia Screenshot, YouTube
6 Jan 2022