Bio

Mandy Fong’s sustainable womenswear fashion brand SZMAN offers casual couture for daily life. The designs present a vintage mood with raw edges, patchwork, and inside-out fabrics, keeping the original features of the waste textiles. Mandy also designs with low-impact materials like eco-fur, natural fibres like cotton and wool, as well as polyester end-of-rolls, cut-and-sew waste, and unsold clothing from Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong’s fabric district.

Mandy was the Hong Kong Best winner of the Redress Design Award 2023.

“I want to use my platform and brand to embrace the slow fashion movement and create planet-forward pieces using meaningful materials to extend the life of our clothing.” – Mandy Fong

redress Design Award Collection

Inspired by the issue of home textile waste, Mandy’s Redress Design Award collection, 'Start From Zero', explores the potential of upcycling home textile waste with multifunctional outfits combining aesthetics and practicality. Incorporating zero waste patterns and upcycling techniques, Mandy’s designs present a vintage mood with raw edges, patchwork, and inside-out fabrics, keeping the original features of the waste textiles. She also designs with low-impact materials like eco-fur, natural fibres like cotton and wool, as well as polyester end-of-rolls, cut-and-sew waste, and unsold clothing from Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong’s fabric district.

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