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Janko Lam won the Redress Design Award Hong Kong 2011 inaugural cycle. Soon after completing her winning prize of designing the first Recycled Collection for Esprit, she launched her brand Classics Anew in 2013, in which she up-cycles leftover denim, prints and textiles with a twist of modern Chinese heritage.

Classics Anew’s store and studio space is housed at Ko Shan Theatre New Wing, Hung Hom, where she engages in and hosts many community-driven workshops to spread ideas on traditional Chinese clothing culture and craftsmanship through the Classics Anew Academy.

In recent years, Janko has been highly engaged in sharing her insights on sustainability in the Hong Kong fashion industry, appearing on industry speaker panels as well as prominent media stories. She continues to showcase sustainability at a cultural and heritage level through exhibitions such as in 2022 with NEW ENERGY TOKYO and Design Spectrum Hong Kong.

The society we live in is too rich. People are not willing to save resources through repeat usage and reuse of clothing. But we must acknowledge that avant-garde fashion cannot be divorced from ethical standards. It is my mission and vision to be a sustainable fashion pioneer through my work. – Janko Lam

redress DESIGN AWARD COLLECTION

For her Redress Design Award (formerly the EcoChic Design Award) 2011 collection, Janko’s design concept was inspired by tree rings. To gradually reduce the carbon footprint caused by clothes, she believes we have to extend their lifecycle, just like tree rings that grow every year. Janko applied up-cycling and reconstruction design techniques for her collection, and used the surplus textiles as embellishment to make full use of fabrics. The designs also can be mixed and matched into different styles to increase their utilisation.

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