Meet the 2025 Semi-finalists

Kate Morris

Redress Design Award 2017 First Prize Winner

Meet The Designer

“My journey into fashion has been led by the desire to create functional items of beauty that can contribute to changing behaviour and attitudes towards fast fashion. For me sustainable fashion is about each part of the supply chain working together, starting with the designer, to make informed decisions that will have minimum impact on the planet and its people.”
Kate Morris
“My journey into fashion has been led by the desire to create functional items of beauty that can contribute to changing behaviour and attitudes towards fast fashion. For me sustainable fashion is about each part of the supply chain working together, starting with the designer, to make informed decisions that will have minimum impact on the planet and its people.”
Kate Morris

Bio

After winning the Redress Design Award 2017, Kate completed her prize of designing an upcycled capsule knitwear collection for Hong Kong luxury brand, The R Collective, which launched in 2018. She currently works as a Knitwear Technologist for Burberry.

Kate holds an MA in Fashion Knitwear Design from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom where, before moving to work in industry, she developed the concept for a fashion brand called CROP which provided fun-filled, cruelty-free, vegan knitwear using zero-waste and minimal seam production techniques on plant fibres . Kate gained first prize in the 2017 Shima Seiki Design Competition, was shortlisted for The WGSN + ArtsThread Future Creator Award 2017 and CROP was recognised as ‘Best Wool-Free Brand’ in the 2017 PETA Fashion Awards.

Region

  • United Kingdom

Collection

  • Womenswear

Focus

  • Reconstruction, Upcycling, Zero Waste

Brand

Redress Design Award Collection

For her winning Redress Design Award collection (formerly the EcoChic Design Award), she used the zero-waste, up-cycling and reconstruction techniques to create diverse knitwear. Her approach blended technology with hand crafting skills for efficiency and to create a tactile connection with the wearer.
Redress Design Award Collection 2017

Redress Design Award Collection 2017

For her winning Redress Design Award collection (formerly the EcoChic Design Award), she used the zero-waste, up-cycling and reconstruction techniques to create diverse knitwear. Her approach blended technology with hand crafting skills for efficiency and to create a tactile connection with the wearer.

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March 20, 2026

Online Session: Circular Fashion Design Strategies with Redress Design Award 2025 winners

Join a LIVE online session for emerging designers to deepen your knowledge for creating circular fashion, and give you an edge in your application for the Redress Design Award.

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March 17, 2026

2026年度「Redress 設計大賽」現已開放申請！

設計師們 ：你們的考驗是以回收再重用的紡織品，沿用循環時尚的設計策略 ，為時尚前衛的成年人設計一套現代系列。

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March 17, 2026

The Redress Design Award 2026 is open for applications!

Calling all emerging fashion designers: We challenge you to design a contemporary collection for a modern, fashion-forward adult, using waste textiles and guided by circular design strategies.

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