Road To The Final
THE KICK-OFF
In January 2020, applications for the Redress Design Award 2020 - the 10th cycle of the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition - opened. To celebrate, Redress presented a special Retrospective Exhibition, showcasing the creations of each of the nine past winners. Held at The Mills in Tsuen Wan, the exhibition attracted 40,000+ visitors.
EDUCATING DESIGNERS
Redress’ education programme - this cycle delivered predominantly online - reached 443 students via 15 lectures around Asia and the world. 10,000+ accessed the inspirational LEARN platform, which offers guides and videos on topics such as sourcing and design; a further 400+ took part in Redress’ first ever Circular Fashion Design Pathway Course. Explore our LEARN platform here, and to watch our new LEARN videos, click here.
ENABLING EDUCATORS
Redress has now partnered with 140 universities, and reached 23 educators this cycle through in-person educator workshops. Redress’ punchy Sustainable Fashion Educator Pack, which assists educators globally to integrate sustainability into the curriculum, has been in review this cycle though in-depth consultations with users - a report on its impact due in the coming weeks.
SCOUTING FOR TALENT
For the 10th cycle of the Redress Design award, Redress received hundreds of applications from 49 regions across the world. Drawing from their diverse experiences, judges looked for qualities of creativity, sustainability and market viability before picking the 10 talented finalists. This year, the Redress Design Award introduced its first ever standalone menswear prize to the mix with two First Prizes up for grabs! Meet the womenswear and menswear finalists here.
THE PHOTOSHOOT
The finalists’ signature looks were revealed in a stunning earth elements-themed photoshoot, styled and shot by leading Hong Kong creatives Kieran Ho and Karl Lam and featured in this year’s Vogue Hong Kong’s September Sustainability issue. The clothes were delivered to the studio from the finalists’ home countries via Redress Design Award’s Logistics Sponsor UPS’ carbon neutral shipments. Go behind-the-scenes here with Frontline Fashion Unstitched.
GRAND FINAL FORTNIGHT
Throughout the weeks leading up to the Redress Design Award 2020 Grand Final, and competing from their homes around the globe, our finalists participated in a series of tailored educational masterclasses with Becky Willan (Given London), Barry McGeough and the Frontline Clothing team, and virtual challenges to boost their learning about all aspects of the sustainable fashion industry, gaining real industry insights and exclusive access to leading experts. Watch the TAL and Browzwear Digital Up-cycling Challenge episode and the VF and Timberland Made for Change Challenge episode of Frontline Fashion Unstitched to learn more.
GRAND FINAL
The Redress Design Award 2020 Grand Final replaced the spectacle of a physical event with a fully digital Grand Final show. Pre-recorded fashion videos and insights from the judging process were mixed with live interviews with the finalists before their stunning collections were presented to an audience of industry elites, influencers and VIPs. To date, the final has been viewed 6,900 times. Missed the show? Watch it here.
PRIZES
The generosity of Redress’ 10 prize partners including VF’s Timberland and The R Collective means this year’s winners will have the opportunities to create capsule collections for dynamic brands, amongst other exciting prizes. To mark a decade of positive impact, Redress is also celebrating the highest-achieving designers among the Award’s 200+ talented alumni.
FRONTLINE FASHION UNSTITCHED
Redress’ cutting edge docu-series Frontline Fashion is back, with short films offering unique insights into the build up to the Grand Final amid the challenges of participating from home. Interviews, photographs, sketches, behind-the-scenes footage from the fashion shoot and video clips by the finalists themselves give a rich portrait of their exciting journey to the final. Missed some of this cycle’s Frontline Fashion Unstitched episodes? Watch the full series here.
STILL TO COME
The Redress Design Award 2020 cycle isn’t over yet! The 10 finalists’ collections will continue to be celebrated - keep a look out for the Hong Kong exhibition running in November and Amsterdam’s Fashion For Good exhibition that will take place from mid-December onwards - including virtual tours for international visitors. Sign up for our newsletter or follow us on social media for updates!