Celebrating Alumni Achievements
Redress Design Award 2020 Hong Kong Best Winner Grace Lant launched her own knitwear brand ‘Love From Blue’ in December 2020. Her first collection draws inspiration from the skyscrapers and peaceful mountains of Hong Kong, reflected in the colour palette. Using only natural fibre and dead-stock yarns the brand works with local factories to create limited edition unisex knitwear pieces. The pre-order model means there is no waste stock created, and they will always be sold at full value. Each piece is ‘created with intent, and crafted with purpose.’
Find out more about Grace Lant here >> https://www.redressdesignaward.com/2020-grace-lant
Learn more about Love From Blue here >> www.lovefromblue.com
In the lead up to the 2020 holiday season, Redress Design Award Alumna, Claire Dartigues set up her atelier on Pont Alexandre III in the heart of Paris and made a bustier dress from upcycled fabrics all the while surrounded by the magic of the city and live music. She wanted to pay homage to the beautiful city and its rich heritage, setting fashion design in a new context. Claire recently released a new video, Imagine on Ice - with an atelier set up on an Olympic rink to create a performance and a sports couture piece, accompanied by the famous figure skater Adrien Tesson.
Find out more about Claire Dartigues and her brand here >> https://www.redressdesignaward.com/alumni/2017/claire-dartigues
Watch the videos here >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VHBS4WjDnU and here>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIGCeyKflm0&feature=youtu.be
We recently launched our Redress Design Award Alumni Instagram takeovers and have been hearing about the latest successes, advice and experiences in participating in the competition on our @getredressed Instagram. So far in these takeovers we’ve learnt about Alumna Clementine Sandner's upcycled bags made from antique kimonos.
2019 Semi-Finalist, Denitsa Demyanova shared about her sustainable fashion label, Blonde Gone Rogue founded in 2017. Find out more here.
2020 Hong Kong Best Prize Winner, Grace Lant was the first alumni to join us in 2021 - more information about her new brand above.
Stay tuned over the coming months for more alumni takeovers - with Claire Dartigues, Weiyu Hung and Tess Whitfort joining us in February and March.
Vietnam based Redress Design Award 2020 Menswear First Prize Winner Le Ngoc Ha Thu, spoke in the Saigneer Podcast to share her thoughts on the flooding and tropical storms in central Vietnam that took place towards the end of last year, causing wide-spread devastation and loss of life and how this could be prevented in the future. In the episode Thu discusses how to be a more environmentally conscious clothing consumer, her background in design and her hopes for the future. Find out more about Thu here and check out the podcast here.
Redress Design Award Exhibition at Fashion for Good has been EXTENDED!