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Redress becomes catwalk partner for Source Fashion

UK trade show Source Fashion has named Redress as its new headline catwalk partner. The Hong Kong-based NGO will take up the title for the event’s next edition in Olympia London, scheduled between January 13 to 15, 2026. For this season, Redress will bring two to three alumni from its Redress Design Award, a sustainable fashion competition for...

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Fashion faces ESPR knowledge gap: Why education must catch up with regulation

Europe’s new eco-design laws are about to shake the global fashion industry, and most players aren’t ready. From Asian factories struggling with data demands to universities slow to update design curriculums, the knowledge gap is widening just as regulators and investors push for rapid change. At the centre of this shift, this year’s Redress x...

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Redress x TAL: The importance of industry collaboration in educational initiatives

It is no secret that establishing connections between emerging designers and large-scale manufacturers comes with an array of obstacles. Yet there are those trying to mitigate these challenges, bridging the gap between the young designer and the global manufacturer in order to, ultimately, push forward a new chapter in the story of sustainable...

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Redress Design Awards 2024: The past, present and future of the circular design initiative

The 14th annual edition of the Redress Design Awards were held today, during the ongoing Centrestage Hong Kong trade show, where a slew of new designers showcased collections made under the guidance of the educational NGO. Despite being rescheduled one day later due to the emergence of Typhoon Yagi, the event still drew in a sizable crowd made...

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Redress announces Redress Design Award 2024 semi-finalists

The Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress has unveiled the semi-finalists for its Redress Design Award 2024, the well-known international sustainable student design competition. The list of semi finalists consists of 30 young designers from across the world. Fashion design students from 55 countries and regions submitted their applications....

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Tommy Hilfiger partners with Redress for fashion design award

American designer brand Tommy Hilfiger has announced a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-based Asia-focused environmental NGO, which focuses on educating and empowering designers to accelerate the change to a circular fashion industry. Tommy Hilfiger is joining forces with its sustainable design competition, the Redress Design Award 2024,...

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Redress Design Award 2023 selects its ten finalists

Redress has announced the finalists of its Redress Design Award 2023. The ten 2023 finalists are Aya Letzter from Israel, Frances Brunner from the US, Jasmine Leung from Hong Kong, Mandy Fong Sze Man, Hong Kong Molly Ryan from Australia, Nils Hauser from Germany, Pavneet Kaur from India, Ruwanthi Gajadeera from Sri Lanka, Kim Yanghun from...

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Redress reaffirms commitment to sustainability at launch of Design Award 2023

Redress has launched the 13th edition of its Redress Design Award 2023 during an event in Hong Kong, where industry leaders gathered to support the occasion. The NGO will again be partnering with VF Corporation to carry out this year’s award, with the initiative's first prize winner out of 10 finalists to join the conglomerate on a sustainable...

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Redress and VF Corporation unveil 2022 winner of its Design Award

The winner of sustainable fashion design competition Redress Design Award has been unveiled at its 2022 Grand Final Fashion Presentation in Hong Kong. In an announcement made by Redress and VF Corporation, the NGO’s four year collaborator, Federico Badini Confalonieri was revealed to be the recipient of the award. The designer will have the...

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Redress Design Award 2022 finalists announced, impressing judges with designs from unique waste streams

Top 10 designers advance to the runway of the Grand Final Fashion Presentation, taking on practical challenges to prove themselves for Timberland collab and development funding Redress, the environmental NGO working to reduce fashion’s waste, announces today the 10 finalists of the Redress Design Award 2022, the world’s largest sustainable...

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Redress Design Award announces semi-finalists

The international sustainable fashion design competition, the Redress Design Award, has announced its 30 semi-finalists from all around the world including three designers from Spain, two UK designers and one US designer. The public plays an important part in the next round of the competition as people can now vote for their favourite designer...

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Redress conducting a worldwide fashion designer survey on sustainability

With sustainability becoming an ever increasing focus across the fashion supply chain – over 50% of companies now report to be using at least one sustainable sourcing practice - environmental NGO, Redress are exploring what it means to be working as a designer in the industry and how much autonomy. Their short survey looks to assess levels of...