Redress Design Awards
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO RETHINK FASHION?
You are challenged to design a contemporary collection for a modern, fashion-forward adult who is concerned about the environment and actively seeks comfort and style whether in the city or exploring the big outdoors.
Your collection will rescue textile waste, re-using these through upcycling while reimagining fashion, which will likely influence your creativity and processes.
TO WIN, YOU MUST:
- Design three ready-to-wear outfit sketches for your application using waste textiles. (Finished outfits are not necessary at this stage.)
- Impress the judges. For the open application and semi-final judging, your designs will be scored in three categories; creativity and originality, sustainability, marketability. Our judges will be looking for evidence of circular design thinking. This means from sourcing your materials to pattern design, creation, consideration of the user, and disposal after use, you must have a clear understanding of the environmental impacts of your creations and will have explored solutions through the design of your collection. You should be reflective and critical and able to clearly explain your decision making at each step of creating your sustainable collection.
- If you are successful in becoming a finalist, you must create those same three ready-to-wear sketches from the open application into finished physical garments, along with designing and creating one more showpiece outfit. You will also need to design one ready-to-wear outfit that will be created virtually for the Grand Final Fashion Presentation, with the support of Redress. For Grand Final judging, the additional category of workmanship will be added when the judges can touch, feel and see your collection to assess your skills.
ALL DESIGNS MUST SHOW EVIDENCE OF:
- Use of all four circular design strategies: Design for Low Waste, Design for Low-impact Materials and Processes, Design for Longevity and Design for Recyclability
- Use waste textiles in reproducible and impactful ways with preference shown for scalable waste sources
- Reflection of opportunities for reproducibility, scalability and marketability
This is a self-submission Award. For submission info and to apply, visit this link:
https://www.redressdesignaward.com/2022/apply/guidelines
Kindly,
Emilee