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REDRESS AND TOMMY HILFIGER ANNOUNCE NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR THE REDRESS DESIGN AWARD 2024
Asia-focused NGO, Redress opens applications for the world's leading sustainable fashion design competition to emerging fashion designers globally to drive circular fashion
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Shirley A. Wong - Communications Manager
Email: shirleyaun@redress.com.hk
Phone: +852 9257 0778
[5 January 2024, Hong Kong] - Redress, the Asia-focused environmental NGO accelerating the transition to circular fashion by educating designers and consumers, organises the Redress Design Award 2024 under the support of Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) as the Lead Sponsor. Redress is pleased to have iconic fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger joining forces for the Redress Design Award 2024, the world's leading sustainable fashion design competition. The competition calls on emerging designers globally to apply with their circular and sustainable fashion collections, before the closing date of 15 March 2024.
Dr. Christina Dean, Founder of Redress, shares, “Fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Left unabated, pollution and waste is set to worsen. We urgently need to accelerate circular fashion, which is the best way to let fashion thrive without costing the earth. Working from our Hong Kong headquarters, and with our Asia focus, we want to redress — to remedy and set right — fashion, by collaborating with bold fashion brand businesses and brilliant designer talent to create the fashion industry of the future, right now.”
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The Redress Design Award is the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition. Organised by Redress, the competition works to educate emerging fashion designers around the world about sustainable design theories and techniques in order to drive growth towards a circular fashion system. By putting sustainable design talent in the global spotlight, the competition creates a unique platform for passionate and talented fashion game-changers to transform the global fashion industry and rewards the best with career-changing prizes to maximise long-term impact.
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About Redress
Redress is a Hong Kong-headquartered, Asia-focused environmental charity with a mission to accelerate the change to a circular fashion industry by educating and empowering designers and consumers so as to reduce clothing’s negative environmental impacts. Its dynamic programmes work to minimise the negative impacts of fashion, whilst promoting innovative new models and driving growth towards a more sustainable industry via the circular economy. Working directly with a wide range of stakeholders, including designers, manufacturers, brands, educational bodies, government and consumers, Redress aims to create lasting environmental change in fashion.
Partners
LEAD Sponsor
Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) is a dedicated office set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) in June 2009 to spearhead the development of creative industries in Hong Kong. From 1 July 2022 onwards, it is under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, promoting cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community.
EXCLUSIVE FASHION SPONSOR
Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s most recognized premium lifestyle brands, uplifting and inspiring consumers since 1985. The brand creates iconic style, which comes alive at the intersection of the classic and the new, co-created with people who are shaping culture around the world. TOMMY HILFIGER celebrates the essence of classic American style with a modern twist. Tommy Hilfiger offers premium quality and value to consumers worldwide under the TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS lifestyles, with a breadth of collections including men’s, women’s and kids’ sportswear, denim, accessories, and footwear. Tommy Hilfiger has an unwavering commitment to sustainability and inclusivity.
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Supporting Organisations
Supporting Universities, Colleges and Institutions (listed alphabetically)
AFRICA
Design Academy Of Fashion (South Africa)
FEDISA (South Africa)
LegsApparel Fashion School (Nigeria)
North West School of Design (South Africa)
The Elizabeth Galloway Academy (South Africa)
AMERICAS
Columbia College Chicago (United States of America)
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Fiber Science & Apparel Design (United States of America)
Drexel University (United States of America)
Fashion Institute of Technology (United States of America)
Kansas State University (United States of America)
Kent State University (United States of America)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Canada)
LaSalle College Vancouver (Canada)
Parsons School of Design (United States of America)
Savannah College of Art and Design (United States of America)
St Catherine University (United States of America)
St. Clair College (Canada)
The University of Alabama (United States of America)
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Universidad de morón (Argentina)
Universidad LCI Monterrey (Mexico)
University of Buenos Aires (UBA/FADU) (Argentina)
University of North Texas (United States of America)
University of the Valley of Mexico (Mexico)
Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada)
Belmont University (United States of America)
George Brown College (Canada)
ASIA
Academy of Design (AoD) (Sri Lanka)
American Polytechnic College (Vietnam)
Amity University Kolkata (India)
Anhui Polytechnic University (Mainland China)
Bangkok University (Thailand)
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (Mainland China)
Bunka Fashion College (Japan)
Caritas Bianchi College of Careers (Hong Kong)
Chongqing Technology and Business University, Institute of Modern International Design (Mainland China)
CIDI Chanapatana International Design Institute (Thailand)
Clothing Industry Training Authority (Hong Kong)
Condé Nast Center Of Fashion & Design (Mainland China)
Dankook University (South Korea)
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (Philippines)
DETAO Masters Academy Class at Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts (Mainland China)
Donghua University (Mainland China)
ESEDS School of Design (India)
ESMOD Japon (Japan)
ESMOD Seoul (Korea)
Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)
Guangdong University of Technology - School of Arts and Design (Mainland China)
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts - School of Innovation Design (Mainland China)
IFA Paris (Mainland China)
Indian Institute of Fashion & Design - IIFD (India)
Indian School of Design and Innovation (ISDI) Parsons Mumbai (India)
Institut de Mode International (Mainland China)
INTI International College Subang (IICS) (Malaysia)
JD Institute of Fashion Technology (India)
Jiangnan University (Mainland China)
Korea National Open University (South Korea)
LaSalle College Jakarta (Indonesia)
LaSalle College of the Arts Singapore (Singapore)
London College For Fashion Studies Hanoi (Vietnam)
Malaysia Institute of Art (Malaysia)
Management Development Institute of Singapore (Singapore)
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore)
National Institute of Fashion Technology (India)
Oriental Institute of Technology (Department of Materials and Textiles, Fashion) (Taiwan)
Pearl Academy (India)
Philippine Women’s College of Davao (Philippines)
Quanzhou Normal University (Mainland China)
Raffles Bangkok (Thailand)
Raffles College of Higher Education (Kuala Lumpur) (RKL) (Malaysia)
Raffles Design Institute (Singapore)
Raffles Design Institute Shanghai (Mainland China)
Raffles University Iskandar (Malaysia)
Shanghai Design College of China Academy (Mainland China)
Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation (SCF)
Shenzhen University (Mainland China)
Shih Chien University - Department of Fashion Design (Taiwan)
Shu Te University - Fashion Design Department (Taiwan)
Slim's Fashion & Arts School (Philippines)
Slim's Fashion & Arts School, Inc.(Philippines)
SoFA Design Institute (Philippines)
Technological & Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore)
The Hong Kong Design Institute (Hong Kong)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Fashion and Textiles (Hong Kong)
UCSI University (Malaysia)
University of Moratuwa -Department of Integrated Design (Sri Lanka)
Whistling Woods International – School of Fashion (India)
Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology (Mainland China)
Hunan University of Technology and Commerce (Mainland China)
EUROPE
Aalto University (Finland)
AAS College - School of Art & Design (Greece)
Accademia Costume & Moda, Italy-Rome (Italy)
Amsterdam Fashion Academy (Netherlands)
Amsterdam Fashion Institute (Netherlands)
ArtEZ University of the Arts (Netherlands)
Bath Spa University (United Kingdom)
Birmingham City University (United Kingdom)
Bristol School of Art & Design (United Kingdom)
Cardiff Metropolitan University (United Kingdom)
Central Saint Martins (United Kingdom)
Coventry University (United Kingdom)
Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design (Poland)
Design School Kolding (Denmark)
Domus Academy (Italy)
EASD Valencia (Spain)
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD) (France)
ESAD (Escola Superior de Artes e Design) (Portugal)
ESDi Higher School of Design (Spain)
ESMOD France (France)
ESNE, University School of Design, Innovation and Technology (Spain)
Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)
Fashion Design Institut Germany (Germany)
Formamod (France)
Glasgow School of Art (United Kingdom)
Gray’s School of Art (United Kingdom)
Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (United Kingdom)
Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom)
Northumbria University (United Kingdom)
IED Istituto Europeo di Design (Spain)
IFA Paris (France)
Institut Français de la Mode (France)
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (Ukraine)
L'École Supérieure d’Art Françoise Conte (France)
Lahti University of Applied Sciences (LAMK Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu) (Finland)
Leeds College of Art (United Kingdom)
Letterkenny Institute of Technology (United Kingdom)
LISAA (L'Institut Superieur des Arts Appliques) (France)
Liverpool John Moores University (United Kingdom)
London College of Fashion (United Kingdom)
Manchester Metropolitan University - Manchester School of Art & Manchester Fashion Institute (United Kingdom)
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing (Finland)
MSKPU- International School of Fashion and Costume Design (Poland)
NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (Italy)
Norwich University of the Arts (United Kingdom)
Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom)
Parsons Paris (France)
Polimoda (Italy)
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication (United Kingdom)
Regent's University London (United Kingdom)
Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom)
SSUD Brno, The School of Art and Design - Ekotextil Design Department (Czechia)
SUPDEMOD (France)
Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås (Sweden)
Ulster University (United Kingdom)
University Centre Colchester (United Kingdom)
University of Central Lancashire (United Kingdom)
University of Chester (United Kingdom)
University of Derby (United Kingdom)
University of Hertfordshire (United Kingdom)
University of Huddersfield (United Kingdom)
University of Leeds (United Kingdom)
University of South Wales (United Kingdom)
VIA Design, VIA University College (Denmark)
Vilnius College of Design (VCD) (Lithuania)
Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
MIDDLE EAST
American university in the Emirates (United Arab Emirates)
Dubai Institute of Design Innovation (United Arab Emirates)
Faculty of Industrial Design, University of Tehran (Iran)
Shenkar College (Israel)
Science and Culture University (Iran)
OCEANIA
Box Hill Institute (Australia)
Curtin University - School of Design and the Built Environment (Australia)
Holmesglen Institute (Australia)
Kangan Institute (Australia)
Massey University (New Zealand)
Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand)
Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
RMIT (Australia)
The School of Art, Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia (Australia)
University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
Whitecliffe College of Art & Design (New Zealand)
Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organizers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.