Bio

Nguyen Thi Dung is a Finalist of the Redress Design Award 2024. She holds a Higher National Diploma in Art and Design (Fashion) from the London College for Design and Fashion, Hanoi, Vietnam.

“What we wear is not just our clothes, but symbols of responsibility for ourselves and our surroundings.” – Nguyen Thi Dung

redress Design Award Collection

Thi Dung’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘BEYOND ILLUSION’, is inspired by illusions and by the Romantic painting ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’ by Caspar David Friedrich. The collection is created from a range of natural and local waste materials including pineapple silk made from agricultural waste, damaged yarn from a home textile factory, and cut-and-sew linen waste from a tailor shop. Hand-stitched details from the Japanese sakiori technique, traditional natural indigo dye, and modern cuts are combined to create practical, timeless, and adjustable designs, including a vest that can be transformed into a handbag.

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