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Follow us to this year’s Redress Design Award Grand Final in Hong Kong, the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition.
Here at #impact Podcast, we are huge fans of Redress, a pioneering Hong Kong-based NGO working to reduce textile waste and promote environmental sustainability in the fashion industry. We had the chance to join the Redress Design Award Grand Final, showcasing 11 talented, innovative designers and their stunning zero waste collections.
Listen in to a Behind the scenes at the Redress Design Award Grand Final 2018
Staggering numbers – the problem is real
The amount of clothing produced globally now exceeds 100 billion garments. 87 % of the material used for clothing production every year ends up in a landfill or is incinerated after its final use. This makes the work of Redress even more important.
“The scale of textile waste across the fashion value chain is staggering…an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is now generated each year.” Christina Dean, Redress Founder
Positive Power of Fashion
Redress Founder Christina Dean and her dedicated team of eco-warriors believe in the Positive Power of Fashion. Running the Redress Design Award for the last 6 years, they have been shining a light of creativity and ingenuity amidst the backdrop of a global environmental crisis.
It takes guts to start something from scratch. Christina’s uber-inspiring founder story in #impact Podcast Episode 16 will blow your mind. Dentist turned Eco-warrior is all about doing crazy things. Read and Listen here.
Scaling up..and becoming truly global
You heard it on #impact Podcast first! Hannah Lane, Communications Director at Redress shared with us way back in Episode 29 that they have made it their mission to make the 2018 Redress Design Award Competition truly global. This year, for the very first time, they have been accepting applications from all over the world.
55 countries. 11 finalists. 1 goal.
Contestants from 55 countries sent in their applications and 11 talented contestants joined the circle of Redress Design Award Alumni. All of them are on a mission to cut out waste in the fashion industry.
Waste is not waste until it’s wasted
And the winner is…
Tess Whitfort won First Prize with her bold, punk-inspired, up-cycled, zero waste collection. We could not help but smile with this gorgeous winner!
Redress Design Award Winner Tess Whitfort (right) and #impact host Regina Larko
Bringing sustainable fashion to the stores
Tess will now join The R Collective, a bold new social impact business, to design a capsule collection for retail. But actually, we think all these brilliant young designers are winners already.
Congratulations!
- Redress Design Award 2018: Tess Whitfort, Australia
- Redress Design Award 2018 Second Prize with Orsola de Castro: Jesse Lee, Hong Kong
- Redress Design Award 2018 Hong Kong Best Prize Winner: Jesse Lee, Hong Kong
- Redress Design Award 2018 Special Prize with Cara G Winner: Sarah Jane Fergusson, Japan
- Redress Design Award 2018 Alumni Prize with kapok Winner: Claire Dartigues, France
Hear from more impact entrepreneurs!
How? You will have to listen in to find out.
Our lucky contestant winner Allie Rooke from My Clean Cosmetics who joined Regina as her Plus 1 that night. Don’t miss out on our next Goodies and subscribe.
Interviewing Tini Dahl, Co-Founder of Sora
Insta to follow for more inspiration
- Redress @getredressed
- The R Collective @thercollective
- My Clean Cosmetics @my_cleancosmetics
- Sora @thesoralife
- Tess Whitfort @tess.whitfort
- #impact Podcast @hashtagimpact
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Loved this episode? Then you should also listen in when we speak to Hannah Lane, Communications and Partnership Director at Redress to find out how to make your wardrobe more sustainable.
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