The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The Redress Design Award, which recognises and promotes young fashion designers with a sustainable ethos, is taking applications for its 2021 cycle until March 15.
The first-prize winner of the Hong Kong-based awards, which are open to young designers with less than four years professional experience from across the world, will receive HKD 50,000 ($6,400) and the opportunity to join Timberland for a design collaboration that will include working closely with sustainable sourcing, product development, production and marketing experts from within Timberland’s parent company, VF Corporation.
The runner up will receive a mentorship with sustainable fashion designer and competition judge, Orsola de Castro, and they, along with the ‘Hong Kong Best’ category winner will also receive HKD 15,000 ($1,900) and a Juki sewing machine.
Thirty semi-finalists will be announced on April 22, followed by 10 finalists on May 13. The finalists will show their collections in Hong Kong in early September at a livestreamed show, where winners will be announced.
Imran Amed shares his observations from a trip to the wealthy desert metropolis, home to the most lucrative stores for many of the world’s top fashion brands.
Spurred by rapid growth in the pure luxury market, global brands operating in lower-priced segments like contemporary fashion are entering the country or accelerating expansion plans.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s textile industry, Chinese beauty major Yatsen and Ghana’s newest garment factory.
Luxury fashion retailers in the oil-rich African nation keep a low profile to provide a discreet shopping environment for consumers and avoid flaunting the elite nature of their own business.