With support from sponsors like DHL, the winners will showcase their collections at Shanghai’s Greenext Expo 2025 and collaborate on limited-edition retail pieces with Cheong-Leen.
While the evening was a glamorous affair, Redress founder Dr Christina Dean also reminded guests of the stark reality behind the glitz and glamour. “Designers aren’t being adequately empowered, from university classrooms to industry boardrooms, while consumers are, ethically speaking, asleep in their wardrobes,” she said. “Around the world, the textile waste that is washing up on beaches and overflowing in landfills is telling the planet something. The question is, are we listening?”