Taipei, Taiwan [28 October 2025] - At an awards ceremony held today at Taiwan’s Taipei 101 for the Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD) 2025 International Student Design Competition, judges crowned Jamie Unlu O’Grady, from the UK’s De Montfort University, as the competition’s “Overall Winner 2025”.
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The award ceremony for the China Mainland region of the 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition recently concluded successfully in Shanghai. The global campaign, organized by the Leather and Hide Council of America (L&HCA), saw its China
Taipei, August 30, 2025 – The 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition – Taiwan concluded today with a vibrant Awards Ceremony at Hana Space, Taipei, celebrating creativity, craftsmanship and sustainable design thinking.
Announcing the 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition category winners! After a judging process made gruelling by the amazingly high standard of entries, the results are now in. The competition featured three
The buzz around this year’s Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition is building. We've already been blown away by the amazing entries we’ve received so far but there's still time to enter AND get your design in front of
Since its launch in early 2025, RLSD Vietnam has made a significant impact on young fashion designers nationwide. Through a series of inspiring workshops at top universities, the competition provides hands-on experience with genuine leather— a sustainable,
Entries are now open for the Real Leather. Stay Different. Africa Talent Leather Design Showcase 2025—a premier platform for Africa’s designers to showcase their innovation in leather products design and commitment to sustainable fashion.
We’re about to take a Christmas break before we dive into next year’s RLSD Student Design Competitions–stand by for news on our International, China Mainland, Africa, Taiwan Region, Thailand and Vietnam launches. But before we go, here’s a review of
The Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competitions provide great opportunities for the winners. This month, our 2024 winners, and 2023 alumnus Ana Del Rio, had the chance of a lifetime. They visited one of Europe’s most respected and finest
The second Real Leather. Stay Different. Africa Talent Leather Design Showcase was the hit of the Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week in Addis Ababa, Kenya. The 14 finalists showed off their designs, each highlighting the versatility and sustainability of
Bingbing Bai has a MPhil/ PhD (FT) in Art & Design from Kingston School of Art in London. She was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show her winning accessory design Eternal Vitality.
Roscha Dinler is self-taught leather crafter and fashion designer from Nuremberg who actually studied programming. He was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show his winning footwear design, Patina Over Plastic.
Mor Elfassy is a third year Fashion Design student at Shenkar College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. She was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show her winning apparel design, Form and Substance: The Duality of Human and