The Real Leather. Stay Different. 2025 International Student Design Competition brings together a diverse panel of leading voices in fashion, education, media and styling. For its fifth edition, the judging panel will decide on the overall winner in Taipei 101, Taiwan. Where category winners, and the People’s Choice Award will be flown to compete for…
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For this year’s China Mainland competition, we are proud to present a dynamic judging panel featuring some of the country’s most respected voices in leather craftsmanship, accessories innovation and technical garment design.
Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD) was delighted to visit Thammasat University, where we had the pleasure of engaging with students from the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts.
Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD), the global campaign driving sustainable innovation in fashion, has just announced something huge: For the first time ever, the RLSD International Student Design Competition final is hitting Taipei - Asia’s buzzing
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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
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Now in its sixth year, Real Leather. Stay Different. returns to Taiwan—celebrating a vibrant legacy of craftsmanship and forward-thinking design. As the competition closes we look to the final event, we're excited to announce this year’s panel brings
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The RLSD China Mainland team recently visited Sichuan University, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts and Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, meeting with hundreds of students and faculty members in a dynamic exchange of ideas between the Real Leather. Stay Different.