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We are delighted to host the Taiwan Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition 2025 for the sixth year. This competition seeks the best emerging designers in Taiwan—those who champion slow style and a more sustainable future for fashion, both locally and globally.
Could you be this year’s winner? Enter now at rlsd.internationaldesigncomp.com
We are thrilled to announce the crowning of Hsu Yu as the 2024 Taiwan Regional Student Design Competition Overall Winner!
You are asked to use leather as the inspiration for a single item, either clothing, shoes, or accessories. Entries must be at least 50% cattle hide leather and any other materials used must be natural or organic materials where possible. We do not accept the use of fur or exotic skins. Plastics must only be used where no natural alternatives are available. We would like your piece to capture one or more of the facets of leather, from beauty and versatility to strength and durability.
Entries should include the following elements:
Please give consideration to ease of recycling, reuse, and disposal at the end of the product’s life, and also think about the practicalities of commercial production, as we are looking for designers who will start new brands, fashion movements, or style trends.
Read the full brief here
Apparel
Footwear
Accessories
Design
Designs must be made of at least 50% leather from cow hide.
Any other materials used must be natural or organic materials, for example wood or any natural fibres.
No fur or exotic skins. Our mission is to cut waste and utilise materials that would otherwise be sent to landfill.
Designs will be judged hollistically on all materials used, these must be natural or organic where possible.
Each of the four category winners will receive a trophy, a cash prize [amount to be determined by the regional organisers] and a certificate. See all prizes at rlsd.internationaldesigncomp.com!
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