INTERVIEW WITH LIBIN
Tell us about the inspiration behind your project:
The design is inspired by iron beetles found in nature. The Tieding beetle is a kind of arthropod which lives in America and is well known for its strong defence ability; it exudes a sense of power, which is what attracted me to it as inspiration for my project.
What are your thoughts on leather and sustainability, and how you think leather can adapt to a fashion industry increasingly focused on sustainability?
Leather is eternal. As long as people still eat meat, leather will always exist. Although genuine leather is expensive, it upholds many advantages such as being irreplaceable and priceless to name a few.
What do you think makes leather a great material to design with?
Firstly, it is environmentally friendly and will not burden the environment itself. Secondly, current technology makes the shape of leather full of possibilities. I believe that it has the potential to replace other materials.
How do you think winning this competition will impact your career as a designer?
This competition has impacted my career as it has given me confidence in my own aesthetics and creations going forward.
Click here to view all the shortlisted entries from this year’s China Competition.
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Josslyn Shi from California College of Art has been crowned Overall Winner of the Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition at a glittering final event held at the U.S. Embassy in London.
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Ana Del Rio Mullarkey’s British-Spanish heritage provides her with a rich dual-cultural perspective that informs her work. Her Spanish heritage has been hugely influential in this collection as the inspiration for it has been the quintessential Spanish
Meet 21 year old Wenxi Guan, student a the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and participant in the China Student Design Competition.
Josslyn Shi has a Fashion Design BFA from the California College of the Arts. She was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show her winning design, Ephemeral Eclosion.
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