Welcome to The Annual, a celebration of the 2022 Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competitions. All the winners and their superb designs are featured and you’ll also find profiles of brands we think are doing good things with leather, details of how competition alumni are conquering the world of fashion design and a look at how leather production is becoming even more sustainable thanks to technical innovation. We hope you enjoy it.
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.
Chih-Chia Lee is a fourth year Fashion Design student at Shih Chien University in Taiwan. She has been studying fashion design for a total of seven years. Inspired by the Amis, the aboriginal ethnic group of Taiwan, the bags silhouette is based on the
A leather archer’s wrist guard dating back to the 16th century has been found in mud on the Thames riverbank in London.
The Real Leather. Stay Different. Taiwan Region Student Design Competition, organised by L&HCA in partnership with Taiwan International Leather Association (TILA), attracted over 400 entries from 18 universities across the region. At the end of August, the
Mulberry, one of the world’s most prestigious leather fashion brands, has launched a 100 per cent sustainable handbag.
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