
WINNERS OF THE ITALIAN REAL LEATHER. STAY DIFFERENT STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
Winners of the 2020/21 Italian Student Design competition
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. After much deliberation by the judges, the category winners are:
At the end of August, the shortlisted finalists held an official fashion show and awards ceremony, with key industry figures in attendance. See below for a sneak peak of the event:
The venue, AMBI Space One, was ideal for models and designers to demonstrate their skills and talent. Students were bold to highlight leather and sustainable fashion, with colour leather collages and special shapes.
Multiple entries were inspired by how the pandemic impacted the world. Designers were sensitive to societal and environmental changes. These entries also indicated that students were getting familiar with using leather, with impressive ideas for footwear, lifestyle, and accessories. This glamorous runway not only underlined abundant creativity from emerging designers, but also exhibited how designers attempted to be kind to the world in their practices.
Real Leather. Stay Different. was initiated by Leather & Hide Council of America, in partnership with Taiwanese International Leather Association.
View more competition updates and the full shortlist of entries here.
Winners of the 2020/21 Italian Student Design competition
According to the Water Footprint Network (WFN), it takes 15,400 litres on average globally to produce a kilo of beef, which works out at 1925 litres for a pure beef quarter-pounder. But what does this really
We asked you ‘how sustainable is your wardrobe’ and you answered us. The online quiz may have been designed as a bit of fun, but it also carries a serious message and we found the results pretty encouraging.
Leather industry organisations from across the world have called on the COP26 Forum to recognise the role that leather and other natural fibres can play in tackling climate change.