China Fashion Designers Association

Hempel Award, the 29th China International Young Fashion Designers Contest Finalists Announcement

2021-02-02 16:59:38

In 2021, as the beginning of the post-pandemic era, the fashion industry is constantly changing itself to adapt to the new development environment in "turbulence". "Fashion sustainability" has once again been put on the agenda "seriously". Many fashion giants start to rethink about their development strategies from the source.Based on the concept of "sustainable fashion", the "Hempel Award" focuses on local traditional culture and explores the new designforces for a new way of life for the future.

On February 1, 2021, the preliminary evaluation ofHempel Award, the 29th China International Young Fashion Designers Contest, jointly created by China Fashion Association and Hempel International Group was held in Beijing.The competition continues to take "Hard Candy Youth" as the theme, usingsweet gift to call the power of youth, meanwhileadapting sustainable attitude andsavoring the flavour of"this piece of hard candy"with life, overcoming the "Hardcore" spirit in order to meet the maturity of life, showing the essence of Sweet but Hardcore.

This year’s jury team consist of five fashion experts.Dangqi Li, doctoral supervisor of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University;Wei Liu, chief designer of Beijing MeiguidaiweiClothing Company., Limited; Lawrence Xu, haute couture designer;Yutao Wang, China Top Award winning designer, design director of Beauty Berry Commerce (Beijing) Limited Liability Company and You Zou, professor& doctoral supervisor of School of Fashion of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. In 2021, the Hempel Award applied online submission and preliminary evaluation methods for the first time, and "unlocked"post-pandemic contest’s"sustainable development", eventually received 977onlinesubmissions from Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Mongolia, India, Norway, Japan,Cyprus,Thailand, Spain, Morocco, United Kingdom, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions China,total 16 countries and regions.

After three rounds of reviewing and voting, the five judges selected 31 works for the final.The "Hard Candy Youth" will start right now. Let's look forward to the designers' skillful design power to “reveal the secrets”of youth. From the awarding ceremonyof Hempel Award, the 29th China International Young Fashion Designers Contest during the opening ceremony of 2021China Fashion Week, we will savor Sweet but Hardcore.

1. Ran Bi,China,The Shape Of Memory

2. Xin Cui,China,Moments of being

3. Nanami Kamata,Japan,Day Dream

4. Shuyi Li,China,vision

5. Yaowen Li,China,Dream word

6. Laura Sala-Planell Bermejo,Spain,Whispers

7. Sangharsha Gurung,United Kingdom,Hard Candy Youth

8. Meihan Wang,China,INCIDENT

9. Jiuyun Teng Break,China,through

10.Wu Guo,China,Dive Into The Deep Sea

11. Molly Ryan,Australia,Anecdotes Le Femme

12. Jair Castillo,Canada,Hard Candy Youth

13. Altantsetseg Tsetsegmaa,Mongolia,Card's queen

14. Haibing Gao,China,New Vegetarianism

15. Yi Liu,China,Water Chestnut

16. Da Kang,China,Catastrophe of Alien Stars

17. Maria Kupen With,Norway,Storm Worn

18. Asahi Kondoa,Japan,Nyoppon

19. Minzhen Zhang,China,Handmade "New Clothes" By Granny In The Old Times

20. Yucun Zhu,China,No-light

21. Xinrui Li,China,Sharp·Speed

22. Xun Liang,China,New Face

23. Najwa Waiboottree,Thailand,Psyche

24. Fei Dai,China,Us

25. Xuede Yu,China,Like Attracts Like

26. Mariona Granollers Pujol,Spain,Sisu

27. Claudia Gutiérrez,Spain,Unharmed

28. Qing Leng,China,HOME

29. Zhen Ding Macao,China,Rhyme

30. Dong Cheng,Hong Kong,China order

31.Tamar Levy,United Kingdom,Hard Candy Youth

From today to 18th February, 2021 is the announcement period, should you have any query about the works during this period, please write to the organizing committee of "Hempel Award" in Email.

Contacts: Meina Liu, Fei Li

Email: hempelaward@126.com