Education Day Highlights at APLF ASEAN 2025

🌟 Vietnam’s Next Leather Creatives Take Center Stage! 🌟 On November 15, 2025, APLF ASEAN celebrated Education Day, bringing together over 100 talented students from Hoa Sen University, Ton Duc Thang University, and HUTECH University for an inspiring day focused on leather design and creativity. Key Highlights: 📖 The Story of Leather: Simona Tanning showcased leather’s lifecycle, sustainability, and potential, inspiring students to design with purpose. 💡Entrepreneurial Insights: Châu Trần, founder of CHAUTFIFTH, encouraged students to prioritize emotional design over fleeting trends, emphasizing self-expression. 🏆Design-A-Bag Competition: Twelve students presented their innovative bag designs around the theme “New Uses / Functionalities,” 💎 with Phan Nguyễn Hoài Thương winning first place with her powerful concept, Still on Shattered – The Unbowed Bag. The winner will be flying to Hong Kong to attend our flagship APLF 2026 🇭🇰 show! 📌Upcoming Initiatives: The three schools will also utilize leather donated by Simona Tanning to support student project development and integrate leather into their annual fashion and product design curricula as part of the Next Leather Fashion Designers Program. Join us to witness the exciting future of fashion design in Vietnam and see how these young creatives are shaping the leather industry! 👉 Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more inspiring content! #EducationDay #APLF2025 #LeatherDesign #VietnamFashion #DesignABag #Emergin