Why the Redress Design Award?

Fashion is meant to be fun. But is it fun when you see behind it? The stats are shocking: The global fashion industry produces 100 to 150 billion items of clothing each year*, leading to 17,480 suitcases of textiles ending up in landfills daily.** With such serious waste, we've got to rethink how we make fashion. Enter the Redress Design Award: the world’s leading sustainable fashion design competition, educating emerging fashion designers around the world about circular design theories and techniques to build a better future for fashion. With an estimated 80% of a product's environmental impact determined at the design stage***, designers are key to making a difference. Join us now for your chance at career-changing prizes, including showcasing your sustainable collection on the runway. Love a future for fashion? Love fashion! More: https://RedressDesignAward.com #RedressDesignAward *Source: More than 100 billion according to McKinsey & the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2015. The World Economic Forum & ShareCloth state that 150 billion garments are produced in a year, 2016. **Source: Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR. 2024. Monitoring of Solid Waste in Hong Kong: Waste Statistics for 2023. Estimation by Redress, based on a 23kg suitcase. ***Source: EU Science Hub (2018), Sustainable Product Policy