Partners announce leather design competition for Chinese students
18/11/2019
Design students from prestigious Chinese design universities will have the chance to enter the competition by presenting finished products made using leather from US hides. The products may use other materials too, but the main component of their entries must be leather.
There will be separate categories for apparel, bags, footwear and fashion accessories.
Seven Chinese universities have agreed to participate: Tsinghua University, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Zhejiang Industry and Trade Vocational College, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Art and Design College of Wenzhou University, Guangling College of Yangzhou University and Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic.
The competition will take place in two phases. First, designers will have until the end of December to submit sketches, after which 45 entries will be selected by a judging panel comprising local leather experts and fashion designers. In the second stage of the competition, between February and April 2020, selected contestants will make real leather product samples based on their design submissions.
Winners will be honoured at an award ceremony hosted by USHSLA and CLIA at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology during the first week of May 2020. In addition to receiving Certificates of Excellence, cash awards and attendance at the award ceremony, winners will receive exclusive training opportunities in the US in July and August 2020, sponsored by USHSLA.
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