Hong Kong Designer, Sarah Lam Woon Hei, was awarded the Gold prize last night at REMIX, the International Fur Design Competition at La Visionnaire, in Milan.
Sarah is in her final year of studying Fashion Design and Product Development at the Hong Kong Design Institute. The jury selected Sarah’s voluminous ombred mink coat, from 38 garments entered by other breakthrough fur designers from North America, Europe, Russia and Asia.
The REMIX Silver prize and the OA Special Award went to Finnish designer, Annika Heikinheimo, she told the jury that she finds her inspiration from art, graphic design, in particular from old advertising posters. The Bronze prize was awarded to Yuya Itoh, for his sumptuous draped mink dress with crossover shrug inspired by the landscape and solid dynamics seen in Sesshu’s ink paintings.
At REMIX this year, IFTF launched a third prize category, ‘Pimp My Coat’. The new ‘Pimp My Coat’ category provides designers with the opportunity to rework a vintage full length mink coat and redesign it to reflect future design trends. US Master’s student, Thom Olson, scooped the award for his two piece creation, which used both the jacket and the skirt of the original vintage coat. The concept was devised by the IFTF’s Young Fur Traders’ Committee to help demonstrate the sustainability of fur.
All the designers taking part in the REMIX design competition are winners of their own national level design competition, resulting in an outstanding level of innovative design.
The REMIX competition was introduced in 2003 by the International Trade Federation [IFTF], in collaboration with MIFUR, the Milan based International Fur and Leather Exhibition. Now in its eighth year, more than 360 talented fur designer from 21 countries have taken part in this annual event since its inception. REMIX aims to encourage, inspire and support up-and-coming designers as they develop and explore their relationship with fur, as well as to give them an opportunity to showcase their innovative designs to an international audience.
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