Organized by Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs and executed by Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF), the top 12 finalists of the 34th Taiwan Fashion Design Award (TFDA) have been revealed. Nearly 1000 works are submitted. The 12 designers, standing out from 354 contestants, will present their collections on the runway during Taipei Fashion Week in October.
The jury of preliminary selection is composed of fashion-related and cross-domain industry professionals, including Taiwanese senior fashion designers, general managers of shopping malls, the director of textiles and fashion design department of TTF and the consultant of ELLE magazine. The jury has indicated that contestants this year emphasize the concept of sustainable fashion in different aspects, like material extraction, production, dressing and recycling. Breaking the limitation of fabric use, they cleverly mix fashion and functional materials. Deconstruction and reorganization are presented in clothing. However, the reorganization and splicing method can also be a design skill to be judged. It is recommended that the clothing should also need to be conforming to the bodies and comfortable to wear, so that the creativity can be perfectly presented.
Most of the contestants started their creative inspiration from the observation of environment, society and their own experience. There are observations of nature, such as wind, water waves, light and shadow. Cognition of contemporary social phenomena, such as the blurring of gender boundaries, the impact of pandemic virus, the virtual interlacing and balance of technology and reality. The thoughts and care of relatives and friends. Inspired by the spirits or symbolic of novel characters, movies, historical or mythological symbols, etc. In addition to CREATIVITY, the contestants propose various approaches to SUSTAINABILITY, FUNCTION and PERFORMANCE. In terms of SUSTAINABILITY, they try to recycle or reuse materials to reduce the environmental burden of fast fashion. In terms of FUNCTION, clothing can be disassembled into different functions or appearances to suit different occasions, and can even be partially disassembled into tents and hammocks for outdoor use. In terms of PERFORMANCE, there are moisture permeability, wind resistance, dirt resistance, breathability, high strength, biodegradability, anti-crepe, etc.
There are also overseas contestants from United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Canada, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, and India. The collections provide exotic vision of imaginations. For instance, integration of the ideas of the mountain tribes and the disco era. The conversion of the symptoms and images caused by skin allergies. The integration of sports and tailoring of suits.
TFDA has been cultivated numerous new designers since 1987. It is sponsored by Coddy Global Ltd., Eclat Textile Co., Ltd., Fortune Industrial and Commercial Development Foundation and Yi Jinn Industrial Co., Ltd. this year.
The winners will be chosen from the 12 finalists during Taipei Fashion Week in October. The latest news will continually updated on TFDA Official Website：http://www.tfdaward.com/
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2020 TFDA Finalists
Registration No. Name
R035 Chen, Wen Yu
R048 Chong, Hoiho (Hong Kong)
R051 Yu, Xinyi
R082 Tsai Hui-Hsuan
R112 Kuo, Hang Sheng
R140 Wang, Yi Hung
R173 Tang, Tsung-Chien
R181 Chen, Ching-Lin
R195 Sung, Wei
R224 Hou, Qinglin (China)
R244 Hsieh, Yi-Ting
R268 Ding, Yong-Heng
(Coordinated with national bilingual policy.)
Contact Information
Taiwan Textile Federation
Winnie Chen
TEL: +886-2-2336-7599 #18
e-mail: winniechen@textiles.org.tw
Jim Cheng
TEL: +886-2-2341-7251 #2964
e-mail: jim@textiles.org.tw