Get Redressed Month encourages everyone to re-vive, re-style, re-wear, re-purpose our clothes to make them last longer. See what we achieved last year and find out how you can take part in 2020 →
The fight for justice
REDRESS' NEW SUSTAINABLE HUB
Redress, the Hong Kong-based environmental charity with a mission to prevent and transform textile waste and inspire positive change in the fashion industry, has moved into new headquarters in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, immersing into the distinctive charm and rich history of the heart of Hong Kong’s textile industry.
Hong Kong Alumni, Jesse Lee, reimagines denim for Levi’s and The R Collective
New Redress Video for Schools - An introduction on textile waste for kids in lockdown!
Looking for engaging content for young audiences? At Redress, we know that the past few months have been difficult, especially as there still appears to be no clear ending of lockdown measure in sight. As an NGO we have been looking at our current projects and strategies to see how we can best add value during this crisis. Our Circular Fashion Programme has recently been engaging with pupils in primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong around the issue of textile waste as part of our educational work.
Redress partners with GAP
FRONTLINE FASHION DOCU-SERIES HITS BACK AT FASHION’S WASTE
REDRESS DESIGN AWARD OPENS 10TH COMPETITION CYCLE WORKING TO REDUCE GLOBAL WASTE CRISIS
REDRESS TRANSFORMS WARDROBE WASTE
The Redress Design Award 2019 finalists showcase signature looks at ‘break through’ photoshoot
Redress Design Award alumni networking event
A bright future for fashion
Educating the future of fashion
Who made your clothes?
REDRESS REVEALS NEW LINEUP OF EMERGING SUSTAINABLE DESIGNERS WITH THE TALENT TO TACKLE FASHION’S GROWING WASTE PROBLEM
The world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition, the Redress Design Award announces the 2019 cycle semi-finalists. The 30 outstanding designers represent the brightest talent in a growing swell of ambitious young designers working to tackle the environmental challenges of the fashion industry.
Boost your fashion skills
Next month, we will be announcing the 30 semi-finalists of the Redress Design Award 2019 - a brand new cohort of emerging design talents – so watch this space! Our prize partner of six years Bloomsbury Visual Arts will be supporting these young designers again by supplying sustainable fashion titles to build their knowledge and skills. Bloomsbury are also generously offering the Redress network a 30% discount on all fashion titles.
CREATING A CIRCULAR SYSTEM FOR UNWANTED CLOTHES
We are delighted to announce that our new partner Jeeves, Hong Kong is now accepting clothing donations at their Aberdeen and Central stores - enabling us to reach a wider audience with our mission to reduce fashion’s waste. Hong Kongers now have a choice of 19 locations across the city where they can easily donate unwanted clothes to Redress for sorting and re-distribution for reuse or recycling.
Designing for zero-waste
How challenging is it to bring a zero-waste collection from concept to retail? With Redress Design Award 2018 Winner Tess Whitfort’s passion for zero-waste evident in her competition collection we weren’t surprised to see that her commercial collection with The R Collective went beyond rescuing textile waste through upcycling, but also used innovative zero-waste design techniques to showcase a truly a circular fashion system.
Redress alumni, Janko Lam designs up-cycled fabric red packets for Nan Fung Place
To celebrate Chinese New Year in a new and environmentally conscious way, Nan Fung Place have collaborated with Redress this year, in their search to find the perfect sustainable designer to up-cycle unused clothing into Lai See packets - bringing new life to unused textiles. First cycle winner of the Redress Design Award, Janko Lam was selected for the project, and matched with several boxes of unused red dresses that had been waiting for just the right project! In her signature style, Janko transformed the dresses into beautifully crafted Lai See packets, which feature a mandarin collar based on the traditional qípáo dress. Inspired by the passion for cultural heritage and oriental aesthetics, Janko’s creations are not only eye-catching, as her functional design ensures that customers can re-use the Lai See packets post the new year in a variety of ways, including to store mobile devices, name cards, cosmetics or stationery.
The limited-edition Nan Fung Place Mandarin Collar Red Packets are available while stock lasts for redemption between 16th Jan and 4th Feb 2019. More details on how to redeem yours here.
Don’t let your clothes go to landfill!
With 17 permanent collection points across Hong Kong we’re expanding our year round take back programme to make clothes recycling as easy and accessible as possible! The new year is traditionally a time to clear out the clutter and get organised, so if your cupboard is bursting at the seams we’re here to help…. simply drop off your clothing at Zara and PizzaExpress (with soon to be added Jeeves locations) and with our teams of dedicated volunteers we’ll do the hard work.