Each competition cycle takes participants on an educational journey lasting several theory- and design-packed months. We work to educate designers about fashion’s negative environmental impacts, whilst inspiring them to use the core sustainable design techniques of zero-waste, upcycling, and reconstruction to cut waste out of fashion.

Through our university talks, sustainable fashion workshops, the online Redress Academy, Redress Circular Fashion Design Course, and in partnership with more than 170 universities around the world, we provide young designers with the theory and techniques to help them understand the new circular economy and capitalise on its global potential for the fashion industry. 

We then challenge participants to flex their creative genius and prove that they have the ingenuity and conviction to transform textile waste into stunning, scalable and commercially viable collections that will inspire and redress the world.