NEXT IN CHINESE STYLE – YOUNG DESIGNER CHALLENGE 2023


For the 4th consecutive year, SPARKLE x VTC’s HK Design Institute organize “Next In Chinese Style – Young Designer Challenge” (NICS) fashion design competition to promote the Intangible Cultural Heritage of cheongsam, and entice young fashion designers to incorporate east-meets-west design and Chinese chic elements into the art of making cheongsams.

To promote the heritage and sustainability of HK fashion, and to revive the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the cheongsam, 3 generations of HK fashion designers – HK Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor Master Fung Yauchoi, cheongsam designer Karen Chan and HK Design Institute’s budding fashion designers join forces to create Sparkle’s young line – “Next In Chinese Style - Young Designer Challenge” (NICS) featuring funky sustainable eco-denim futuristic Chinese style street fashion with Chinese and HK iconic elements as seen through the eyes of HK’s next generation of young and talented fashion designers.

This year’s theme for Next In Chinese Style - Young Designer Challenge (NICS) centers around the concept of a “Time Capsule” that tells the historical story of Hong Kong; and to celebrate that borders worldwide are opened again, students are encouraged to use a “Bon Voyage” concept to design eco-denim streetwear that are travel-friendly and versatile.

Students are required to use red-blue-black【JUNK PARTY】Chinese junk boat cotton fabric that symbolizes smooth sailing and prosperous future, and mix-n-match it with【GATE CARVING】laser-etched eco-denim plus other solid color eco-denims to create unique cheongsam-and-Tang-jacket-inspired futuristic Chinese style street fashion with HK iconic elements that are perfect for the young hip fashion crowd.
Making of :

 

| YOUNG DESIGNER CHALLENGE FINAL RESULT  | 

First Prize
Choy Nga Yi
Second Prize
Wong Tsz Ying


Third Prize
Tam Hiu Wai


Fourth Prize
Wat Tik Wang


Fifth Prize
Lo Cheuk Lam
 | Online Polling (Winner) Prize | 

 Chan Hok Yau

 

Award:
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Fourth Prize
Fifth Prize
Most Favorite Next In Chinese Style 2023 (Online Voting)


Next In Chinese Style – Young Designer Challenge:

Semi Final (11Aug 2023 @HKDI)

Final (CENTRESTAGE SPARKLE Brand Show):

 (7 Sep 2023 @HKCEC)

Award Ceremony:
9 Sep 2023
Centrestage, Hall 1B, HKCEC (New Wing)

| JUDGING PANEL |

Prelim   Semi Final   Final

| DESIGN REQUIREMENTS |

  1. The design must be Denim Casual Wear Travel incorporated with HK’s iconic Red-White-Blue and Chinese Junk Boat elements, and should have a distinctive HK-Story element to it;
  2. The design must embody East-meets-West fashion aesthetics;
  3. The design must be comprised of more than 50% SPARKLE red-white-blue Chinese Junk Boat cotton fabric and not more than 50% denim (in SPARKLE Chinese Junk Boat pattern or solid color);


| AWARD TROPHY AND SCHOLARSHIP | 

First Prize:
Sparkle Charity Foundation Limited Scholarship -
HK$8000 + Certificate of merit

Second Prize:
Sparkle Charity Foundation Limited Scholarship - 
HKD$6000 + Certificate of merit

Third Prize:
Sparkle Charity Foundation Limited Scholarship -
HKD$4000 +Certificate of merit

Fourth Prize:
Sparkle Charity Foundation Limited Scholarship -
HKD$3000 + Certificate of merit

Fifth Prize: 
Sparkle Charity Foundation Limited Scholarship -
HKD$2000 + Certificate of merit

Merit Prize:
Sparkle Charity Foundation Limited Scholarship -
HKD$1000 + Certificate of merit 

    | JUDGING CRITERIA | 
    1. The application of red-white-blue element
    2. The application of denim
    3. The application of the production of Cheongsam or Tang Jacket  
    4. The application of the elements of Denim Casual Wear Travel
    5. Creativity 
    6. Overall design and performance

    | FINAL GUIDELINES | 
    1. Participants must attend the final presentation in person
    2. Participants are required to present for 5 minutes to introduce their product and design concept;
    3. Participants need to prepare an overall styling concept for the model figure, including accessories and shoes for display purposes (not refund) 
    | PROUDLY  SPONSORED BY | 

      Title Sponsor 

      Fabric Sponsor
       
      Organizer


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