last time
The final public judging session and award ceremony for the 1st Asian Emerging Designer Fashion Contest was held at the STAR RISR TOWER in the Tokyo Tower Media Center on Monday, November 11, 2024. 24 works selected from numerous applications from Japan and abroad were exhibited at a fashion show, and the Grand Prix and other award winners were announced.
In addition, a collection by the fashion brand "RYO" was also showcased as a guest collection at this contest .
Event Outline
金賞
Theme of the work
"Be polite"
When we are at work or traveling, even the most subtle things can make our emotions fluctuate. However, we live our lives always maintaining a facial expression so that others do not realize our emotional fluctuations. Even if our emotions fluctuate, we try not to show them. The core of this work is the state of hiding emotions in order to maintain this balance. By focusing on the muscles that control facial expressions and combining them with the function of a corset, which is similar to bondage, I expressed the sense of oppression and impatience felt in a careful lifestyle.
Hideki Morimoto
Osaka Bunka Fashion College
銀賞
"Dream Loom"
Chen
Xiuyu
Changchun Humanities Academy
Inspired by the traditional Chinese craft of embroidery, this collection combines embroidery techniques with heat-stretching threads to express the transformation of "flat and three-dimensional". Simple Shu embroidery techniques and fabrics create rich texture variations on necklines, cuffs and hems, reflecting the softness and lightness of women. Combining traditional cultural elements with modern technology to create fashion items with unique cultural appeal not only enriches fashion expression, but also serves as an important means of promoting the development of the cultural industry.
銅賞
"Strain"
Reiju Sato
Bunka Fashion College
Pandering to the times, pandering to society. The last look was inspired by the roots of stress. Pandering is not balanced, it is not equilibrium, it is not fusion, it is a feeling of bending and lifting. The stress that is born there is not born now, it has been there for a long time, growing bigger. In stress, there is distortion, pursuit, and equilibrium. We are always facing such a terrible feeling of defeat.
銅賞
"Light and Shadow"
Yusuke Sawa
Tokyo Mode Gakuen
Light and shadow are always closely related and always appear at the same time. When an object is illuminated by light, a shadow always appears. These two never intersect. Although light and shadow do not intersect, people have been moved countless times by the space they create. They are both almost always present in fantastical spaces. This parallel relationship is incorporated into the theme of this year's contest. In order to express equilibrium and fusion, balance and harmony, the material is emphasized this time. A fabric with drape, luster and interweaving is selected for the sleeves and pants, and graphics are incorporated. A fabric with luster and stretch is selected for the body, and graphics are incorporated. The sleeves and pants represent light and shadow, and the bodice represents the object. As soon as this garment begins to move, it embodies a fantastical expression.
銅賞
"The Story of Violence Bear-chan"
Zhang
Ruohan
Donghua University
I believe the adult world has always been complicated, and if we could look at complicated things through the simple eyes of a child, I believe our world would be richer, simpler, and full of possibilities.
特別賞
"NYUUAPT"
Koki
Katayama
Ueda Yasuko Fashion College
One of the various possibilities for aliens is that they exist in another dimension and cannot be recognized. The new look, which was popular in the late 1940s to 1950s when the Fermi Paradox was pointed out, is expressed in light stones on an oversized modern tailored jacket, and the flow of the times (time) is expressed as a fourth dimension by adding time to three dimensions. By boldly cutting a hole in the skirt and showing the slacks from inside, it breaks down gender stereotypes and moves towards an age of diversity, expressing the flow of the times (time) as an expression of three dimensions to four dimensions, and the fact that other dimensions are something that our minds cannot comprehend because diversity like today was not understood in the past.
