2019 CKF Children's Wear Design Competition Shortlist Announced

"Cool Kids Fashion children's wear design competition" has been successfully held for the five time, as part of the second Shanghai maritime design competition, focusing on the collection resources of cultural and cultural relics, the cultural heritage of Yangtze River Delta and the activation of intangible cultural heritage, and promoting the integration of cultural resources and modern production and life.

The "2019 Cool Kids Fashion children's wear design competition" is jointly organized by the Shanghai Changning District culture and Tourism Bureau, Bo Wen China (British Fuman group), Shanghai Copyright Bureau, Shanghai culture and Tourism Bureau (Shanghai Cultural Relics Bureau), Hangzhou garment designers association, and Yuan consciousness intellectual property service platform.

The theme of the competition is "creating the south of the Yangtze River". Through the creation of the 25 arts, heritage works and collection elements in the Yangtze River Delta region, the designers of the global fashion brands, the teachers and students of the clothing colleges and the designers of fashion design are invited to collect the artistic and Museum licensing potential through the combination of art, museum authorization and fashion children's clothing. A total of 1097 copies of the competition were received, and many excellent designers from famous clothing colleges and garment companies in various places contributed to the competition. The collision of different fashion perspectives will bring more visibility to this competition.

In June 3rd, the "2019 Cool Kids Fashion children's wear design competition" preliminary assessment meeting was held successfully at Hangzhou Zhijiang hotel. The competition organizing committee invited 5 heavyweight clothing professors and famous designers to form an expert jury: the top prize of Chinese fashion design "Golden Summit" designer Wu Xuekai; Lu Minchao, founder of China top ten fashion designer Niko children's wear brand; China's top ten fashion designer Shi Weichao; associate professor of Jiangxi science and Technology Institute, Fujian top ten fashion designer Fu Cheng; Ben Ge produced children's wear brand founder Zhejiang top ten fashion designer Yang Junliang.

Subsequently, the jury carried out a comprehensive evaluation of creativity and theme, shape and structure, color and fabric, and marketability. After a series of screening, a total of 20 players successfully entered the semi-finals in July 24th.

Announcement of shortlist

(finalists will be announced later)

"Organizers choose valuable elements in museums and galleries to pass these elements to designers who participated in the competition, and reinventing these elements through artistic means. Through the interpretation of fashion creativity and fashion trends, the athletes turn traditional elements into fashionable things. I think this process is a challenge for every participant, and it is also a progress. It is a very rare opportunity. Wu Xuekai, head of the panel of experts, said: "this year's selected works are viewed from three angles: the overall presentation, the combination of life and the trend structure, and the understanding and grasping of the theme elements. We find that the designers and contestants of this competition are still very interested in expressing their creativity and creativity in different ways."

From now on, contestants may pay attention to the Hangzhou WeChat fashion designers' public enquiry contest.

[source: Hangzhou Fashion Designers Association]