How Does The Fashion Industry Transform To "Sustainable"?

On the 27th, the "Fashion and Sustainable" Youth Designer Salon and the 2023 Sino Italian Youth Future Fashion Design Competition Beijing Media Conference was held at Poly Art Museum.

The event was co sponsored by Tsinghua University, Milan University of Technology, and the People's Government of Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, organized by Sino Italian Design Innovation Base and Poly Art Museum, and attended by leaders of relevant departments, teachers and students from design schools, representatives of fashion design industry, and representatives of news media.

Activity site. Pictures provided by the sponsor

During the activity, Wang Junfeng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Construction Management Committee of China Light Textile City in Keqiao District, Shaoxing, said in his speech that Keqiao takes the talent and innovation as the first strategy, looks forward to taking the competition as a platform to attract international design talents, provide opportunities for cultural exchange and innovation, and cultivate new design forces with an international perspective, We look forward to taking the competition as the link to drive Keqiao's textile industry to upgrade its creativity, go to the international market and lead the fashion trend.

Wang Xudong, director of the Sino Italian Design Innovation Base Office of Tsinghua University, said that he hoped that this competition could strengthen the cooperation between Tsinghua University and Milan University of Technology in art education and fashion innovation, promote art exchange and cultural mutual learning, help transform innovative achievements, and drive China's fashion industry to the international forefront, Sino Italian Design Innovation Base will be committed to promoting innovative development and cultural exchanges through the media of beauty.

The audience is watching the exhibition. Pictures provided by the sponsor

In the round table discussion, Bai Yongping, Liu Ya, Li Yang and Gong Shuqi, winners of the 2021 and 2022 competitions, exchanged and discussed around the theme of "fashion and sustainability", focusing on the whole process from raw materials to processing and manufacturing to market consumption, the systematic concept of sustainable development, the relationship between luxury goods and sustainability The promotion of digital technology on sustainable design is discussed.

With the theme of "Sustainable Fashion" and the award-winning works of the 2022 Sino Italian Youth Future Fashion Design Competition as the main content, this exhibition is committed to gathering the power of global youth collaborative innovation, exploring cutting-edge fashion trends and leading future fashion initiatives. It is reported that the exhibition will last until May 31, and will tour in Chengdu and Keqiao.