One of the winning entries from Zoe Fletcher. Photography by Sean Michael

Fashioning the Future Winners were honoured at City Hall on Wednesday 25th November 2009.

Clothes made from recycled cotton paper, exquisite design that need less laundering, hand crafted luxurious hemp satin pieces and hand-knitted pieces that are fastened onto basic wardrobe staples to create a completely adjustable wardrobe to cherish are just some of the winning ideas from this year’s Fashioning the Future Awards, an international student competition run by LCF’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion.

The winners were announced at last night’s glittering ceremony hosted by fashion commentator and broadcaster Caryn Franklin, at the top of City Hall overlooking the London skyline. Awards were presented by Centre for Sustainable Fashion ambassador Jo Wood, BBC 1 ONE show presenter Lucy Siegle and Duncan Goose CEO of charity ONE Water.

Each winner demonstrated that being sustainable does not mean compromising on style or quality and were announced as:

Zoe Fletcher won the Enterprise & Communication Initiative for a Future Fashion Industry Award (Highly Commended: Ruby Hoette and Julia Crew); Varun Gambhir won the Role of Materials in a Sustainable Fashion Industry Award (Highly Commended: Karina Micheal);
Mary Hanlon won the Systems for a Sustainable Fashion Industry Award; Miriam Rhida won the Design for a Thriving Fashion Industry Award (Highly Commended: Eleanor Dorrian-Smith and On Ying Lai) and Emma Rigby: won the Water – The Right for All Citizens of this Planet Award (Highly Commended: Anne Prahl).

Head of College, Professor Frances Corner said: “As a London Leader for 2009 it has been my job to demonstrate sustainability in action – Fashioning the Future has reached out to a global community of students who have submitted ideas that prove that the next generation of fashion industry professionals have the ideas, ingenuity and skills to revolutionise the fashion industry from within. Together we are provoking, challenging and questioning the fashion status quo to find new sustainable solutions for our industry and to encourage and motivate others to do the same.”

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