Recycling Never Looked This Good

Are you a fashion student who's also aware with the environment?

Ford’s Design Grant Asks Fashion Students to Think ‘Eco-Fashion’, this opportunity by Ford Motor Company offers three fashion students living in Asia or Europe with US$1,000 each and an access to use Ford sustainable materials to create high-fashion designs. How? Continue reading. :)

With this, students can use a selection of Ford fabrics that are sourced from recycled plastic bottles used to create car seats that urges students to think of inventive to showcase runway-ready designs that have minimal environmental impact. Challenging yet, fun!

It's not only about giving these young designers a great opportunity to showcase their creativity using Ford's sustainable fabric, this grant also raises awareness on the importance of sustainability in design. This will show how innovative they are in experimenting alternative fabrics as what Ford Motor Company does to their cars by using eco-friendly materials.

I'm very much confident that we have a lot of great Filipino designers and this will be the best platform to showcase your talents. I myself is a huge fan of anything that's involved in saving the environment (and fashion!) so I'm glad that Ford have this program.

This will be the first time the Ford Design Grant will be launched in our country so I'm really excited to see the creativity of Filipino designers. Application is now open at www.digitalsnippets.ford.com/fordgrant and will end on November 30, 2015.

Ford will continue its partnership with Redress – an established NGO dedicated to promoting environmental sustainability in the fashion industry – to host the Ford Design Challenge at the 2016 EcoChic Design Award competition. At the Ford Design Challenge, 10 emerging designers will use Ford seat fabrics to create innovative ensembles. The winning outfits from the challenge will be showcased on the runway at Hong Kong Fashion Week as part of the EcoChic Design Award’s fashion show.