Winners of the Future of Fashion Design Challenge

From February - June 2021, we challenged young people across Australia to explore the challenge of "How might we innovate the fashion industry to transform the way we create, purchase and use fashion for work, study and play?". 

We had hundreds of entries from incredible young people exploring problems related to the themes of fashion and sustainability, technology, identify, culture, and inclusivity.

On this page are the 20 finalists of this challenge, including the six judges choice winners. You can find more about the challenge and judges here. Click on the projects below to find out more

 

Rags to Riches

To make clothing out of recycled material and save landfill.

New Idea

Queensland

Masked Up

Helping reuse clothes by turning them into masks

New Idea

Queensland

Judges Choice: Design your Uniform

Design a uniform that suits you

New Idea

New South Wales

Cosmo Strappy

Making affordable and inclusive clothing using straps.

New Idea

New South Wales

Judges Choice: Scan - Browser Extension

Helping people find the right sized clothing online to keep them safe and reduce waste

New Idea

Victoria

Patch The Scratch

Helping people be more environmentally friendly with their fashion

New Idea

New South Wales

Ecotech

Reducing water wasted through cotton farming

New Idea

New South Wales

Enviro-shred

Creating new homewares from old fabric

New Idea

New South Wales

Rescue Pouches

Making pouches to help wildlife

New Idea

South Australia

RainBand

Helping students express their emotions

New Idea

Queensland

Judges Choice: Mannequeens

Creating plus sized mannequins to use fashion to change beauty standards and promote plus sized bodies

New Idea

New South Wales

Una Stella

We aim to eliminate gender roles and make people feel comfortable in what they can wear by producing unisex customisable clothing.

Crowdfunding

New South Wales

Petwear By Calderoni

Providing durable, affordable and unique pet wear products

YINC

Queensland

Judge's Choice: Shinely

Upcycling and re-designing old clothes for re-sale to avoid clothes wastage and help refugees.

New Idea

South Australia

Backwards Fashion

Providing everyone with sustainable clothing options

New Idea

South Australia

Kid's Safety Gadget

Making children feel safer

New Idea

Queensland

Help4Homeless

Using fashion to raise awareness about homeless young people

New Idea

New South Wales

Judges Choice: Bunji Brands

Creating revenue development opportunities for First Nations people

New Idea

New South Wales

My Perfit Style

Reducing the environmental impact of fashion.

New Idea

New South Wales

Judges Choice: UPRising

We want to encourage others to make sustainable and ethical fashion choices through upcycling and repurposing clothing to reduce waste.

New Idea

New South Wales