Feng is a finalist of the Redress Design Award 2021. She holds a BA in Apparel Design (Womenswear) from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, and is currently pursuing an MA in Pattern and Garment Technology from London College of Fashion.

“Sustainable design is a new topic for me, that I discovered in graduate school and learned that fashion design can contribute to sustainable development. I am enjoying delving deeper into that area to reduce textile waste and make a positive impact on the environment.” - Liu Feng

redress Design Award Collection

Feng’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘Left-behind Children’, is inspired by the stories of the young victims of a huge social issue in China, whose parents are forced to leave their home villages - and their children - behind to seek employment in major urban centres. Feng’s collection upcycles predominantly denim deadstock fabric selected for its prolificacy, which she trims with ‘left-behind children’s’ secondhand clothes. She plays with layering and structural elements to represent the notion of warm hugs that these children so need from their parents.

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REGION:
Mainland China

DESIGN TECHNIQUES:
Zero-waste, Upcycling, Reconstruction  

COLLECTION: 
Womenswear