Red Carpet Green Dress™ (RCGD) launches the 2021 RCGD Global Design Contest, founded by leading environmentalist Suzy Amis Cameron over a decade ago, in partnership with TENCEL™ and CLO. The international design contest is open to talented designers over the age of 21 with an interest or passion for sustainability. Designers can submit their applications through rcgdglobal.com until the 23rd of August 2021 and the winners will be selected by an international panel of design experts.
The winning designs’ construction will be created as one-of-a-kind pieces in CLO’s cutting-edge true-to-life 3D garment simulation software. Created from world leading TENCEL™ branded fibres – botanic in origin and biodegradable – each sustainable piece will be worn by a RCGD ambassador from the world of fashion and media to this year’s RCGD Event. Alongside the exhibition opportunity, access to RCGD’s network of sustainability pioneers and talents, the contest prize for the design contest will include a business mentorship, monetary prize and partner goodies.
Attended physically and brought to life digitally with CLO software to an audience of the world’s most passionate sustainability voices, this year’s event will showcase the power of sustainable design using fabrics made with TENCEL™ fibres or TENCEL™ Luxe filament, with a spotlight on the key environmental themes such as regeneration, circularity and decarbonisation. The 2021 RCGD Event in partnership with TENCEL™ and CLO will also finally present the 2020 contest winning designs by Sanah Sharma Mehra (Chennai, India) and Jasmine Kelly Rutherford (New York, USA) after the postponement of the RCGD Pre-Oscars Event in early 2021 to comply with global COVID-19 safety protocols.
“The emerging design community is one of the most exciting and rewarding to work with – it is full of immense talent, inspiring creativity and uplifting hope,” said Samata Pattinson, CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress™. “We are so excited to be working with TENCEL to showcase the future of sustainable textiles, and with CLO to showcase the future of design creativity through software. This year’s contest will give 2 lucky winners the opportunity to broaden their horizons and become part of our network of leaders in the space. I am excited and can’t wait to see the final winning designs!”
Red Carpet Green Dress™ was conceived in response to the growing need for sustainable fashion. When faced with the lack of ethical fashion choices whilst attending global premieres of husband James Cameron’s’ ‘Avatar’, campaign founder Suzy Amis Cameron decided that it was time for a change. She created a design contest which challenged emerging and established designers across the globe to create sustainable Oscar-worthy gowns, thus fulfilling the Green Dress criteria to serve the obvious need for more sustainability in the industry.
