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Juliana Garcia Bello, ArgentinaWith her complex and mind-boggling reconstruction and design techniques, Juliana doesn’t just dream about making the near-impossible possible, she actually does it.
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Grace Lant, Hong KongGrace held the reins on one of our biggest breakthrough capsules. Cue our contemporary knits pieces made using 100% recycled yarns, which boasts more innovation than you’ve had hot dinners!
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Victor Chu, Hong Kong SARVictor is the mastermind behind one of our latest reinventions of our bestsellers, who’s been one of R Designers since our inception. His ‘cool as a cucumber’ approach to tackling waste challenges - believe us there are many - and his charming design palette puts Victor on a design pedestal.
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Meiyan Chan, Hong KongMeiyan combines her love of soft feminine design details with her no nonsense approach to designing into ‘waste’. You’ll just as easily find behind her design board as hiking Hong Kong’s trails with her rescue dog.
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Jesse Lee, Hong Kong SARJesse designed our first upcycled Denim Reimagined collection transforming select Levi’s®️ aged inventory and irregular and leftover samples in a creative design effort to prolong denim’s lifespan. Jesse Lee won the Redress Design Award 2018 Second Prize as well as the Hong Kong Best Prize the same year.
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Ruth Weerasinghe, Sri LankaRuth's waste stream of grimey industrial waste, like car airbags, tuk tuk covers and tyre waste, is at complete odds with this sweet, softly-spoken and ever-smiling Sri Lankan award-winning sustainable designer.
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Tylar Whitfort, AustraliaTylar designed our upcycled and zero waste Avoidance Collection. A recent graduate from Australia’s Box Hill Institute, they combine their stand-out zero waste design expertise with their edgy streetwear aesthetic. A winner of the 2018 competition cycle, Tylar also featured heavily in Frontline Fashion 3.
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Kévin Germanier, SwitzerlandKévin co-designed our inaugural Trailblazer Collection with Victor. A 2017 graduate from London’s Central Saint Martins, he quickly rose to fame following winning the 2016 competition cycle with his stand out upcycling techniques. His own brand, GERMANIER, continues on its ascendancy.
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Kate Morris, United KingdomMulti-award-winning Knitwear designerKate designed our Pop Collection range of upcycled knitwear. A graduate from UK’s Nottingham Trent University, she won Redress’ 2017 competition cycle with her unique approach to craft and high tech knitwear design. She also won PETA's 2017 Best Wool-Free Award for her own brand, Crop.
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Lia Kassif, IsraelBringing Juxtaposition to FashionLia Kassif designed our Military Collection, featuring upcycled military waste from around the world that was deconstructed and combined with excess bridalwear waste. She graduated from Israel’s Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art and was winner in the 2017 competition cycle.
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Wen Pan, ChinaLondon-based Chinese award-winning designerInspired by her life in London, Wen Pan, designed our capsule collection ‘RINSE’ which consists of confident silhouettes that are nostalgic to the British charm. The London-based Chinese award-winning designer graduated from Central Saint Martins and is also a finalist for the 2016 competition cycle.
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Weiyu Hung, TaiwanEmbracing our Asian heritage and identityA graduate from Netherland’s ArtEZ University of Arts, Weiyu was a part of Redress’ 2018 competition cycle. His modern upcycled pieces debuted for our Net-a-Porter’s Net Sustain launch and now also feature in our latest Refashioned collection. Today, Weiyu continues to grow his name sake brand, taking his talent to Dutch and London Fashion Weeks.
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Pat Guzik, PolandSustainable Fashion VisionaryPat Guzik brings her innovative sustainable design expertise to Refashioned's timeless aesthetic. A winner of the 2015/16 competition cycle, Pat Guzik has numerous international design awards under her belt. When not collecting awards, Pat works on her design atelier and often lectures in reputed universities across Poland and China.
R Designers
We give global award-winning sustainable designers a platform to showcase their ground-breaking circular talents.
We work with award-winning sustainable designers from around the world, the talented alumni of
The Redress Design Award, the world’s largest sustainable design
competition run by our sister charity, Redress.
Juliana Garcia Bello, Argentina
With her complex and mind-boggling reconstruction and design techniques, Juliana doesn’t just dream about making the near-impossible possible, she actually does it.
Grace Lant, Hong Kong
Grace held the reins on one of our biggest breakthrough capsules.
Cue our contemporary knits pieces made using 100% recycled yarns, which boasts more innovation than you’ve had hot dinners!
Victor Chu, Hong Kong
Victor is the mastermind behind one of our latest reinventions of our bestsellers, who’s been one of R Designers since our inception.
His ‘cool as a cucumber’ approach to tackling waste challenges - believe us there are many - and his charming design palette puts
Victor on a design pedestal.
Meiyan Chan, Hong Kong
Meiyan combines her love of soft feminine design details with her no nonsense approach to designing into ‘waste’.
You’ll just as easily find behind her design board as hiking Hong Kong’s trails with her rescue dog.
Ruth Weerasinghe, Sri Lanka
Ruth's waste stream of grimey industrial waste, like car airbags, tuk tuk covers and tyre waste, is at complete odds with this sweet, softly-spoken and ever-smiling Sri Lankan award-winning sustainable designer.
Jesse Lee, Hong Kong
Jesse designed our first upcycled Denim Reimagined collection transforming select Levi’s®️ aged inventory and irregular and leftover samples in a creative design effort to prolong denim’s lifespan. Jesse Lee won the Redress Design Award 2018 Second Prize as well as the Hong Kong Best Prize the same year.
Tylar Whitfort, Australia
Tylar designed our upcycled and zero waste Avoidance Collection. A recent graduate from Australia’s Box Hill Institute, they combine their stand-out zero waste design expertise with their edgy streetwear aesthetic. A winner of the 2018 competition cycle, Tylar also featured heavily in Frontline Fashion 3.
Lia Kassif, Israel
Lia Kassif designed our Military Collection, featuring upcycled military waste from around the world that was deconstructed and combined with excess bridalwear waste. She graduated from Israel’s Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art and was winner in the 2017 competition cycle.
Weiyu Hung, Taiwan
A graduate from Netherland’s ArtEZ University of Arts, Weiyu was a part of Redress’ 2018 competition cycle. His modern upcycled pieces debuted for our Net-a-Porter’s Net Sustain launch and now also feature in our latest Refashioned collection. Today, Weiyu continues to grow his name sake brand, taking his talent to Dutch and London Fashion Weeks.
Pat Guzik, Poland
Pat Guzik brings her innovative sustainable design expertise to Refashioned's timeless aesthetic. A winner of the 2015/16 competition cycle, Pat Guzik has numerous international design awards under her belt. When not collecting awards, Pat works on her design atelier and often lectures in reputed universities across Poland and China.
Kate Morris, United Kingdom
Kate designed our Pop Collection range of upcycled knitwear. A graduate from UK’s Nottingham Trent University, she won Redress’ 2017 competition cycle with her unique approach to craft and high tech knitwear design. She also won PETA's 2017 Best Wool-Free Award for her own brand, Crop.
Kévin Germanier, Switzerland
Kévin co-designed our inaugural Trailblazer Collection with Victor.
A 2017 graduate from London’s Central Saint Martins, he quickly rose to
fame following winning the 2016 competition cycle with his stand out
upcycling techniques. His own brand, GERMANIER, continues on its ascendancy.
Wen Pan, China
Inspired by her life in London, Wen Pan, designed our capsule collection ‘RINSE’ which consists of confident silhouettes that are nostalgic to the British charm. The London-based Chinese award-winning designer graduated from Central Saint Martins and is also a finalist for the 2016 competition cycle.
Read her story