{"id":219030,"date":"2022-11-03T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=219030"},"modified":"2022-11-03T19:39:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T19:39:10","slug":"the-international-student-design-competition-real-leather-stay-different-announces-2022-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/the-international-student-design-competition-real-leather-stay-different-announces-2022-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Student Design Competition \u2018Real Leather. Stay Different.\u2019 announces 2022 winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gal Benjamin, a Fashion Design graduate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenkar.ac.il\/en\">Shenkar College of Design<\/a> in Israel, was crowned Winner of the 2022 \u2018Real Leather. Stay Different\u2019 award in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsthread.com\">ArtsThread<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The designer was up against 2,000 students from 160 different institutions and 40 countries. The criteria were for young designers to use natural resources to inspire a sustainable future and break the cycle of fast fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Each contestant was required to make at least 50% of their garment or accessory with leather. 120 million hides are discarded every year, ending up in landfill or being incinerated, releasing harmful emissions. The leather industry diverts two million tonnes of global waste from landfill every year, converting these unwanted materials into long-lasting, sustainable accessories and clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Guven, Counsellor for Agricultural Affairs, Foreign Agricultural Service, on behalf of the US Embassy, said: \u201cReal Leather. Stay Different. is vital in promoting leather to a broad audience and works to ensure best practice and a sustainable future across the global industry. It\u2019s also a wonderful platform for new creative talent as it raises awareness about sustainability in fashion, whether using leather or other natural materials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gal\u2019s design, dubbed \u2018Alexithymia\u2019, was inspired by its namesake, which describes the inability of men to recognise and express emotion as a result of repressive upbringings caused by the constraints of the stereotype of masculinity. They added: \u201cI\u2019m amazingly proud to win this award. My piece is made from offcuts of leather from other designs of mine, so I\u2019m pleased to be able to use the leftovers. The whole process really educated me as to how sustainable leather is. My design was inspired by my research into men\u2019s behaviour and the violence and destruction caused by toxic masculinity which translates into Normative Male Alexithymia. It\u2019s intended to challenge the usually aggressive tailoring of menswear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The award was presented last night by Chairman of the Judges Kerry Brozyna, Vice President of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolverineworldwide.com\">Wolverine Worldwide<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. The star-studded panel included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/the_directory\/mulberry\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Mulberry<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/the_directory\/hugo-boss\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>HUGO BOSS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and many more industry giants.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Koerber, Managing Director of HUGO BOSS, added: \u201cThe next generation of young designers has a critical role to play. Not only in thrilling with new designs and styles but putting the industry on a footing where sustainability, the use of natural materials, the reduction of waste and a more considered approach to the cycle of fashion, comes to the fore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":219054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7486,16033,9763,6,12969],"tags":[24427,24428],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The International Student Design Competition \u2018Real Leather. 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