Reliance Industries, UN join hands to launch launch Circular Design Challenge

Reliance Industries has collaborated with the United Nations for the
‘Fashion for Earth’ initiative under which it will start the ‘Circular
Design Challenge’ for fashion designers and textiles industry. The design
challenge was announced during the Winter Festive 2018 edition of Lakme
Fashion Week (LFW) and will be open to all fashion/accessory designers, and
entrepreneurs in India.

Registration for the challenge is open till December 5. The winners will
get an opportunity to showcase their collections on the Sustainable Fashion
Day at LFW Summer Resort 2019. The Circular Design Challenge will provide
enormous opportunities for budding concept creators, fashion designers and
the entire textile value chain to exhibit their innovative ideas, designs
with a focus on circularity and sustainability. The initiative will help
the entire Indian textile value chain to become a global leader in
ingraining circularity in their business strategy and operations.

The participating designers are free to use any material for their
collection, as long as it is up-cycled from diverse waste sources,
including plastics.