A special IAF International Designer Award catwalk show that took place on day 1 of the convention, 6 October 2010, was won by Pankaj & Nidhi from India. The collections submitted by nominees this year focused on ladies wear for summer 2011.
2010 winners are: Pankaj & Nidhi (India) for the most creative design, Daphne iliaki (Greece) for the most commercial design and Chai-Wei Kang (Taiwan) for the best way of working with fabrics. All these winners will be invited to present their work at the 27th IAF World Apparel Convention and receive their Awards.
In addition to the fashion focus, the proceeding two days, presented a range of seminars that were divided into four major sessions including “Fashion in the digital age”, Is fast fashion killing fashion”, “Fashion and digital supply”, plus “Fashion and green manufacturing” that were hosted by professionals who came from a variety of industry backgrounds.
Among some of the speakers were: Mr Bogo Vatovec, CEO for Bovacon; Mr Anthony Keung, President and CEO for Fenix Group; Mr Michael Tien, Chairman for G2000; Dr. Marc Schumacher, Director Retail, Franchise and International Marketing for Tom Tailor; Dr. Kai-Chiu Ho, Research and Development Director of HKRITA; Mr Ed Gribbin, President for Alva Inside division Alvanon; Mr Steve Jesseph, President and CEO for WRAP; Mr Thomas Nelson, Vice President Global Sourcing for VF Corp; Mr Geoff Collins, Regional Marketing & Sales Director for Lenzing plus many others.
Delegates representing top industry companies attended the convention to keep ahead of their competition. “So far, the sessions have been very informative and interesting. It is really important that the IAF convention was held in Hong Kong where many of well-known manufacturers as well as international fashion brands and companies are located,” commented Ms Allisa Lau, Regional Manager, China Supply Chain and Consumer Marketing for Cotton Council International, Hong Kong office.
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