Meet the works of the winners of the Responsible Fashion Awards
About the competition
The competition is open to both professional designers and enthusiasts not professionally involved in the fashion and design industry.
At the competition entry stage, participants make sketches of the collection, which is ultimately to be made from environmentally friendly materials supplied by LPP. The jury selects the 10 best designs, The winner of the competition receives materials for sewing a full collection consisting of 6 silhouettes and a financial prize of PLN 10,000.
An additional prize in the 3rd edition of the competition was a photo session of all final designs in Reserved’s photo studio in Pruszcz Gdański and their presentation in the brand’s showrooms. They can be viewed from November 7 to 14, 2022. in Gdansk at Galeria Bałtycka, in Warsaw at Galeria Mokotów, in Krakow at Galeria Bonarka and in Lodz at Manufaktura, and the collection of the winner, Dominik Zyz – at Oxford Street in London from November 23 to December 7, 2022. Reserved’s Visual Communication team was responsible for the photo shoot and the design and implementation of the sites.
Explore the works of the winners
Dominik Żyża
Designer Description:
A student at the St. Thomas Academy of Arts. Władysław Strzemiński in Lodz, Poland. RFA 2022 winner and OFF Fashion Kielce 2022 finalist. He is working on developing his brand, and fashion is a tool for him to make people happy. He is a perfectionist, constantly improving his tailoring skills. He attaches great importance to contact with the recipient of his projects. In addition to fashion, he has been interested in insects and macro wildlife photography for many years.
Collection Description:
The "Naturalisation" collection is a combination of elements typical of classic tailoring with organic forms inspired by shapes from the natural world. Combining the two seemingly disparate worlds of classic clothing and inspiration drawn from nature, it shows the future of fashion, in which in order to save the earth's natural values, designers will use materials produced without negative impact on the environment.
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Alicja Bogusz
Designer Description:
A student of clothing design at the St. Michael's Academy of Fine Arts. Władysław Strzemiński in Lodz, Poland. She has held internships at the Doom3k and Osnova brands. Her passion for fashion was developed in her by her grandmother, who was a seamstress. In addition to fashion and art, I am also interested in psychology. In the future, I plan to open my own brand, where I will combine ecological and ethical production solutions with the need to create beautiful things. For her, clothes are the medium through which she talks about the world.
Silhouette Description:
The "APOCALYPT" collection is inspired by an apocalyptic vision of the world, devastated by the climate crisis and wars. It is meant to make us think about where we are heading and what we can do to prevent the holocaust. The bright color scheme alludes to the glow of dust. In creating the collection, the designer focused on interesting design solutions and reducing the amount of fabric used. Many cuts made it possible to arrange the pieces like a puzzle, reducing the use of material.
Małgorzata Dzierżęga
Designer Description:
Fashion design student at the International School of Costume and Fashion Design. He has made several finals in fashion competitions, including 3rd place in the Circular Tex Hub competition. She is passionate about art, mainly painting, and in her designs she always wants to go a step further and add a creative element, to interest and surprise the viewer At the same time, she pays attention to the usability of the clothes and strives for an ethical message to follow the designs.
Silhouette Description:
The collection refers to the current trends of the 90/00s. Matrix style leather coat, fitted to the figure, emphasizes the assets of the figure. However, this typically avant-garde fashion outfit is utilitarian and has elements that can be combined with other styles. The coat becomes a vest when the sleeves are unbuttoned, and slits at the sleeves of the dress make it easy to wear.
Aleksandra Dzwonkowska
Designer Description:
Graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Painting, with a specialization in Experimental Textile, graduate of the International School of Costume Design and Fashion Design and the Make UP STAR makeup school. A lover of fashion, music and art, she draws creative inspiration mainly from pop culture and nature. In his works he often refers to the aesthetics of the 1960s/1970s and pop art. Among other things, she works as a makeup artist for photo shoots and sets. He loves concerts and spending time among nature.
Silhouette Description:
The silhouette that was created for the RFA competition comes from the IRIS AGRIS collection, whose name can be translated two ways: it can be either "field of irises" or "sour iris." The outfit is reminiscent of stage festival styling. The colorful painting motifs are inspired by psychedelic design from the 1960s/70s, and geometric forms intermingle with organic ones. To get the deep shades, she used natural dyes she got from spices.
Dorota Gąsiorowska-Skrzypek
Designer Description:
A student at the International School of Costume and Fashion Design. Professionally involved in graphic design. In the future, he wants to create circular fashion, things that are made in harmony with nature. For her, design is a kind of communication and expression of thoughts, so the nature of the clothes is important. In his spare time, he paints pictures and restores old furniture.
Silhouette Description:
Silhouette from the "Asymétrie" collection is a collection of thoughts on the composition of colors and fabric structures. The asymmetrical silhouette was inspired by nature, rich in a variety of forms and light and shadow that bring out or extinguish colors. The silhouette is distinguished by its ability to change form: you can unbutton the outer collar, stay in an airy coat that gives lightness, and by unbuttoning the asymmetrical skirt stay in comfortable, asymmetrical and fancy shorts.
Mariia Horobenko
Designer Description:
A student of dress design at the International School of Costume and Fashion Design, she has a bachelor's degree in ecomomy. RFA is the first fashion competition she has participated in. For her, fashion is an art, a way to tell a story and express herself through form. In his spare time, he sketches, creates accessories and works with clay.
Silhouette Description:
The collection for RFA was inspired by Ukrainian culture, its history and national ornaments. It was named after the designer's great-grandmother, Varvara, from whom she learned many old stories and beliefs. The long white dress with blue flowers represents the core of Ukrainian culture, while the black elements and red flowers represent the endless struggle for freedom and the nation's sorrow. The silhouette that took part in the competition was entirely hand-embroidered using Oeko-Tex-certified thread. The embroidery on the skirt alone took 72h to complete.
Gabriela Kozula
Designer Description:
A student of design - clothing architecture at the Technical University of Lodz. After participating in the RFA, she completed an internship at LPP, and sees her future in clothing design. For her, fashion is a way to express herself and communicate with the world. He believes that it allows us to talk about what is important to us, what we want to fight against, what we love. Her biggest dream is to be able to constantly explore new places, combine her passion with her professional work and gain new experiences . He is interested in music and travel.
Silhouette Description:
The collection was inspired by the blowfly, a very fragile and ephemeral plant that can symbolize the fragility of our planet. The main idea was to create silhouettes consisting of versatile but interesting pieces, giving the possibility of juxtaposing them with many parts of the closet, so that a wide variety of styles would be created in the process. The project is distinguished by its versatility and the possibility of using fashion in everyday life. An eco-friendly approach to clothing should include both the aspect of using the right materials and being able to use them as often and for as long as possible.
Monika Łuczak
Designer Description:
Graduate of Fashion Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. In October 2022, she started a postgraduate program "Law and Management in the Fashion Sector - Sustainable and Circular Fashion Development" at Lazarski University. He is currently designing collections as a freelancer and working on his own brand WOO CHUCK. Finalist of the 2022 Italian Fashion Talent Awards, semi-finalist of the 2019 R Fashion Designer Awards, winner of Up Cycles 2022 and Fashion Business Game Changer. He often reaches for the camera and looks at fashion through the lens.
Silhouette Description:
The featured silhouette is part of the "Totemic" collection, inspired by traditional crafts and braiding found in many ethnic cultures. In her collection, the author pays tribute to craftsmanship, which is increasingly disappearing in the era of globalization. The artistic cotton cord construction owes its color to natural dyeing based on oak bark. The coloring process took several days and was completely organic.
Julia Masłosz
Designer Description:
Graduated from Photography at PWSFTviT in Lodz, Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Fashion Design at MSKPU. Finalist in the 2021 Golden Thread and 2022 Off Fashion competitions. In his work, he often combines different media. For her, fashion is a form of artistic expression and a medium for communicating ideas and her own reflections. He focuses his research on the problems of human-nature relations and issues related to the contemporary and future condition and identity of man, including in the context of the development of biotechnology.
Silhouette Description:
The silhouette is a response to the previous "Imago" collection. Imago means the last stage of metamorphosis of an insect. Silhouette, however, is a representation of a failed transformation and a world that has failed. The butterfly emerges from the cocoon gray, loses its colors and hope in the possibility of change for the better. With its lack of colors it wants to manifest the problems of ecology and the climate crisis. The silhouette thus shows the consequences of the lack of transformation. It was inspired primarily by the book , "Bio-transfigurations: art and aesthetics of posthumanism" by Monika Bakke, the project , "Metamorphosis" by The Institute of Queer Ecology, art from the field of bio-art, such as the project , "Nature?" Marta de Menezes, as well as the phenomenon occurring in nature, which is gynandromorphism.
Joanna Zontek
Designer Description:
Graduate of the International School of Costume and Fashion Design. She is a two-time finalist in the Responsible Fashion Awards. In the future, he dreams of opening his own fashion brand. He takes a very emotional approach to each project, as most of them are related to a particular story, phenomenon or private experience. He stresses that in design every stage is equally important, from the idea to research, fabric selection to implementation. He is interested in travel, sports, especially figure skating.
Silhouette Description:
The collection has a futuristic vibe. It tells the story of time, which is precious, passing and which we still lack. The heroes of this idea are time travelers, observers who are not affected by the rules of time. The pattern on the back of the jacket refers to a clock. In addition to eco-friendly fabrics such as TENCEL, the collection includes upcycled pieces (hand-sewn jewelry pieces, quilt filling) and simple forms that make the collection timeless.
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