Injecting fresh blood into Keqiao’s design community
Cai Peihua, co-founder of Xingchuangxiang International Designer Platform, has been very busy these days. She is contacting fabric companies and pattern makers to provide services for just The prototypes of the works designed by the 10 newly signed gold medal partners are planned to be unveiled for the first time at the Keqiao Fashion Week to be held in the second half of the year. Cai Peihua told reporters that these 10 gold medal partners are graduate students from all over the country. Through intensive training and guidance, their designed works fit the market. “They are no less than mature designers. They have novel ideas, outstanding theoretical knowledge and practical abilities. They are a group of cutting-edge designers.”
It is reported that in mid-July, the Xingchuangxiang International Designer Platform held the first Young+ market-oriented designer training camp in our region to train textile and clothing designtalent from major prestigious schools across the country. /font>Initiated a “gathering order” and through layers of screening, 36 students were finally “acquired”. The platform invited instructors with rich practical experience in the market to provide on-site guidance. Through designer development courses, practical design exercises, and work releases, Shows and other aspects, in half a month of training, students were allowed to move from “textbooks” to “markets”. After fierce competition, the top ten students successfully signed contracts with the platform and became the first batch of gold medal partners.
Ke Jialong, one of the first batch of gold medal partners, is a graduate student at the School of Fashion at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. He is the most unique among the 36 students and always wears different styles of hats. He likes to combine street elements with casual clothing, so that people can bring a sense of fashion to their daily lives without being unconventional. “The opportunity to participate in a training camp is rare. It has always been my dream to create my own brand. Keqiao has brought me closer to my dream.”
Lin Xuanjun, one of the gold medal partners, is from Qingdao University and is also the female captain in this training camp. She believes that it is not enough for designers to have ideas. What is more important is that the ideas are accepted and recognized by the market, even though it is only half a year. It took her only a month to train, but she gained a lot. Signing up as a gold medal partner of Xingchuangxiang International Designer Platform was just the beginning for her. “Keqiao is a fabric gathering area, and various competitions in the textile field are held every year. This time I came to Keqiao and met many high-quality fabric vendors and reached many cooperation intentions, which opened a door for my future design career. .”
In recent years, Keqiao, as a gathering place for the fashion industry, has been actively introducing talents. According to Cai Peihua, co-founder of Xingchuangxiang International Designer Platform, what needs to be done most at present is to enrich the “soil” for designers who are willing to come to Keqiao, so that they can get to know Keqiao, understand the textile city’s fabrics, and then take root in Keqiao. “Next, we will provide resources to bring the works of these young designers to the market and inject fresh blood into the Keqiao design community.” Cai Peihua said.
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