2022 Balabalabala China Cup · Children'S Clothing Design Final And Award Ceremony

The first China Cup in 2022· Children's wear design The Grand Prix officially ushered in the final and award ceremony in September. It took only five months from the competition to the final award. Its influence not only radiated across the country, but also gathered thousands of high-level and forward-looking works, which made a practical exploration for the future development of children's clothing design field, and also for those who are interested in this field Youth Design Talent widened the track.

Although the process of the competition has been affected by the epidemic situation, the first "China Cup · children's wear design Grand Prix" was successfully held with the enthusiasm of the contestants and the full efforts of the organizers, which showed the vigorous vitality of China's clothing industry and the heart of all circles to cultivate excellent design talents.

The first "China Cup · children's wear design Grand Prix" in 2022 was jointly launched by "China Cup", Balabala and Shanghai fashion industry development center. Balabala hopes that through the holding of this competition, it will play a positive role in reserving designer talents for children's wear industry, promote the good development of children's clothing industry, assume the social responsibility of children's clothing enterprises for children's clothing design, so that more original new generation designers can gain success and self-confidence through this platform, and realize self-worth in their respective fields. At the same time, this cooperation is also a joint point for Balabala to lay out a global R & D center and go to the world with a "global vision", Further promote the global layout.

[discover the future · contribution boom ignites the popularity of the competition]

As soon as the China Cup children's wear design Grand Prix was launched, it immediately received the enthusiastic response of the majority of designers. In the collection stage, the organizer received a total of entries from 32 regional provinces, autonomous regions and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions. More than 1064 high-level designers have been submitted to the competition. After that, the organizer invited a panel of experts to review and grade the candidate works through offline reevaluation, and finally evaluated 30 shortlisted players, which also pushed the competition to a climax.

After that, 30 groups of shortlisted contestants in groups under the guidance of the tutor adjusted and modified their works, and entered the exciting production of ready-made clothing works. The tutor provides one-to-one tutoring for the contestants to meet the needs of the production process and supply chain, and helps the shortlisted players to realize the landing and presentation of their works from the perspective of market-oriented production.

　　 [witness the future · high level finals ignite industry expectations]

In late September, with the continuous increase of the exposure of the competition, the China Cup children's wear design Grand Prix officially entered the final and award stage. 30 groups of contestants gathered at the Shanghai International Fashion Center show, and finally decided on the individual awards, gold, silver and copper of the year and Balabala annual special awards under the professional evaluation of the judges.

In the wonderful dynamic show and static display, the ready-made clothing works full of design sense and imagination leapt onto the T-stage from the manuscript paper, and set off a visual feast about children's clothing in the future under the display of models. In the three categories of sports group, celebration group and campus group, the contestants not only integrated the future style into the children's clothing design, but also created a brand-new outline of children's clothing. At the same time, the experimental fabric material and avant-garde color system were applied. Just like the theme of this competition - "the future of the original mind", the high-level works show the contestants' bold interpretation of the concept of future children's clothing, and also reflect the thinking about the future life form of children. In the subsequent defense exchange between the contestants and the judges, the shortlisted explained the details of the design and production of the works, and also gained the insights of the previous judges, which benefited a lot in the road to the market.

Golden Award: Mai Yuanchao's impression of beer bear

Silver Award: Hou Yu's pursuit of the track of light

Bronze Award: Gong ZengPei's bionic Yoga

In the end, the design of "Gong Pei · beer competition" and "Tongyuan Silver Award" won the awards of "Zhonghua beer · Golden Bear" and "Tongyuan Silver Award" respectively. Chen Yangyang won the prize for his work animal train Balabala The winners of the Bronze Award and the annual special award are all students in school, accounting for half of the four most important awards, reflecting the determination and vigor of this competition. Other contestants also won 6 special individual awards for their works with their own characteristics.

In addition to providing official certificates, trophies and prizes for the finalists and winners, the competition will further empower excellent design talents through a series of support programs to help the growth of design talents.

　 [go to the future, gather industrial strength to achieve breakthrough]

Looking back on the competition, teachers and students from China's major traditional clothing colleges and art colleges, as well as design talents from overseas colleges and universities, actively contributed to the competition. After 00, designers accounted for 80% of the participants, showing unprecedented vigorous design strength, which also confirmed the original intention of the organizers to explore and cultivate future design talents. At the same time, the overall design level of the competition is significantly higher than expected, which shows that under the careful training of the industry, Chinese fashion design talents will accelerate their growth, and will surely give back to the industry in the future and become the backbone of the world fashion design stage.

As Bian Xiangyang, director of the Committee of experts of the organizing committee, said: the competition opened up the designer's perspective of observation, verified the market demand and design methods with each other's benign competition, and further stimulated their own design potential, so as to not be afraid of winning or losing, and use "original intention" to harvest the design that really inspires people's hearts.

As a representative of the judges, Chen Peng, a fashion designer at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, sincerely looks forward to the enterprising road of the new generation of designers. Chen Peng won the prize in the China Cup 11 years ago and gradually became the leader in the industry. His growth process is not only an example and driving force for the majority of participants, but also shows the unremitting efforts of the China cup to promote the development of the industry for a long time.

The organizing committee will continue to focus on the field of children's wear design and invite more concern about China in the next competition Children's wear design The cooperation partners of growth and industry development will attract more potential stars of tomorrow, connect more industrial platforms and commercial resources, and continuously build the "China Cup" into a leading domestic and even world top children's wear design competition, and broaden the way forward for the talent emergence and accelerated development of China's children's wear industry.