Esmod Dubai launches ‘Green Fashion’ Contest
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Students of the French Fashion University Esmod in Dubai are set to kick start the academic year 2009-10 on October 4, 2009 by taking part in a “green fashion” 
contest.
The rivalry, which is open to the Esmod International Network, will need students to create dresses using a particular fabric called Han-ji that is known to last for more than hundred years, and will also be an chance for students from Esmod Dubai to work with global fashion houses. Meanwhile, Esmod Dubai also exposed that registration for its three-year fashion program; six-month and three-month workshops and make-up courses will be open until October 11th, 2009.
“We suppose that this ‘green fashion’ contest will raise consciousness about the need to cut the fashion industry’s ecological and carbon footprint and highlight the significance of using more sustainable fibers and fabrics. On the long run, sustainable fashion is better for the earth, for people and animals, as the key to this idea is to design clothes that have a long life, are easy to recycle and clean. As far as this contest is concerned, we have high expectations from students of Esmod Dubai and we wish them the best,” said Tamara Hostal, Founder & Director, and FFUE-Dubai.
For the ‘green fashion’ contest, the participating students can take up to a month to create the design and stitch the dress using the extraordinary fabric made from a pure white fiber called Han-Ji that is obtained from a Korean tree called Dak –believed to have a lifespan of up to 1,000 years. Han-Ji, known for its special quality and durability, was in fact used by Koreans in the past to cover their windows for defense against heat and cold.
The special qualities of Han-ji confident scientists to conduct extensive research on the fabric. The findings showed that Han-ji in fact could protect the human skin from ailments by acting as an anti bacterial and antibiotic agent – prompting its use in socks and bed sheets – which makes it a hugely well-liked fabric in the global fashion industry.
After involving the first graduating batch of “made in UAE” fashion designers last June in a high profile fashion show at Wafi mall, Esmod Dubai’s current focus is on an ongoing student movement program that will open new horizons for the region’s fashion minds and nurture a greater number of fusionists to chiefly represent the Arab world worldwide.
Since its beginning in 2006, a steadily mounting number of students have been joining Esmod Dubai, which aims to tap into the region’s booming fashion industry and the steady drift of the Middle Eastern customer towards haute couture. The Dubai campus now embraces students from 46 dissimilar countries, of which over 40 per cent are GCC nationals and UAE locals. The number of students is predictable to grow further this year as the university has intended several initiatives to help its graduates find good-looking job opportunities with globally known style names.
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