14/02/2023
THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST LEATHER APPAREL, SHOES and BAG DESIGN COMPETITION commences this March 2023!
Leather and Hide Council of America(L&HCA), one of the leading global leather organizations, partners with the Fashion Accessory Makers of the Philippines(FAMPh) to launch “Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Leather Design Competition 2023”.
The Real Leather. Stay Different Philippine Student Design Competition 2023 is open to students in art and design schools and colleges in the Philippines. Participants will be challenged to design a single piece of apparel, accessory, or footwear item using 50% genuine Philippine leather and 50% natural and/or indigenous Philippine fabric/material. Shortlisted finalists will be invited to create their design concept, with the assistance of FAMPh representatives and local sponsors. The design of the Overall Winner of the Philippines will be professionally made to form part of an international capsule collection showcasing the best international talents and to be unveiled at an event hosted in London in October 2023, as organized by L&HCA.
Follow our IG Fashion Accessory Makers of the Philippines for more updates. Real Leather - Stay Different
For more questions, please contact:
FAMPh Neil Bryan [email protected]
THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST LEATHER APPAREL, SHOES and BAG DESIGN COMPETITION commences this March 2023!
Leather and Hide Council of America(L&HCA), one of the leading global leather organizations, partners with the Fashion Accessory Makers of the Philippines(FAMPh) to launch “Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Leather Design Competition 2023”.

Partnership commits to “Educating the Next Generation of Creatives and Re-Shaping our Fashion Futures”.

RLSD Student Design Competition 2023 will promote sustainable leather and leather products production in the Philippines.

Dedicated series of fashion, production and sustainability education to empower the Philippine designers of tomorrow.
PRESS RELEASE :
Manila, Philippines: The Leather and Hide Council of America (L&HCA) and the Fashion Accessory Makers of the Philippines (FAMPh) have partnered to launch the Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Leather Design Competition 2023 (RLSD Philippine Student Design Competition 2023). The new partnership, which commits to ‘educating the next generation of creatives’, aims to reshape education around the production and use of sustainable leather in the Philippines.
Through the competition, L&HCA and FAMPh will promote the development of sustainable leather production and leather use in the Philippines. Real Leather. Stay Different. has a strong ethos of supporting the next generation of designers with an aim to re-build, re-educate, and re-position. The new partnership brings to the forefront a common set of values to support sustainable leather value chains and emerging creatives through education.
The Real Leather. Stay Different Philippine Student Design Competition 2023 is open to students in art and design schools and colleges in the Philippines. Participants will be challenged to design a single piece of apparel, accessory, or footwear item using 50% genuine Philippine leather and 50% natural and/or indigenous Philippine fabric/material. Shortlisted finalists will be invited to create their design concept, with the assistance of FAMPh representatives and local sponsors. The design of the Overall Winner of the Philippines will be professionally made to form part of an international capsule collection showcasing the best international talents and to be unveiled at an event hosted in London in October 2023, as organized by L&HCA.
Gina Nebrida Ty, President at the Fashion Accessory Makers of the Philippines, said:
“This is definitely exciting times for the Philippine fashion industry as we launch the country's first national leather competition amongst university and college students, in partnership with Washington DC-based L&HCA, one of the world's leading leather organizations. And to echo the ethos of FAMPh, we look forward to seeing a new generation of Filipino creatives, through their design entries, which will showcase and highlight excellent Filipino craftsmanship & unique ingenuity, through the use & marriage of Philippine genuine leather and beautifully-handcrafted local indigenous fabrics and materials. While from the other side of the spectrum, this partnership between FAMPh and L&HCA will give a major boost to the Philippine Tannery group, in the hope that we can further help revitalize, modernize and strengthen the local leather industry, through shared best practices, learnings and techniques from L&HCA."
Steve Sothmann, President of the Leather and Hide Council of America, commented:
“The competition’s mission is to spark the interest of the Philippine designers to work with responsibly produced real leather which puts hides that would otherwise go to waste, to good use. Real leather doesn’t just look good, it is better for the environment than its man-made alternatives and they make products so durable that each can last a lifetime – its quintessentially ‘slow fashion’.
“Too many of our fashion choices end up in landfill, creating an unwanted legacy from today’s society that will damage the environment for centuries. Fast fashion means not only more consumption, but the increased use of fossil fuels and associated environmental impacts in the form of toxics and microfibers. Working with FAMPh gives us the opportunity to empower the next generation with skills that reduce waste in the design process.”
Follow our IG and Fashion Accessory Makers of the Philippines for more updates. Real Leather - Stay Different
For more questions, please contact:
FAMPh Neil Bryan [email protected]
