UK Student Design Competition
2023
2023 saw the third year of the UK Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition, a search for the best of the UK’s new designers and for those who want to promote slow style and a more sustainable future for fashion.
Our panel of expert judges, Bill Amberg, Ruth Glen and Anna Melegh, crowned the following winners:
- Ana Del Rio, 2023 Overall and Apparel Category Winner
- Woosung Kim, 2023 Footwear Category Winner
- Emily Richardson, 2023 Accessories Category Winner
- Arianna Stapley, 2023 People’s Choice Winner
See all shortlisted designs below.
Ex;anté – project Perak
Andry Chen
London College of Fashion
BA(Hons) Cordwainers: Fashion Bags and Accessories
Competitions: UK, International
Accessories
Ata Sué | Zihita Collection
Allison Gómez
London College of Fashion
Cordwainers Fashion Bags and Accessories: Product Design and Innovation
Competitions: International, UK
Accessories
The Boatpack
Emoke Stefan
University of Northampton
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Accessories
Urban Camouflage
Shannon Butterfield
Arts university bournemouth
BA textiles
Competitions: UK, International
Accessories
Artisanal Heritage
Lucy Dollery
De Montfort University
BA (Hons) Fashion Textile Design
Competitions: UK, International
Accessories
How leather industry's off-cuts can be utilised in order to avoid landfill
Alida Xavier
Istituto Marangoni: Fashion, Art and Design
MA Luxury Accessory design and management
Competitions: UK, International
Accessories
RLSD: The Statement Hybrid
Sifana Shahzad
The Glasgow School of Art
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Institution 7 Collection Envy
Jake James Saint Tanner
University Centre Somerset
BA (hons) Fashion and Textile Design
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Real Leather Stay Different 2022 entry
Shertienne Lee
London College of Fashion
Fashion Contour
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
"God you look AMAZING!" "WHAT! Are you Serious?"
Mailie Halcyon Dennis
Nottingham Trent University
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Waste to Wardrobe
Aoife Harvey
Ulster University , Belfast School of art
Fashion designs and textiles BA hons
Competitions: UK, International
Design
Blinkered: Falconry T-Shirt
Madeleine Morgan
University of Brighton
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Puppets in the club
donghyeon kim
De Montfort University
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Design
The Endless Loop
Brooke Sheerin
Nottingham Trent University
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Design
SIPHON
Hollie Haughin
Northumbria University
BA (HONS) Fashion Design
Competitions: UK, International
Design
Nicnevin
Kirsten Cochrane
Northumbria University
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
The Giger Coat
Arianna Stapley
Kingston School of Art
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Freddy's Come To Play
Shannon Pearson
Bath Spa University
Fashion Design BA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
The Good Life
Tori Jagger
Sheffield Hallam University
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
ARTEM ANIMA X BAINS
surina bains
Birmingham City University
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Weave
Emily Richardson
Central Saint Martins
Ba (hons) Product & Industrial Design
Competitions: UK, International
Accessories
"EL DOMINGO" (SUNDAY)
Ana Del Rio Mullarkey
De Montfort University
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
PROTÉGER L’ÉLÉGANCE
Adela Iordache-Platis
University of Brighton
BA Fashion with Business Studies
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Artifact Live Project
Olivia Bodak
De Montfort University
Contour Fashion Innovation MA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Real Leather. Stay different. Amalia-Adela Samoila
Amalia Samoila
University of Northampton
BA Hons Fashion
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
MEERESKREATUREN – LEATHERBACK JACKET
Charlotte Lockton
University of Brighton
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Design
BLINKERED
Maddie Morgan
University of Brighton
Fashion Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
Beauty and ugliness
Ayazhan Serikzhan
London College of Fashion
Textile Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Apparel
An Ode to Metaphors
Jihwi Ahn
De Montfort University
Footwear & Accessory Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Footwear
The Forgotten Cinderellas
Grace Thomas
London College of Fashion
MA Footwear
Competitions: International, UK
Footwear
Abyss
Jinyeong Jung
De Montfort University
Footwear & Accessory Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Footwear
Hybrid project: link the past and future
WOOSUNG KIM
De Montfort University
Footwear & Accessory Design BFA
Competitions: UK, International
Footwear
