REGISTRATION for the annual Dalang Cup Design Contest has opened to fashion designers both at home and abroad. This year’s contest, which has entered its 11th edition, will put more emphasis on the designers’ creativity and will have a special award for the pieces utilizing new technologies.

Judges of the 2020 Dalang Cup Design Contest.

The winners of the contest will be introduced in the Lang Nest Incubator in Dalang Fashion Town in Longhua District, which offers a talent subsidy of more than 640,000 yuan (US$ 99,139). Moreover, gold prize contest winners will be featured on the cover of “Chinese Apparel” magazine.

Hosts and organizers

Hosts: China Garment Association, Longhua District Government and China Textile & Apparel Press.

Organizers: Longhua District Development and Reform Bureau, Dalang Subdistrict Office, Dalang Fashion Town Construction and Management Center, and “Chinese Apparel” Magazine.

Awards

One gold-prize winner: 100,000 yuan

Two silver-prize winners: 60,000 yuan each

Three third-prize winners: 30,000 yuan each

One best technological design award: 10,000 yuan

One best craftsmanship award: 10,000 yuan

One best business value award: 10,000 yuan

One netizens’ choice award: 5,000 yuan

Eleven merit prize winners: 3,000 yuan each

The amounts of the prize money are all pre-tax. The organizing committee of the contest will pay the taxes in advance and distribute the money to the winners.

Golder prize winner and models wearing his winning works during the curtain call of the 2020 Dalang Cup Design Contest.

Timelines

July 31

Deadline of sketches submissions to the organizing committee. (If the sketches are submitted via courier, the package must be dispatched to the address of the committee before midnight, July 31.)

Aug. 15

Finalists start to make outfits from the shortlisted sketches.

Oct. 25

Deadline of the submission of outfits to the organizing committee.

Early November

Contest day

Registration and submission

Entrants can sign up for the contest online on dlnz.eeff.net and print the registration forms. Each form should have the exclusive serial number of the entrant and be send to the office of the contest’s organizing committee together with the entries.

Contestants should keep a copy of their entries as the committee will not return the submissions.

Postal address: Dalang Cup Organizing Committee, China Textile & Apparel Press, Room A407, Baiziwandongli Estate, Chaoyang District, Beijing (北京市朝阳区百子湾东里A407楼中国纺织出版社有限公司“大浪杯”中国女装设计大赛组委会)

Contacts: Zhao Shuang ( Tel: +86 010 6700 4431), Zou Yangzhi (Tel: +86 010 6700 4427)

Entry requirements

1. The contest accepts works from individual designers, students of fashion or art academies, and design enthusiasts at home and abroad.

   
   

2. The entrant must be the author of the submitted design and own independent, complete, explicit and undisputed copyright of the overall and partial parts of the design. They should also guarantee that the submissions do not infringe the lawful property rights and interests of any third party. Works that jeopardize other’s property rights shall be disqualified immediately upon discovery of any breach.

   
   

3. The submission should contain hand or computer sketches of four women’s outfits depicting the color and craft of the design. The dimension of the sketch is 27*40 cm and each sketch should be attached with fabric samples and a brief introduction of the inspirations, trends and more.

   
   

4. The shortlisted finalists should make four outfits with accessories according to the submitted sketches. Each outfit should fit the build of a 180-cm female model whose shoe size is between 245 and 250 cm.

   
   

5. The finalists are also required film introductory videos on the inspirations, designs and trends of the outfit for the online voting stage of the contest. The video should be in MP4 format and not longer than five minutes.

   
   

6. The finalists should prepare background music clips for the runway presentation session on the contest day. The music should be in MP3 format and no longer than three minutes.

   
   

7. The hosts and organizers have the right to use all the winning designs for the purpose of publicizing, publication, exhibition, and branding. The winning pieces of the gold- , silver- and bronze-awards will be collected by the sponsors of the contest.

   
   

8. The organizers will cover the contestants’ catering and accommodation fee during the contest.

   
   

9. The organizing committee reserves the rights for the final interpretations of the event.