KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — To provide the young generation an opportunity to work together to showcase their creativity, the Hung Innovation Awards was introduced this year.
This competition acts as a stepping stone towards a brighter future for the participants, being a unique fusion of fashion, hair, beauty and catwalk.
“With this competition, I hope to be able to work with young generation designers and expose them to the realities of the fashion business,” said the brainchild, Gillian Hung.
Winning her first designing competition — the Asean Young Designers’ Competition in Singapore — at a very young age in 1989 marked the stepping stone in Hung’s career.
Hung has worked in the local and international fashion industry for over 30 years, serving as the former president of Malaysian Official Designers’ Association (Moda) and creating numerous campaigns with Japanese retail giant Isetan.
The finale of Hung Innovation Awards was held recently at Mega Star Arena in Kuala Lumpur, featuring 10 fashion designers, make-up artists and hairstylists.
The contest enabled the young designers to not just focus solely on their design but to work closely with the hairstylist and make-up artist to create a head-to-toe look.
The final 10 fashion design teams created three distinct outfits, two inspired by Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and one using repurposed materials from the airline uniform of Malaysian Aviation Group.
Meanwhile, the 10 make-up artists and hairstylists created head-to-toe looks using beauty products from Kevin Murphy under the supervision of The Glam Makeup Academy.
Each team worked closely with Hung, renowned stylist Wee Chee and designers Justin Yap, Syomir Izwa Gupta and Jimmy Lim.
Ultimately, the ‘Best Young Designer’ title went to Zen Law from Equator College.
The ‘Best Young Hairstylist’ and ‘Best Young Make-up Artist’ were won by Efron Liong from Stay B and Anjay Chen from The Glam respectively.
The ‘Best Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) Sustainability Design’ award went to Alex Pang from Raffles College.
In ‘Best Runway Look’, the design category was won by Schenric Toh from Raffles College, while hairstyle and make-up were won by Albee Chan from Col.Lab Hair Salon and Kristy Chan from The Glam respectively.
The Hung Innovation Awards was sponsored by Samsung Malaysia in collaboration with Malaysian Aviation Group, Kevin Murphy, The Glam Makeup Academy, M Resort & Hotel Kuala Lumpur and Carlsberg.
* A previous version of this story contained an error which has since been corrected.
