APLF Ltd, a joint venture between SIC Group and UBM Asia, recently held the Design-A-Bag Online Competition 2018 in Hong Kong. The annual event brought together the global design community to fashion access trade fair in Hong Kong to showcase their creations to the world and exchange design concepts among talents from various cultures and backgrounds.
Lemniscate Handbag designed by Ho Kuan Teck of Singapore was selected Best Overall Design out of the three finalists who received a 4-week bag design course in Milan valued at USD 4,200 with USD 1,000 accommodation allowance at the prestigious Arsutoria School on top of the final prizes. In the online favourite design category, voted by the Facebook audience, "Circular Bag" from Spain emerged as the winner with 345 likes.
The judging panel consisted of representatives from Giordano, All Saints, Jayne Fashion Consultancy, The Arsutoria School, Korea Colour & Fashion Trend Centre, Edizioni AF and OO Agency Paris.
