Emma Scalion, a student of Textile and Design at Istituto of Arte Applicata e Design, emerged as the winner of the Imagining Sustainable Fashion competition, held through a webinar on March 30 and led by GiusyBettoni, CEO, CLASS Eco Hub; Anna Detheridge, President, Connecting Cultures; Lucy Orta, Chair, Art & the Environment, University of the Arts London; and DioKurazawa, Founding Partner of The Bear Scouts.

Scalion was awarded for the project Take A Walk On The Green Side,which designed communications crafted with strong and impactful images and simple but detailed wording intended for younger consumers to inform them about sustainable fashion issues.

Emma Scalcon was awarded the €3,000 prize sponsored by ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei and other sponsors of the project: Ecosensor™ by Asahi Kasei - a latest generation fabric collection that promotes responsible innovation with advanced high-tech performance, CLASS, and the Greek smart cotton SUPREME GREEN COTTON® by Varvaressos.

The award was established in October 2020 by Connecting Cultures and CLASS. with the aim of creating new visual imagery and innovative communication models in sustainable fashion. Stylists, photographers, designers, illustrators, artists and other creatives, invited to rethink how to communicate the new generation of values of an ethical and sustainable fashion system, joined the open and international call.