(Jasmine Huang with a
model wearing her winning design)
Durban DSSA student Jasmine Huang stuns with baroque
ensemble to win Young Designer Competition
Huang, a fashion design student at the Design School
Southern Africa (DSSA), has won the prestigious 2015 Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup
Young Designer Award. DSSA is an educational brand of The Independent Institute
of Education (Pty) Ltd. (The IIE), which is internationally accredited by the
British Accreditation Council (BAC).
The Sansui Summer Cup, Johannesburg’s oldest and most
respected first-grade horse race, was held at the magnificent Turffontein
Racecourse. With a prize of R2 million for the exciting main race, the event
draws the city’s most glamorous residents, making it a day filled with both
innovative new designs and high fashion. It’s the ideal platform for the Young
Designer Competition, which has been put together through the efforts of the
race organisers, Steele Model Studio and DSSA in order to offer students the
opportunity to showcase their collections in front of this illustrious
gathering of industry players.
Huang was one of five young designers selected to present
their collections on the day, all specifically created towards the 2015 theme
of Pink & Glam. Huang’s show-stopping outfit of black, pink and gold showed
creative integration of baroque masked ball mystery and chic modern
sophistication.
“I was over the moon just to be able to show my designs, but
being selected as the winner in front of this kind of audience is every
designer’s dream,” says Huang. “The event itself was superbly managed, so the
most difficult part of the day was keeping my nerves in check and making sure
my designs came across as I envisioned them.”
As the winner of the competition, Huang was awarded R26,000
towards her career. “It’s such a tough industry, and this will be of enormous
benefit to my career with regards to exposure as well as financially,” she
adds.
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