The green fashion revolution in Hong Kong

With two locations in Hong Kong and London, the Mills Fabrica is an incubation platform accelerating innovations for sustainability and social impact, while giving a space for new ideas to develop. The events space is also facilitating the exchange between East and West and is currently showcasing pieces made by young sustainable designers from Hong Kong in its London King’s Cross showroom until the end of December, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The Sustainable Designer Showcase is a way to highlight Hong Kong’s creative force and sustainable efforts and encourage collaboration on the international fashion scene.

For far too long, the perception that products made in Asia are of lower quality and less sustainable than ones made in Europe or the US has been widely circulating in the West. This idea mainly stems from marketing efforts by brands that have successfully elevated the ‘Made in Italy’ or ‘Made in France’ labels to a prestigious symbol of craftsmanship. Yet Asian manufacturers have now come a long way; some of them showing more talent, scientific rigour and ground-breaking technology than any other parts of the world and are working to solve some of the biggest environmental problems the industry is facing today.