Wang Zhixian won the Hempel Award gold prize at the 21st China International Young Fashion Designers Contest on Monday March 25, 2013. Wang's "No Boundaries" themed bold designs topped the 29 groups of designs during China Fashion Week. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Zhang Linruo]

The Hempel Awards at the 21st China International Young Fashion Designer Contest, has kicked off China Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 collections.

The Hempel Awards organized by the China Fashion Association and Hempel International Group, were presented at the Beijing Hotel with 30 young designers from 14 countries and regions represented. They included China, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Finland, Canada and South Korea. The contest was themed "Boundary" and turned the runway to a new bold stage full of imagination.

Wang Zhixian, won the Hempel Award gold prize for her "No Boundaries" bold designs.

Using bamboo as the representative traditional Chinese cultural element, Wang felt that it was important to study and apply the traditional Chinese cultural elements into her fashion designs.

Wang explained that the smoothness and brightness of bamboo textiles can convey a sense of modernization. Although the long processes of using porcelain technology to transform the bamboo textiles into specialized clothing pieces was rather difficult, her three months of hard work paid off.

The silver prize went both to Germany's young designer, Christna Sieber, for her "Motocross" themed designs, and to South Korea's Park Min-seo's "Connection" themed designs.

The bronze prize went both to Beijing's Wang Liqun for "Taoism" themed designs and Sichuan's Liu Tong's "Fortress Besieged" themed designs.

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