May 20, 2025, Beijing. The 2025 China International Graduate Fashion Week, guided by the China National Textile and Apparel Council and the National Teaching Advisory Committee for Design Majors under the Ministry of Education, and organized by the China Fashion Association, China Garment Association, China Textile and Apparel Education Society, and co-hosted by the 798.751 Art Zone, concluded in Beijing.
At the closing ceremony, multiple awards were announced, including the 30th China Fashion Design “New Talent Award” and the 2025 China International Graduate Fashion Week Special Awards. The Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University secured five honors.
The Academy was awarded the 2025 China Fashion Design “Education Excellence Award” and the “2025 China International Graduate Fashion Week Talent Cultivation Achievement Award.” Wang Yunjin, a 2022 graduate student from the Department of Textile and Fashion Art Design, won the 30th China Fashion Design “New Talent Award,” while her advisor, Professor Xiao Wenling, received the “Outstanding Advisor Award” for the same competition. Additionally, Tao Yulin, another 2022 graduate student from the same department, earned the 2025 China International Graduate Fashion Week Special Award for “Craftsmanship Excellence.”
Presentation of the 2025 China Fashion Design “Education Excellence Award”
Presentation of the “Outstanding Advisor Award” for the 30th China Fashion Design “New Talent Award”
Presentation of the 30th China Fashion Design “New Talent Award”
Presentation of the 2025 China International Graduate Fashion Week “Craftsmanship Excellence Award”
As a premier platform for showcasing design education achievements in Chinese universities, the “New Talent Award” has been a cornerstone since its inception in 1995, now celebrating its 30th edition. It remains committed to discovering, nurturing, and promoting China’s most promising emerging design talents. Targeting outstanding graduates from fashion design programs nationwide, it stands as one of the most historically significant and professionally recognized fashion design competitions in China. This year’s edition continued to center on trend forecasting proposals, emphasizing a profound dialogue between design expression and the future of fashion. Over three decades, the award has consistently delivered young designers rooted in Eastern cultural heritage yet driven by contemporary creativity to China’s fashion industry, many of whom have since become leading figures in the field.
Award Trophies and Certificates
Wang Yunjin Wins the 30th China Fashion Design “New Talent Award”
Title: “Being and Non-being Interact”
Designer: Wang Yunjin (Master’s Candidate)
Advisor: Professor Xiao Wenling
Wang Yunjin’s competition collection, “Being and Non-being Interact,” is grounded in sustainability, drawing technical inspiration from Japanese Yosegi-zaiku woodcraft and integrating the Taoist philosophical concept: “All things under heaven are born of Being, and Being is born of Non-being.” By layering and cutting discarded fabrics into slices, then reassembling them into new textured materials for her graduate collection, the designer transforms “valueless” waste fabrics into “valuable” fashion pieces, giving them new life.
“Being and Non-being Interact” Mood Board
“Being and Non-being Interact” AI-Assisted Process & Illustrations
“Being and Non-being Interact” Collection
“Being and Non-being Interact” Runway Presentation
Tao Yulin Wins the 2025 China International Graduate Fashion Week “Craftsmanship Excellence Award”
Title: “Order in Disorder”
Designer: Tao Yulin (Master’s Candidate)
Advisor: Professor Wang Yue
Tao Yulin’s collection, “Order in Disorder,” takes inspiration from structural “errors” generated by AI parameter misalignment. By deconstructing and reconstructing atypical structures, such as displaced forms and spatial mirrors in AI-generated imagery, the designer transforms chaotic visuals into functional yet innovative garment architectures, redefining randomness as a new aesthetic order.
“Order in Disorder” Mood Board
“Order in Disorder” Generative Sketches & Transformative Drafts
“Order in Disorder” Design Illustrations
“Order in Disorder” Collection
