Meet the 2025 Semi-finalists

Nathan Moy

Redress Design Award

  • 2025
 Finalist

Meet The Designer

“I believe in the transformative power of fashion to inspire conscious consumerism, encouraging individuals to cherish quality over quantity.”
Nathan Moy
“I believe in the transformative power of fashion to inspire conscious consumerism, encouraging individuals to cherish quality over quantity.”
Nathan Moy

Bio

Nathan Moy is a Finalist of the Redress Design Award 2025. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design with Marketing from Central Saint Martins, UK.

Region

  • Hong Kong

Collection

  • Womenswear

Design Techniques

  • Reconstruction, Upcycling

Redress Design Award Collection

Nathan’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘FLUX’, explores the intersection of time, technology, and transformation. He reconstructs windbreakers into futuristic looks lined with deadstock polyester and factory surplus zippers. The avant-garde aesthetic of optical illusions and digital glitches aim to capture the urgency of adapting in a rapidly evolving world. Designing for longevity, Nathan incorporates modular elements including detachable pocket bags to allow for easy repairs, and adjustable bra straps between pouches to accommodate different heights.

Q&A with the designer

My path toward sustainability was sparked during my studies at Central Saint Martins, when I learned about the staggering waste and pollution the industry generates. Working as a designer for brands across New York, London, and Paris and witnessing the discarded potential ignited a passion in me to create not just for beauty but for a cause.

The inspiration behind my collection stems from the idea of reimagining sportswear—like ‘90s windbreakers and jerseys, typically associated with masculinity—and subverting these tropes by blending them with historically feminine elements, such as Victorian women’s dresses, corsets, and lingerie. This fusion challenges traditional gender norms, dismantling the perceived fragility of masculinity and highlighting the constructed nature of gender itself.

My circular design strategy is built on three foundational pillars: design for longevity, promote reuse, and ensure recyclability. Each piece is meticulously crafted from unsold or secondhand clothing waste, transformed through an haute couture lens honed during my training at Maison Martin Margiela’s Artisanal programme in Paris. Working alongside skilled local artisans, I create garments designed to endure—timeless pieces meant to be treasured for years.

A zero-waste ethos underpins every stage of production: excess fabrics are repurposed into intentional patchwork designs, while even threads and piping salvaged from deconstructed jackets are reintegrated into new elements. The collection also embraces modularity, allowing wearers to customize their garments—detachable pocket patches can be reconfigured into shorts, bike shorts, or trousers, adapting to individual style and function. This modular approach extends each piece’s lifespan through effortless repairs and transformations.

Finally, strategic details like easily detachable zippers streamline disassembly at a garment’s end of life. This not only empowers consumers to participate in responsible disposal, but also ensures materials can be efficiently separated and recycled, closing the loop on waste.

My ultimate goal is not just to redefine fashion, but to rewire its relationship with the planet and humanity. I see sustainability not as a trend or a marketing tool, but as the only viable future for our industry—and I intend to prove that ethics and aesthetics can coexist without compromise.

In the coming years, I envision my work evolving in three transformative ways:
1. Systems disruption – I want to dismantle the extractive model of fashion itself. This means pioneering scalable alternatives: regenerative material innovation, open-source zero-waste techniques, and blockchain-enabled transparency so that every stakeholder—from farmer to consumer—can trace impact in real time.
2. Cultural shift – True sustainability requires changing desire. Through radical design (like modular couture or garments that evolve with the wearer), I aim to make ‘less but better’ feel aspirational. Imagine a world where mending is as coveted as buying new, where emotional durability trumps seasonal trends.
3. Legacy beyond fashion – My dream is to establish a self-sustaining ecosystem: education labs training next-gen designers in circular principles, partnerships with waste-picker communities to uplift informal recycling economies, and policy advocacy to make sustainability legally binding, not optional.

The future I’m building toward doesn’t just reduce harm—it actively heals. Where every stitch carries responsibility, every collection leaves the earth better than it found it, and ‘success’ is measured in restored ecosystems, not just revenue. This isn’t idealism; it’s the necessary evolution of design itself.
‘The greatest luxury is a planet that thrives. My life’s work is making that fashionable.’

A lighter.

This collection represents my most challenging and, to date, my most accomplished work. Every piece was meticulously crafted with an uncompromising haute couture discipline—where precision, artistry, and sustainability intersect. It is not just a series of garments, but a manifesto of what fashion can be when craftsmanship and consciousness are held to the highest standard.

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