Ivau Apparel and Baby Wrap Collection by Chance Xie Receives the A' Design Award in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design

Chance Xie recognized for fashion, apparel and garment design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Ivau Apparel and Baby Wrap Collection by Chance Xie, designed for IVAU Ltd., has been granted the A' Design Award in the Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the A' Design Award Means

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

About Ivau Apparel and Baby Wrap Collection

Ivau is an apparel and baby wrap collection for mothers. The collection includes a matching loungewear set, a dress, a baby romper and wraps. The garments are made from custom-milled bamboo fabric that is soft, breathable, antibacterial and hypoallergenic. The dress has an ultra-low back cut for comfort when layered under a wrap. The dress and the loungewear top allow nursing without removing the wrap. Hand-painted bespoke prints are inspired by the nature of Fiji. The pieces are intended to be worn through the stages of motherhood.

About Chance Xie

Mrs. Chance Xie is a trend setter and tastemaker in luxury travel. She led a successful career in finance before founding Greater China's preeminent luxury travel designer Journeys by Chance. Without formal training in design, Mrs. Chance drew on her how-know of world's best and impeccable sense of luxury and style to reinvent the art of babywearing. A mother of two, she is passionate to advocate cultivating love of nature and happiness from within in our next generation.

Award Record

This recognition makes Chance Xie a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Award

The A' Fashion Design Award is an international fashion design competition recognizing good fashion designs by best fashion designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to fashion designers, apparel designers, garment designers and textile designers from all countries. Entries typically include runway collections, dresses, suits, skirts, outerwear and jackets. Awarded fashion designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fashion

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/145360
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145360
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145360
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/337610
Further Information from the Laureate: https://ivaufiji.com/

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Ivau Apparel and Baby Wrap Collection
Function: Apparel and Baby Wrap Collection
Category: Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design
Discipline: Fashion Design
Industry: Fashion
Colors: Dim Gray, Slate Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Black and Light Slate Gray
Images: 5
Client: IVAU Ltd.

The Recognition

Laureate: Chance Xie
Country: Hong Kong (China)
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #145360

Credits

Image Credits: Photographer Chance Xie

Design Details

Unique Properties: Magic staple pieces fuse functionality with effortless chic style, designed to be worn beautifully through stages of womanhood. Inspired by the pristine nature of Fiji, our hand-painted bespoke prints bring spellbinding beauty of nature into daily wearing through imaginative creativity and exquisite artistry. Our fashionable babywearing collection include matching loungewear set, dress, baby romper and wraps. From easy nursing to comfort of layering, every detail is considered to create fashionable garments that are practical, effortlessly chic and making babywearing convenient, comfortable and stylish.
Inspiration: If a woman gives birth to three children, that is 10 years in her life when carrying an infant and nursing take centre stage. The fourth trimester should be one of the most beautiful moments in motherhood but it is currently overlooked. Yet, newborn bonding is vital in every family relationship. There is no apparel collection that is tailored to address the need of style-conscious mothers to carry a child fashionably after birth. So we pioneer fashionable babywearing with matching apparel and carriers to rediscover the most beautiful moment in motherhood, bonding with your newborn.
Research: Creation of this collection took years of babywearing experience to know what garment works with baby wrap and what does not. For example, we would not make a jumpsuit because it is just not practical when babywearing. Our dress for example has ultra low back cut for the comfort of layering with a wrap. All of our garments are nursing friendly while babywearing.
Challenge: The hardest part is to create timeless pieces that can be worn beautifully through stages of womanhood. We want the silhouette to be easy to wear but head turning at the same time.
Realization and Technology: Custom-milled sustainable bamboo fabric is chosen for the collection as it is luxuriously soft and easily wrinkle free, effortless to take care of for a busy mother. Our fabric is OEKO-TEX Made in Green and Standard 100 certified to the world's strictest chemical safety and sustainable production standard for textiles. Naturally anti-bacterial, breathable and hypoallergenic, the garments are suitable all season.
Operation and Interaction: Fashionable Babywearing collection enables women to establish the essential bond with their newborns in style and comfort. The apparel collection can be worn through stages of womanhood. As maternity clothing, they are nursing and pregnancy friendly. They are especially comfortable to layer under a wrap when carrying an infant as the apparel design takes into consideration the comfort of baby wearing. The garments use the same all season, lightweight fabric as the wrap that is breathable and anti-bacterial. The dress has an ultra-low back cut so the user does not feel too hot when layered during wearing. Both the dress and loungewear top can facilitate nursing without taking off the wrap.
Project Duration and Location: The project took one year from Sep 2021 to Sep 2022 to finish
Specifications: Loungewear collection has sizes from S, M, L, to XL. Dress has two sizes S/M and L/XL. Baby rompers range from 0-24 month while baby wrap is one size.
Keywords: Maternity fashion, loungewear, baby wearing, fourth trimester, effortless chic