The Green Carpet Fashion Awards (GCFA) went digital for the first time
on Saturday, with former LVMH Prize finalist Sindiso Khumalo and actress
Zendaya bagging top prizes in the sustainability-focused ceremony.
This year the event, which shines a spotlight on those championing
social and environmental change in the fashion industry, was hosted
digitally on YouTube’s Fashion Channel by Camera Nazionale della Moda
Italiana (CNMI) in collaboration with sustainable business agency
Eco-Age.
Below are the winners of the event’s five awards:
Emmy award winning actress Zendaya won this year’s GCFA Visionary
Award for “using her platform as an actress and as a creative, to open
doors and give a voice to those who otherwise would not be able to showcase
their talent”.
Eco Age creative director Livia Firth said: “We admire and celebrate her
aim to create a more accurate reflection of the world in which she lives
in. From including the first plus-sized model in your 2019 Tommy Hilfiger
show, to more recently using an all- Black team to create your September
InStyle cover. By working with and championing trailblazing within the
Black community, she is a leading example for younger generations and
beyond, and this is why we are honouring Zendaya with The GCFA Visionary
Award”.
The GCFA Best Independent Designer Award went to Cape Town-based
independent designer Sindiso Khumalo for her collections using sustainable
contemporary textiles and her broader work on poverty alleviation.
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The CNMI Responsible Disruption Award went to Progetto Quid, a
fashion brand creating collections from end-of-line fabric and helping
create career opportunities for those struggling to find work, especially
for women. In just over seven years, the brand has employed 142 people of
which 70 percent are vulnerable women.
The GCFA North Star Award, which is given to organisations or
individuals showing extraordinary leadership, was this year awarded to The
UN for its Sustainable Development Goals – a blueprint addressing global
challenges including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental
degradation, peace and justice.
The GCFA Art of Craftsmanship Award, supported by S.Pellegrino,
was awarded to Italian Artisans. “The handprint of fashion, all the
thousands of Italian artisans who, in so many ways, make up the fabric of
this country,” event organisers said of the award. “Artisans across this
country continue to offer us insight into a more viable path forward.
Generations of craft and meticulous care, continuously evolving to engage
with the pivotal times in which we now find ourselves.”
Photo credit: GCFA