Asean takes the stage

AIRASIA'S annual designer search, AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search, held its 2017 Grand Finale recently at the Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week Ready To Wear 2017 (KLFW RTW 2017).
The finale saw a total of 20 young talents from all 10 Asean countries showcase their Asean-themed creations on the runway.
Two top aspiring designers were selected to represent each country after a regionwide audition tour across Asean. The search kicked off in April in Manila before moving on to Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangon, Jakarta, Bangkok, Vientiane, and ended in Phnom Penh in June.
Tran Thi Tu from Vietnam was announced as the grand winner and walked away with prizes including a confirmed show segment to showcase her full collection at KLFW RTW 2018, a year-long mentorship from the KLFW RTW team, RM25,000 sponsored by FashionValet to produce a capsule collection to be sold on fashionvalet.com, 150,000 AirAsia BIG Points, a six-page fashion spread in AirAsia's Travel3Sixty inflight magazine, a special feature in Female Malaysia magazine and a pair of AirAsia return flights.