The World’s Greatest Catwalk 2012 Break World Record

The World’s Greatest Catwalk 2012, with more than 300 models on a runway approximately 3 kilometers long in striking pink was laid across the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade in Hong Kong marked the The World’s Greatest Catwalk 2012 to Break World Record.

 With the impressive Victoria Harbour as its backdrop, the runway, running from the Hong Kong Museum of Art through to the Avenue of Stars and onto Hong Chong Road of East Tsim Sha Tsui, spanned over 1.6km, and resulted in a total length of approximately 3 kilometers back and forth. The World’s Greatest Catwalk 2012 also successfully claimed the Guinness World Record for the "Most Models in a Fashion Show".

The World’s Greatest Catwalk 2012, as a highlighted event of Hong Kong Design Year 2012, was presented by the Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association and the Danish Fashion Institute, and was sponsored by Create Hong Kong. The open-to-public fashion show featured close to 340 models and looks, including the very best works of over 160 renowned fashion design masters, students and emerging young talents from both Hong Kong and Denmark.

 

 

This ground-breaking event served as a valuable design and cultural exchange between Hong Kong and Denmark. Not only did it reinforce both places as two of the most influential fashion capitals in Asia and Europe, it also fulfills the aim and continuing effort of developing "Hong Kong Design" into a renowned and influential power in and around the world.

 

 

 The presentation not only showcased the works of the top designers from Hong Kong and Denmark, but also winning pieces from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC)'s Young Designers' Contest and Hong Kong Fur Federation (HKFF)'s Design Contest, in addition to the designs from the four Hong Kong fashion institutes - Polytechnic University’s Institute of Textiles & Clothing (ITC), Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI), Chinese University and Caritas Bianchi's graduating class.

 

 

In addition to the record-breaking fashion show, The World’s Greatest Catwalk 2012 also served as the presentation venue for the HKFDA Young Talent Award, the HKFDA Mickey Lee Fashion Illustration Award, as well as the HKFDA Fashion Visionaries Award. Being an upgraded take on the Best Dressed Personalities Award, the Fashion Visionaries Award has become one of the most anticipated annual events to recognize the most stylish celebrities, stars and elites in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China. The presentation for this award will undoubtedly heighten the record-breaking The World’s Greatest Catwalk 2012 as one of the most important fashion events in Asia this year.