Source: english.people.com

Fashion is by no means old and so seems the designers. In Hong Kong Fashion Week ending on Friday, a group of young home designers, inspired by old ladies, history or space, became the winners of new fashion award.

"I was inspired by the body features of a 60-year-old lady. The pale pink color, the wrinkles, the sagging breast... all was integrated into my design," said Ferrando Chan, who won the formal attire category prize in Hong Kong New Fashion Award 2006.

A sophomore at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the 21- year-old Chan had not predictable to win, "this is the first time I applied for the award."

So were the feelings of other winners of the sixth new fashion award in Hong Kong. "The result surprised me," Michael Lau, an overall winner of the award, told Xinhua.

Standing at the stage with models exhausting his casual collection, the 30-year-old designer was in fact excited, "I only started designing about one and a half years ago. The award was unexpected. "