The first-ever Fashionpreneur competition held at W_ARE_HOUSE, Subang Jaya was organised by UTAR Unovate Centre, in collaboration with The T-Shirt Company, MCM eCOM Global Venture, BizPorter, and Cringeworthy clothing & Co.

The runway show event, which was conducted on 24 August 2019, aimed to inspire and encourage passionate students who have the dreams to build their own fashion brand and showcase their creative fashion design. It was also carried out to provide them with access to industry players, as well as to hone the students’ skills in every aspect related to fashion designing and branding.

Bearing the theme ‘Merdeka Memories’, the participating teams, consisting of a designer and a model, were looking for the opportunity to shine and demonstrate their creative flair. The judges for the competition were Department of Consultancy and Commercialisation Head Ching Yen Choon, MCM eCom Global Venture Sdn Bhd Chief Financial Officer Lawson Lau Chai Yap and Founder of The T-Shirt Company Sdn Bhd Jesmond Koh Ho Kheng. Also present at the competition were the mentor to Cringeworthy and UTAR Programme Head for Master of Information Systems Dr Winnie Wong Whee Yen, Founders of Fashionpreneur and Cringeworthy Clothing & Co Pang Chong Xian and Yap Swee King who are both UTAR Software Engineering students, and UTAR Department of Internet Engineering & Computer Science Head Ts Dr Madhavan Balan Nair.

The list of winners is as follows:

• Champion: Danevin Team (University of Nottingham)
• 1st Runner Up: Starwood Vista Team (UTAR)
• 2nd Runner Up: Trendsform Team (INTI International University & Colleges)
• Consolation: Robotech Team (UTAR), Sheepy Team (Saito University College)

The winning prize for the champion was 50 T-Shirts including the printing worth RM1,750. As for the team who won the first runner-up and second runner-up, they received 30 T-Shirts including the printing worth RM1,050 and 20 T-Shirts including the printing worth RM700 respectively; while the prize for the consolation winners were 10 T-Shirts including the printing worth RM350.