After winning first prize for Young Designer at the second annual awards, Paul Shen went on to carry off the gold medal at the inaugural Fashion Design Competition for Young Designer of Asia, held in Taiwan the following year. This led to an invitation from one of the judges, Pierre Cardin, to take up a post as assistant designer at Pierre Cardin's design center in France.
沈勃宏獲得第二屆新人獎首獎後，次年又奪下在台灣舉辦的第一屆亞洲新人獎，因此獲得評審之一皮爾卡登的邀請，赴法國皮爾卡登設計中心出任助理設計師。