Haute Couture Week | Atelier Gustavolins
Kicking off French Couture Week was Atelier Gustavolins. One of main factor that sets this show apart from the others were the introduction of couture for men. I love how Gustav gave a new meaning to the empowered women and the silhouettes follow suit, giving a modern androgyny look that I’m sure the...
Haute Couture Week | Julien Fournie
For anyone who is familiar with Fournie, you sure know that you’re in for a show or what I like to call it; a scene out of grease! The audience for the show got pumped as the 90s disco music started blaring and breaking the silence of the pavilion. In comes the first...
Haute Couture Week | Maurizio Galante
I came into the Maurizio show with a open mind as I was not familiar with his name. There were a slight buzz I overheard at the holding area about him that he was the reigning king of details in his work. This statement was just so eager to prove itself and it...
Haute Couture Week | Sustainability Fashion
Winners of the sustainable fashion competition opened Japan Couture Week and boy was I impressed with the pieces. I’m all for fashion as a platform for a good cause so for the 3 designers to incorporate the element of sustainability and fashion, thus produced something that looked as good as pieces from the runways...
Haute Couture Week | Yumi Katsura
Yumi Katsura, a veteran coutourier from japan and i make no qualms about her long years in the business. i felt all the girls in her show are very well fitted, yumi understands the woman’s body very well and i am certain that the girls that walked down in those amazing dresses and...
Haute Couture Week | Yiqing Yin
One of the designers at this year’s couture week that I personally anticipated for is Yiqing Yin. Maison Yiqing, as what i’d like to call her, created clothes for the daring, adventurous woman who constantly find herself breaking out of normalities. One of my favourite statements of yiqing that I felt embodies...
Haute Couture Week | Junko Shimada
Coming into fide, I conjure several imagery of couture i derived from years of admiring pieces from websites, magazines and other forms of media. En routé to the pavilion, I was completely marveled at how people took the effort to be undeniably well dressed and ultimately gel so well with the theme for the night....
Melk Z da | Spring/Summer 2012
“Leaves, leaves, beautiful leaves… I saw them as the background on many self portraits of the famous Mexican artist Frida Khalo, and I tried to revisited them through the thousand species of the Brazilian flora, giving them shapes for the looks of Spring-Summer 2012.” says designer Melk Z da at his atelier on northern city...
Profiling | KRANE Design
KRANE Design, led by mastermind Ken Chow, saw a progression of the 1940’s military theme that they’ve been building upon since the beginning for this year’s A/W collection. The collection was showcased in an intimate studio space in Toronto’s Heritage Court for the Toronto Fashion Week, where select pieces of the KRANE bag collection were...
Blueprint 2011 | New Waves in Singapore
To say that there was a new, more purposeful generation of designers at last Saturday’s Blueprint Tradeshow at Marina Bay Sands would be the understatement of the year. Not only did the brands showcase a myriad of different ideas and fresh creations, the Star Creation 2010/2011 home winners prove that home-grown talent is not something...
Colour Theory
Helen Lee is a Shanghai-based designer who has a very personal take on fashion. It may not be uncommon for other younger Chinese designers to look to European and Milanese trends for inspiration to construct their collections. Lee, however, takes inspiration from the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai; tapping its past, present and with her designs,...
Men’s Fashion Week | JBB*
JBB* by Jirawat Bote Benchakarn opened the Asian New Generation Showcase to critical acclaim. The collection’s clean lines, vibrant hues and preppy outlook struck a chord with the audience. With the assortment of shorts taking centre stage, the collection boasted a summer feel that proved to be wearable even in our humid climate. It also...
S/S ’11 COLOR RUSH | RUNWAY Stills
Lo and behold, the runway stills. We recently held our inaugural fashion show, “COLOR RUSH”, showcasing our newest offerings for Spring/Summer ‘11. Featuring menswear label ALABELBY, and womenswear labels Kaal E. Suktae and doii paris; the show stayed true to its name and promised a flurry of colours in its outfits, steering clear of the...
