Currently the most-talked about initiative from LOEWE’s creative director Jonathan Anderson is the limited-edition range of Tan Elephant Mini Bags with stunning beadwork by Kenya craftswomen.
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ONES TO WATCH: EXOCET Paris Merges Savoir-faire and Avant-garde with Innovative Leather Bags
For the final leg of our ‘Hybridity’ issue, we look to EXOCET whose brand ethos transcends a sense of merger between the innovative and the traditional. Based in Paris, EXOCET is a bag label responsible for creating sensational hybrid animal and vegetal figure designs – fictitious creatures – on its convertible box-shaped genuine European leather handbags (even…
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Ausra Osipaviciute Challenges the Limits of the Human Anatomy in ‘Fantplastique’
Counting Solve Sundsbo, Paolo Roversi, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott as some of the photographers who inspire her, fashion photographer Ausra Osipaviciute who is based out of London, UK uses her images to translate her imagination of a different fantastic universe to the world. She often conceives this vision of hers with the aid of post-production…
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Interview with Fashion Photographer Fadli Rahman on ‘Felicia Blaque’ – His Drag Queen Persona
Meet Fadli Rahman, a name synonymous with over-the-top fashion photography and dramatic aesthetics, who decides to transform himself into ‘Felicia Blaque’.
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Chinese Artist Qiu Jie satires yet celebrates the glory of cross-culture and the revolutionary Mao
(images courtesy of Art Plural Gallery) Last Thursday, Art Plural Gallery unveiled the opening of Chinese artist Qiu Jie’s show, featuring 30 latest works by the artist. Couture Troopers was present for the opening that day, and we were absolutely thrilled to see his works in person! Straddling Chinese aesthetics and Western popular culture, the artist deals in…
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German designer Rayan Odyll charms and excites with his ‘Cultural Limbo’ Collection
In our pursuit of life, we have so often looked to higher grounds or planes for inspirations, delving deeply into imaginary concepts or even surrealistic methods to come up with the finest, most innovative idea in the world, yet forsaking the well-diversified surroundings we have around us. But not for Rayan Odyll, a young…
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Simply a prints-mania in London College of Fashion graduate, Archana Ravivarma’s collection!
In every year, countless of fashion graduates present their best collections and for us, we are always on the lookout for the one whose designs truly stand out in a sea of fantastic talents, and for this time round, it is Archana Ravivarma, who has just graduated from the London College of Fashion, that truly catches our…
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