Ever the constant innovator, DZHUS has once again dreamed up a line of truly avant-garde garments for her latest collection.
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An Enchanted Forest in Swarovski Winter 2018
Tis’ the season to walk on the wild side with these fantasy-like, animal-inspired jewellery pieces.
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Escape Reality with Irina Dzhus Autumn/Winter 2018
Stand out from the crowd with these unique avant garde fashion styles whilst focusing on one’s own Utopia.
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Relish In The Magic of Disney x Carrie K. Beauty and the Beast Jewellery Capsule Collection
Celebrate inner strength and beauty with the duo’s stunningly exquisite collaboration.
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COS: Let’s Play The Musical Chairs
6 furniture designers play a game of musical chairs. Only 5 chairs are present. Who will be eliminated and who will stay?
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KENZO x H&M: Will It Just Be Another Designer Collaboration From The Swedish High Street Store?
Let’s be honest here – we are feeling quite tired of high street store H&M and their many designer collaborations, and didn’t quite understand the hype behind the last Balmain x H&M collection. So will the upcoming Kenzo x H&M match up to expectations, or is it just another “money grabbing” tactic?
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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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ONES TO WATCH: OTHERNESS by Chrissie Pepels Creates Unconventional Jewellery
While there are loads to choose from, in terms of jewellery and accessories, one do get tired from the sea of sameness. Thankfully for us, we have O T H E R N E S S, a Netherlands-based contemporary jewellery brand by designer Chrissie Pepels, and her unconventional collection ‘Misery‘. What caught our attention…
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Irina Dzhus A/W 2015: A Totalitarian Approach to Fashion
As the year comes to a close, it is time to take stock of Ukrainian designer Irina Dzhus‘s Autumn/Winter 2015 collection entitled ‘TOTALITARIUM‘. One who’s never shy of using architectural silhouettes in her fashion pieces, Dzhus draws her inspiration from the cult of the technocratic – a social movement which arose in the early 20th century…
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Jane Bowler S/S 2016: Innovative Wear for the Modern Day Female Warrior
When East-London designer Jane Bowler first entered the fashion scene in 2011, most people were skeptical about her designs. They were asking questions such as “how can anyone make clothes out of plastic?” and “who would want to wear them?” More so with her ambitious aim of championing a whole new level of sustainability – by transforming plastics…
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ONESIXONE: The Perfect Proportion Between Luxury and LIifestyle
The golden ratio (1.61803398875, to be exact) is a rule designers hold fast to in order to achieve aesthetic perfection. It is also the raison d’etre and inspiration for the name of a new Spanish luxury handbag label, OneSixOne, which upholds the sum of traditional craftsmanship, arts, and culture. Every season, the brand’s creative director Adrián…
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NEWS: Moncler to open its first Southeast Asian Store in Singapore with the launch of its Fall/Winter 2015 Collection
French-Italian fashion and lifestyle brand Moncler will be opening its flagship store – the first in Southeast Asia – in ION Orchard shopping mall in Singapore. This new addition will be joining the brand’s network of 172 mono-brand stores, which Moncler operates globally. It will also be housing the ideal blend of traditional and contemporary apparels from the…
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A Conversation with Professor Tom Inns on the Learning Curves of Design at the Glasgow School of Art Singapore Graduation Show 2015
Nothing can stop the second cohort of graduating students from the Glasgow School Art Singapore, and their director Professor Tom Inns can attest to that. The Glasgow School of Art Singapore was initially conceived in 2012 as a partnership between the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP), delivering years 3 and…
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Department store reinvented at Workshop by McNally & co.
The department store has been the subject in the recent context of fashion business, threading in precarious grounds in the 21st century. It’s relevance has been questioned. It’s ability to survive, as well, has been tested and challenged in all ways possible, especially with the emergence of the numerous online retail platforms. It is with this case study,…
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Thai designer label Vinn Patararin pushes boundaries with technology-driven clothes
Cutting-edge and highly experimental in textile development, VINN PATARARIN is a Thai multi-disciplinary fashion design brand to look out for! It thrills us to discover the brand, which was formed by designer duo Vinn Chokkhatiwat and Patararin Ponprast, who comes from a background of architecture, fashion and art respectively, and hails from Thailand. Vinn has a…
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Juicy Couture goes to Hollywood for its Fall 2014 collection
Hollywood — the ultimate trendsetting place that one could ever lay their eyes upon. For a venue that shines like the stars who dwell within it, Hollywood promises the fruition of dreams amidst a spectacular wave of non-stop entertainment and vitality whilst living the high life. The new Fall 2014 collection from Juicy Couture trails…
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INTERVIEW: UK Designer Amber-Louise Snow Gives Couture a New Perspective with Eco-friendly Approach
IT’S TRUE: The Haute Couture world has been sharply affected by the inflation of luxury and the severe lack of consumer’s appreciation for the “magic” of this specialised craft. For several years, the global fashion industry has been facing an ongoing debate on the value of couture, where some industry players pointed out that couture has…
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STYLISH SHADES WITH A PURPOSE FROM KARLIE KLOSS x WARBY PARKER
. It is a known fact that every woman needs a good pair of sunglass in her handbag, especially in the midst of the Summer season. That is why, we are incredibly stoked to share the news on the latest collaborative line by model Karlie Kloss and eyewear brand Warby Parker. Conceived after an encounter between…
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LASALLE Degree Fashion Show 2014 raises the fashion bar at Audi Fashion Festival
On Saturday May 17, 2014, Couture Troopers had the privilege to witness the works of the graduating fashion design degree students from LASALLE College of the Arts – one of Singapore’s top art college in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London.
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