Electrifying prints – check! Sleek and modernistic silhouettes – check! And chic-ness – check! Well, it seems that RI by Carrie’s brand new collection for the Autumn/Winter 2013 season is simply spot-on on the emerging and somewhat tantalizing trend for the season, with an absolutely right dose of prints. Titled ‘Tribes of the Future’, the…
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The occurrences of fashion and art may seem dim-a-plenty these days, but what about fashion and architecture? You see, architecture in itself has always been a source of inspiration for fashion designers since the heydays, with similar foundation formulas being the main reason behind it. In architecture, the rule is always: ‘form follows function’, and likewise in…
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So the rumour is indeed true! i.t, Hong Kong’s hottest multi-label concept store is landing in Singapore, right in the heart of Orchard Road at Wisma Atria in mid-June 2013! Set to be the first Southeast Asian flagship i.t store, with a huge and spacious retail space of 10,200 square feet, the Singapore store will…
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Fresh from the runways of London Fashion Week 2013, Maria Grachvogel, who is dubbed as one of Britain’s top designers, was here in Singapore to present her Spring/Summer 2013-14 collection at Paragon Shopping Centre last Thursday. Hosted and produced by fashion producer Daniel Boey and team, the night kicked off with dresses, jumpsuits and sleek…
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Ground Zero’s Philip and Eri Chu transform sci-fi tropes into fashion-forward, avant-garde designs at Paris Fashion Week.
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Let me first start with a disclaimer: “To classify illustration artist So Hyeon Kim’s works as mere illustrations would be a severe understatement that could possibility get you arrested, and perhaps persecuted.” Well, you get the drift don’t you? With every pun intended, the message that I’m bringing across is So Hyeon Kim is by far one of…
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In this day and age, where social media has taken over the entire stratosphere, how often is it that you would chance upon incredible works by talented designers or even artists who are especially breathtaking and innovative in their own ways? I’m pretty sure that happens very often, don’t they? So cue in Daizy Shely,…
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It is not often that a campaign feels sensual, feminine and powerful all at once. Yet Swarovski Elements manages exactly that with its latest visual narrative, delivering one of the brand’s most striking campaigns in recent memory. Fronting the series is South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel, photographed by legendary British image-maker Nick Knight. Renowned for…
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This season, the trusty clutch gets itself extremely bejeweled and glamed up. Journeying into the tenth year of the brand since its debut at London Fashion Week in 2003, jewellery label MAWI LONDON by designer Mawi Keivom steps up the fashion game this Spring/Summer 2013 with a climatic foray into new genres, as part of…
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Helmed as the Grand Finale show at Fidé Couture Week 2012, Parisian Haute Couturier On Aura Tout Vu impressed and surprised with a big bang. With an inclination to spur surprises on the fashion runway, the couture label by head designers Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samoilov are well-known for creating runways that are almost akin to a…
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For Paris-based Japanese Couturier Junko Shimada, channeling strong vibes of vibrancy and optimism has always been the game plan for her. Her clothes are fun and youthful, staying true to her signature cheeky style, and that’s what we have always liked about her. The couturier, who was in town last week to present her Spring/Summer 2013 collection at…
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If there is any designer whom I would take my hats off to, it would be YIQING YIN. The 27-year-old Beijing-born Haute Couturier, who was here in town last week for the showcase of her couture collection at the French Couture Week 2012 by Fidé Fashion Weeks, was brought up in Paris since the age…
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