As if the world of fashion isn’t colourful enough, this new & upcoming designer has shed a new ray of sunshine on the industry. Meet Maarten Van Der Horst the designer with the ‘party beach fun’ aesthetic. Maarten was born to an Indonesian mother, and a Dutch father, and was brought up in the Netherlands....
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Who’s that girl?… For those who haven’t heard of Kuwait born designer Sophie Anderson, this is about to change. Unleashing her prints on the world of fashion her talents are definitely on the “watch list” of those in the know. The motto here is the brighter and bolder the better, this designer should come...
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If unique and luxurious stilettos make you weak at the knees, I am glad to announce there is a new shoe-designing extraordinaire on the horizon. Meet Richard Braqo the up and coming hailing from Ghana. Richard, who is now based in London, moved to NYC at the age of 18 and studied at Parsons...
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With just two years worth of sensational collections, the relatively new London-based fashion designer Soojin Lee is already making her own fashion footprint in the industry. She introduces us to the colourful side of life with refreshing bursts of summer shades and a distinctive taste of oriental prints. Soojin originates from South Korea...
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Moving from one job to the next is no doubt daunting for many of us but moving to a new industry? Now that is a whole different ball game. From designing buildings to designing clothes, Adriana Voloshchuk demonstrates that no dream is too big. Meet the designer who realised that fabricating beautiful garments for...
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I think it is fair to say that everyone loves a surprise. So when a pair of Pinucci shoes is being delivered to a customer,it gets wrapped in a bag, then put into a box and tied with an embroidered ribbon. Meet the designer, Alexandra van Breckel, who is both the founder and creative...
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It sometimes takes eleven years of work in insurance business and one trip around the world to realise you want to be a designer. Nicola Woods got to Tokyo to find out what she really wants is a career that will offer infinite opportunities and chances. And because it’s never too late, at the...
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Xsenia Runa and Olya Shiskina are not your typical designer duo. They share not only the same vision, but similar backgrounds and a deep understanding of their designs. Although they first met at Central Saint Martins, after graduation they each established their own separate labels. Their decision to work together was actually spontaneous. Probably why...
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Creating original and extraordinary fashion is one thing, but the ability to do so in a manner that maintains mainstream appeal is a truly rare achievement. An achievement, which Georgia Hardinge has nevertheless managed to attain with impressive consistency. Her designs are, on paper, an utter fashion paradox; avant garde yet wearable, outstanding yet...
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‘Aged 18, I started designing my first bag. It was for my mother and I took great pride and pleasure in seeing her wear and style it. Her friends spotted the bag and that’s when I stared to think I might have the beginnings of a business.’ Born in 1986, Ethan was part of the...
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‘Getting into fashion was an accident, like most things in my life’ Simeon Farrar laughs. We meet at his exhibit in the basement of the Pirus store on Newburgh St. The exhibition is called ‘Of Rainbows and Halos’ and it consists of colourful prints, melting glass bottles, canvases that, hung in the right order,...
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I ambled wide-eyed through the exhibitions at London Fashion Week, coming to a stand still beside the collection of Sarah Angold. I was wowed by an extravaganza of geometric shapes and intricate structures which, though showcasing such apparent aesthetic complexities, still somehow bore a remarkably sleek and simple appeal. The exhibition demonstrated an extraordinary...
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