Posts Tagged ‘ Fall 2011 ’

The only Indonesian-born designer to show a collection in Paris|Meet Farah Angsana

Farah Angsana

Many designers start up small and then spread their wings into other areas of fashion but for Farah Angsana, this had the opposite effect. Farah Angsana was raised in Singapore, Los Angeles and London and loved fashion from an early age. She would go through fashion magazines for inspiration and then use it to design...
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Meet the Designers behind the label|Commuun

Iku Furudate Kaito Hori

  When people come together it can produce great results. It can help to clear up a community after a riot, or it can produce stunning garments. Commuun is the label set up by Iku Furudate and Kaito Hori. Iku and Kaito are both graduates of Bunka Fashion College and Central Saint Martins. The...
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Meet the Ethical Designer|Christopher Raeburn

Christopher Raeburn

  Most people could alter their clothing by adding a piece of ribbon here or trimming the bottom off a garment to make it shorter. However, not many people could take a collection of recycled clothing and transform them into something new and innovative. That is precisely what Christopher Raeburn has done with his...
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Meet Fashion Designer|Chadwick Bell

Fashion Designer Chadwick_Bell

When a designer comes from a family with a succession of craftsmen,you know they’re going to be good at what they do. Four generations of Chadwick Bell’s family were craftsmen, however Chadwick Bell chose a different path. Chadwick was born and raised in South California. His great grandfather was originally from Scotland but emigrated to...
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Meet the designer who started the label|Carven

Carmen De Tomasso

It is rare that a fashion house, which has been around for decades, gets reinvented for the modern woman. That is precisely what has happened at Carven. Madame Carmen De Tomasso was born in 1909 in Chatellerault. Even though she studied interior design and architecture at Ecole de Beaux Arts, she decided she wanted...
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Meet The Label| A Détacher

Mona Kowalska

Détacher is French for the verb meaning to detach, unbind or untie. A Détacher does precisely that, it detaches itself from current trends and styles to create its own distinct style. The creator of the label,Mona Kowalska, orginiates from Warsaw in Poland. She started her career designing for a number of Italian labels and...
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