The University of Northampton’s School of The Arts Graduate Fashion Show at Royal & Derngate took place on the 23rd June featuring collections from graduating Year 3 students from the Division of Fashion and Textiles, as well as a Year 2 collection. What impressed me most about the participating designers-to-be were their unflinching enthusiasm for… Continue Reading
Fashion retailing/garment manufacturing has always been one of the most competitive industries; it is largely due to its complicated and dynamic macro and micro environments which closely link, and at the same time interact with each other. Externally, the economic downturn caused by the financial crisis once sweeping across Asia, the advanced technology and sophisticated… Continue Reading
This the second time I attended Hong Kong Fashion Week. The last time I shot the models on the runway in Fall/Winter collections 2010 by some brilliant young emerging local Hong Kong designers was in January. Being 17 years old, Hong Kong Fashion Week has evolved into one of the biggest and most glamorous fashion… Continue Reading
I got that attached feeling to the Taiwanese designer Wang-Chen Tsai-Hsia for Shiatzy Chen probably because I myself am half Taiwanese (my mom’s Taiwanese) and born in the States. Wang-Chen started her fashion career in the 1970s as a seamstress in a clothing store in Taiwan, and has become the founder/design director of Shiatzy Chen… Continue Reading
Here comes another delicious and my most favorite collection in the show by Wines Chan, the designer of WinZchan whose “A Passer-By” represents a kinda transitory love. Classical inspired, romantic and elegant are the best words to describe her works. The collection was based on inspiration from the poem “une passante” by Charles Baudelaire and… Continue Reading
Before the closing of the season, I wanna share with you my 10 best in the “Big Four” Fashion Weeks 2010 spring/summer. What about yours?? #01 Bottega Veneta, the Detail The organza red carpet gown in red best elucidates the aesthetics in a subtle manner. Love it!! Continue Reading