Wauzine 004 celebrates 20 emerging designers from Kenya
We’re always happy to champion designers from around the world. In a similar vein, Fashion Scout and Trio Media have gone into the heart of Nairobi to showcase 20 emerging designers from Kenya in the latest issue of Wauzine […]
#Castmemarc: Marc Jacobs launches global casting call to find the next beauty sensation
Could you be the next Marc Jacobs Beauty social media sensation? Marc Jacobs utilizes its famous hashtag #castmemarc once again open to the world, and this time it’s all about beauty. Marc Jacobs is a fun, vibrant and youthful brand, encouraging young people to push the boundaries in fashion and beauty. This is what […]
Unbridled creativity at Raffles College of Design’s Perspective graduate show
The 2014 graduate show from the Raffles College of Design and Commerce, titled Perspective, took place in the big top of the iconic Luna Park in Sydney on December 9. The location could not have been more idyllic, and the weather, which has been very stormy of late, held, allowing all guests and designers […]
Dan Gosling of Stolen Girlfriends’ Club joins DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship judges
Dan Gosling of Stolen Girlfriends’ Club is one of the judges of the seventh annual DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship, a prize his label took out in the inaugural competition in 2008. Gosling joins Max Fashions CEO John Kelly, FINZ chairman Paul Blomfield, and DHL national strategic account manager for fashion and textiles Megan […]
DHL launches 2014’s Fashion Export Scholarship competition
Above Jae Mills of Commoners with models in last year’s competition. DHL has launched its seventh annual DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship, with entries closing October 10. The Scholarship has been known for helping boost New Zealand’s best up-and-coming fashion names, including Stolen Girlfriends’ Club, Lonely Hearts, Twenty-Seven Names and I Love Ugly. Last […]
New Zealand Fashion Week autumn–winter 2015, day three: Hailwood and Kate Sylvester up the standard
Lucire’s fashion and beauty editor Sopheak Seng and photographer Matthew Beveridge look at day three’s mixed bag of shows. New Generation Vibe: Four up-and-coming designers showcasing what they have to offer the fashion world as the voices of the future. Clothes: Like a pick-and-mix bag of lollies, there were some dud and then […]
Joseph Altuzarra, Rihanna, Lupita Nyong’o, Raf Simons, Tom Ford on stage at the CFDA awards
Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com Joseph Altuzarra has been named the womenswear designer of the year, and Rihanna the fashion icon of the year, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) Fashion Awards, in association with Swarovski, at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who presented Rihanna’s award, […]
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, spring–summer 2014–15: the Innovators, Ae’lkemi, Aje
Ultimo TAFE Sydney Institute of Fashion The Innovators’ show featured the work of several recent graduates from the Ultimo TAFE school of fashion, carefully selected as promising future stars. I am always delighted to see fashion which is, like the name indicates, truly innovative and unspoiled by commercial reality. However, most of the garments were […]
Sean Kelly, Lucilla Gray, Soontariya Utto stand out among Massey’s 2013 graduates
Through a sea of black-and-white and sheer chiffon came three stand-outs at the 2013 Massey graduate show, Launch. Sean Kelly’s desert-island-themed collection really stood out, as did the closing designers, Lucilla Gray and her crisp neoprene collection, and Soontariya Utto, with her refined, elegant gowns. Matthew Beveridge/Matthew Beveridge Photography Kelly’s collection, inspired by an […]
Home-town favourite, Rakel Blom, scoops top prize at ID International Emerging Designer Awards
Matthew Beveridge/Matthew Beveridge Photography Otago Polytechnic graduate Rakel Blom won the ID International Emerging Designer Awards last night in Dunedin, with a collection that tapped into the Zeitgeist of global communities and cross-cultural connections. Blom, who originally hails from Iceland, told Lucire, ‘My biggest passion is travelling,’ and that she had ventured through Asia […]
