Honouring tomorrow’s designers at The Spirit of Otis Fashion
Kai He Top Christina Kim and Natalie Salvador. Above Johnny Was. According to Coco Chanel, ‘Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.’ Otis College of Art and Design, founded in 1918, takes its students toward a path of art and ingenuity. It hosts an unforgettable annual black-tie gala where young designers, mentored […]
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 […]
Round-up: G by Guess launches Fast & Furious 6 capsule; Madrubb shows Latex fashions for spring
Top A Fast & Furious 6 tie-in from G by Guess. Above Madrubb, the Madrid Latex fashion company, launches its spring–summer collection. The Fast and the Furious franchise might not be Lucire readers’ cup of tea, and our closest connection to it was when we featured actress and former Miss Israel Gal Gadot on our […]
Paul Tanner Top Jessica Minh Anh of J Model Management poses on board Le Jean Bruel, wearing Les Folies De. Above War on Want campaigner Vera Weghmann puts a ’34p’ tag on an Adidas product at its flagship store in London. Lucire always looks after its alumni: Samantha O’Reilly, who was interning here last month, […]
The Westpac Young Fashion Designer Competition is on again for 2012
Westpac will run its Young Fashion Designer Competition again this year, for its third outing, at New Zealand Fashion Week. Now established on the fashion calendar, it claims to be the country’s most prestigious award for emerging designers. Top prize includes NZ$5,000, mentoring from a New Zealand designer, and dedicated banking advice. Three […]
New label, Love Hotel, gets the attention of Buy New Zealand Made and Kirkcaldie & Stains
Among those new labels getting exposure for the first time at Wellington Fashion Week recently was Love Hotel, the work of former Lucire team member Ella Garland-Levett, and her sister, Harriet, both of whom are graduates of Massey University. The label has gained the support of Buy New Zealand Made, and will retail at […]
Paris’s Emerging Trends show announces industry professionals to judge upcoming fashion talents
Beginning July 7, emerging designers will have a chance to have their creations judged by industry professionals in Paris. The Emerging Trends Fashion Challenge—Paris, produced by the Synergy Events of Boston with Hype Fashions in Nice, is a fashion design competition for up-and-coming international designers. It is part of Synergy’s series of Emerging Trends shows, […]
Cracow Fashion Awards showcase on-trend young talent
The Cracow Fashion Awards had their 16th showcasing this past month in a dramatic and spectacular fashion. Fifty-one collections were showcased within this three-hour event that highlighted some of the graduates form the local school of art and fashion design. Winner of the biggest award of the night, Anna Walicka, seized upon the curvilinear […]
Australians sweep most of the top prizes at ID Emerging Designers’ Awards 2012
Twenty-eight design graduates from some of the world’s most prestigious fashion schools descended upon Dunedin for the 13th annual ID Emerging Designers’ Awards last Thursday night. Entrants from as far afield as Austria and Israel brought inventive and masterfully constructed pieces, hoping to attract the attention of some of this industry’s top professionals. Events coordinator […]
Yuima Nakazato’s collection at Japan Fashion Week expresses a Future/Classic theme
Japan Fashion Week Organization Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo opened its door on Sunday. This is the second season since Mercedes-Benz came to Tokyo to sponsor Japan Fashion Week. Since then, the designer line-up and runway shows have become more solid. The key visual for this season’s collections is Future/Classic. Art Director, Kaie Murakami, expresses […]
