Category: New York
As a child growing up in China, Shuxian Kong had watched a fashion runway show and was immediately taken aback by the beauty of each collection. It was at that point when Kong became enamored with fashion and dreamt of being a fashion designer. As luck would have it, Kong’s …
Linh La grew up in Vietnam where as a child she would stay up late thinking about creating new fashion designs for her Barbie dolls. As she grew older La realized that fashion was more than a necessity, she saw it as a form of self-expression. So, with no real …
A recent graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Ishwari Vijh learned about fashion in her hometown of Jalandhar Punjab, India and realized she wanted a career in fashion. With a little help from Grandma teaching Vijh some sewing basics like threading a needle, Vijh was left to figure the …
A recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Isabel Hajian has been interested in fashion since the age of five. Not quite sure what spurred her interest, Hajian was sure of one thing, that she would dedicate herself to learning the ways of fashion design. So Hajian set …
As with most young girls growing up, Illene Martoseno loved to play dress up and draw. But her hobbies soon grew into a passion and Martoseno decided that a career in fashion design was the only path to bring her creativity to life. After taking some drawing and sewing classes …
A recent graduate of Parsons School of Design, Andew Kwon, inspired by his mother became interested in fashion at an early age. Seeing his mom use fashion as a tool to help build confidence in herself during trying times instilled a passion in Kwon that continues to burn within him …
NEW YORK, Sep 6, 2019/ FW/ — Yesterday, at Pier 59 Studios Stage C, Supima celebrated its 12th Anniversary Runway show with the 2019 Design Competition finalists. Linh La from the Academy of Art University, Gina (Zinan) Guo from Drexel University, Illene Martoseno from the Fashion Institute of Design & …
NEW YORK, Sep 5, 2019/ — Titled “Once Upon a Time … in Japan,” the Tadashi Shoji Spring/ Summer 2020 collection took elements from the fantasy world of Japanese fairy tales then transformed them to something relatable thus making them grounded into the real world. The result – quiet luxury …
This season, I was inspired by an exhibition I visited at the Serpentine gallery in London. The exhibition titled “Visionary Drawings”, was by Emma Kunz, a Swiss/German artist in the 40’s. I was so inspired by her use and juxtaposition of color in the linear and graphic drawings. She worked …
Earlier this year Tom Ford, the newly appointed chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) made drastic changes to the NFYW September runway schedule, cutting the week down from its traditionally lengthy period to only six days. Following these changes, there were, of course, mixed emotions. This cut …
