MINJU KIM: THE WINNER OF NEXT IN FASHION

Have you seen Next in Fashion the reality show and fashion design competition series debuting on Netflix in January 2020; hosted by designers Tan France and Alexa Chung.?
 From the first episode I had no doubts: Minju Kim must to win.
The winner receives USD$250,000 and can debut a collection with Net-a-Porter, the luxury fashion retailer. Miju Kim was named the winner of the first season of Netflix's Next In Fashion.  Minju  competed with Chinese designer Angel Chen during the team based portion of the competition and the pair dubbed themselves 'Dragon Princess' As winner Kim received USD$250,000 from Net-a-Porterto launch a collection for sale on their site. Kim was previously the winner of the 2013 H&M Design Award and was shortlisted LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers in 2014 .
Minju Kim is a South Korean fashion designer known for her womenswear and use of bold prints.She  has become known for her unique signature style, which combines a youthful playfulness with haute couture. She studied in New Zealand as a teenager. She originally wanted to attend art school and become a cartoonist, but was encouraged by her parents to study fashion design in Seoul. She studied fashion design at the Samsung Art & Design Institute and another from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. The contemporary women's wear Minju Kim presents season collection since 2014. Each season collection have different concepts, but all of them tells story of brightness and bravery through bold silhouettes and colors. The essential of Minju Kim is illustrated fabrication designed and developed in house maintaining it's unique and hight quality.
Let see the S/S 2020 collection available on Net-a-porter:

CONG TRI: FROM VIETNAM TO THE NYFW

Cong Tri recently debuted at New York Fashion Week with his Fall-Winter 2019 Collection.
 Nguyen Cong Tri was born in 1978 in Da Nang, Vietnam. Graduated with a bachelor degree in industrial design, he marked his step into fashion industry with a sequence of recognitions from renowned awards: New Idea of Vietnam Collection Grand Prix 2000; Bay FM Award of Asia Collection in Makuhari, Japan; second runner-up of Asia Fashion Collection in Singapore 2001. Throughout his devoting 10 years in fashion industry, Cong Tri, under his eponymous brands, has incessantly showcased his collections (named No.1 to No.10) in significant fashion events such as Vietnamese International Fashion Week and Tokyo Fashion Week. In 2014, he was the first Vietnamese member acknowledged by Asia Couture Federation.  Following this, he began to work with singers and celebrities in Vietnam, styling their photo-shoots and constructing signature looks. As this venture grew, he launched the ready to wear brand Kin by Cong Tri in 2009, and KinConcept, his menswear line, in 2011. Nguyen Cong Tri personally teaches his growing atelier to create his designs from laboriously-sourced fabrics, producing fashion-forward designs that are infused with tradition. His signature aesthetic and keen eye for detail combines progressive and hand-made techniques, resulting in collections which feature laser cutting, interlacing, hand-ironed pleating, knitting and hand painting. As his brand developed his creations became increasingly avant-garde, as he moved to the forefront of the Vietnamese Haute Couture industry. In 2013 he became the first Vietnamese designer to launch a dedicated house of Haute Couture. Nguyen Cong Tri’s hand-made garments are easily identifiable due to their traditional identity, imbued with an international contemporary spirit. He inspires and mentors emerging designers to follow his lead and establish a viable fashion industry in Vietnam.
Cong Tri Nguyen is globally recognized by fashion and lifestyle publications with an influential celebrity coverage.
SUMMER 2020 Collection

FALL/WINTER 2019-20

NEW DESIGNER:VAQAR

VAQAR is an Iranian brand founded in 2013 by the sisters Shiva and Shirin Vaghar, both born and raised in Tehran. The brand quickly rose to the spotlight after being successfully shortlisted for the LVMH prize in 2016. It is during this third edition in 2016 that young designers have seduced the jury of experts who has not remained indifferent by their minimalist vision of fashion inspired above all by their Iranian culture. While Shiva is a business graduate, Shirin studied visual arts and both are, considering the lack of suitable Fashion schools in Iran, self-taught in Fashion Design. All at once - structured, layered, flowing and voluminous - their clothing is paradoxical in nature and minimally opulent. They present a very contemporary style, with outfits that are a modern take on the traditional Iranian or Western look.

HELENA&KRISTIE-KOREAN SHOES DESIGNERS

The Helena&Kristie brand was born as a onetime experiment, a distraction from the monotony of corporate design life.
Hong and Ko each chose a name using their initials and reflected their designs. Hong chose feminine and artsy Helena; Ko chose the sophisticated Kristie.
Hong studied fashion in Italy and built her resume at brands like Dolce and Gabbana, Ko began as a designer and built her career at Korean brand Esquire, took over business management with her expertise in the domestic market.
Hong and Ko met as designers at Korean shoe brand Esquire, and they decided to design their own collection that matches their style
The Korean-origin duo designers does design, manufacturing, and sales of footwear for women ever since 2007 Spring and Summer collection. Helena and Kristie show the Italian-leveled design and fine sense of shoe manufacturing skills through Korean artisans spirits. Helena and Kristie keep thinking that the typical and sensational Korean-origin women’s shoe brands have to be emerged and stand-out among competitive and rapid-growing Asian fashion markets.

NEW DESIGNERS:CORALIE MARABELLE

Coralie Marabelle is a french womenswear designer based in Paris.
Graduated from Studio Berçot Paris in 2011, Coralie gained her first experience working for  Hermès  and for the artisanale line at Maison Margiela before joining the womenswear design studio of Alexander McQueen in London.  After winning the Public prize at Hyères’ International Festival of Fashion and Photography in 2014 with her first collection “Dream Catcher”, Coralie Marabelle collaborates among other with Jo Malone London and La Redoute and then she launches her own brand in Paris. Coralie creates ‘couture-to-wear’, anchored in everyday practicality. Minimalist when it comes to volume and the shape of clothing.
Coralie Marabelle also contribute to artistic projects by collaborating with the artist Inge Jackobsen for the A/W15-16 collection, by creating a dress for a contemporary dance performance with the dancer Mélanie Perrier. She finally reveals her first Couture-To-Wear collection for AW16-17 in Paris in March 2016.
L'Oreal Paris has awarded Coralie Marabelle its first Paris Fashion Grant which was revealed by Julianne Moore with 10,000 euros cash prize.
 Coralie Marabelle wants to differentiate herself by creating new textures, by working on volumes and details. She reinvents the garment by manipulating the fabric. She transforms raw fabrics into luxury materials. She plays with the codes and dares to mix and create unusual silhouettes. Build, deconstruct, experiment, shape, cut, embroider, wrinkle, transform, lighten.
 Coralie Marabelle imagines the garment halfway between masculine and feminine wardrobes. She draws her inspiration from large volumes and raw fabrics of the male wardrobe, combined with curves and ornamentation from “Haute Couture” work. She likes mixing sobriety with extravagance to create elegant, original and contemporary clothes.

Coralie Marabelle è una stilista francese con sede a Parigi.
Diplomata presso lo Studio Berçot Parigi nel 2011, Coralie ha fatto la sua prima esperienza di lavoro per Hermès e per la linea artigianale della Maison Margiela prima di entrare nello studio di design di abbigliamento femminile di Alexander McQueen a Londra. Dopo aver vinto il premio pubblico a Hyères 'Festival Internazionale di Moda e Fotografia nel 2014 con la sua prima collezione "Dream Catcher", Coralie Marabelle collabora tra l'altro con Jo Malone Londra e La Redoute e poi lancia il suo marchio a Parigi. Coralie crea 'couture-à-porter', ancorata nella praticità di tutti i giorni. Minimalista quando si tratta di volumi e di forme, Coralie contrappone questo con dettagli e ornamenti massimalisti.
Coralie Marabelle collabora con l'artista Inge Jackobsen per la collezione A / W15-16, con la creazione di un vestito per una performance di danza contemporanea con la ballerina Mélanie Perrier. Nasce la sua prima collezione Couture-à-porter per AW16-17 a Parigi marzo 2016.
L'Oréal Paris per il primo Paris Fashion Grant ha assegnato a Coralie Marabelle un premio in 10.000€ consegnato da Julianne Moore.
Coralie Marabelle si differenzia con la creazione di nuove texture, lavorando sui volumi e sui dettagli. Si reinventa l'abito manipolando il tessuto. Trasforma i tessuti grezzi in materiali di lusso, gioca con i codici e osa mescolare e creare sagome insolite. Costruire, decostruire, sperimentare con forme e tagli, ricamare, trasformare, alleggerire.  Coralie Marabelle immagina una strada a metà tra il capo  maschile e femminile. Trae la sua ispirazione da grandi volumi e tessuti grezzi del guardaroba maschile, in combinazione con curve e ornamenti da "Haute Couture". Le piace mescolare la sobrietà con la stravaganza per creare abiti eleganti, originali e contemporanei.

FALL/WINTER 2017-18 COLLECTION 

SPRING/SUMMER 2017 COLLECTION

 For this new collection Spring-Summer 2017, Coralie Marabelle gravitates towards men’s garments. She draws her inspiration from vintage workwear, combined with details and ornamentation from traditional japanese outfits. Mixed, disrupted, gathered, pleated, lines are a key element of this new collection.

THE COLORS OF ANABELA CHAN'S JEWELS

Anabela Chan is a London and Paris based award-winning jewelry designer and artist, who arrived at jewelry from a prestigious background in architecture, fashion and art. Originally trained as an architect and a specialist in print and embroidery design, Anabela worked with Lord Richard Rogers and Alexander McQueen in London for 7 years before returning to jewellery to launch her eponymous label in 2013. With awards from Vogue Talents and The British Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council, Anabela was named by Harpers Bazaar UK as ’The Jewelry Designer you need to know now'. Anabela trained at the world-renowned Royal College of Art and Gemmological Association of Great Britain. She finds her inspirations from her extensive travels to the exotic and the orient; collecting gems and treasures along the way from local markets, nature and the intriguing people she meets. A champion for sustainable and ethical laboratory-grown gemstones, through an alchemy of precious, natural and man-made materials Anabela combines elegant sculptural forms with dream-like romanticism and thought provoking narratives. Every jewel is hand-crafted individually at the atelier with the finest craftsmanship, combining her love affair with gemstones and an obsession to detail and perfection, to create magical treasures of infinite colours and sparkle that are loved, worn and collected alike. Her flagship boutique is in Ham Yard Hotel . 6 Denman Place . Piccadilly Circus . London . W1D 7A, the most glamorous jewellery boutique in London.

Inspired by the magical Jewels of The Sea, The Opals Poseidon Collection is Composed of 90% silica and 10% water fossilised over millions of years.

The Dark Forest Collection is inspired by fairytales of the night, using a combination of semi-precious stones and natural stones.

The Swallow Collection is inspired by Spring awakening of fresh dew and blossom

Petite Diamonds is a different collection, inspired by the Twinkling Stars of The Night, it's a series of almost invisible skin-jewellery

TWO (VERY DIFFERENT) NEW EYEWEAR DESIGNER

One, Kuboraum, with a minimalistic design, the other, Anna-Karin Karlsson, more eccentric. 
 Livio Graziottin, an artist and designer, and Sergio Eusebio, an anthropologist, cool hunter and stylist, started working together after meeting in Berlin. Some time later, on a trip to Italy, they encountered Antonio Pinyin, an engineer with experience in the eyewear business, and the follow afternoon they drew up the first Kuboraum collection on paper.they work on concepts rather than seasons, they are free from any seasonal trends. Their collection is made up of many concepts and one identity, so sometimes they add to their collection with new models of an existing concept, or a new concept altogether.
Anna-Karin Karlsson is Swedish, she started to work in the oldest and one of the most renowned opticians in London, she developed a deep understanding of the artisanal work. The designer's vision and style originates from the juxtaposition of music, art and the theatrical. In 2010 Anna-Karin moved to a cottage in the Swedish countryside to create couture eyewear. Animals, flowers and three-dimensional prints decorate heavy graphic frames.

Left: Kuboraum - Right: Anna-Karin Karlsson

Anna-Karin Karlsson

Kuboraum

Anna-Karin Karlsson

Kuboraum

PASSION FOR MAVI' TATEN

"Passion"is the title of the Spring Summer 2016 new collection by Mavì Taten.
Passion as joy and pleasure but also as pain and longing, a feeling so strong that it encloses the suffering and enthusiasm. The image of inspiration is that one of grieving Madonnas, devout and suffering for their child, the highest representation of a powerful emotion, and their hearts who find themselves separated, detached or joined in the cuts of the garments.
Natural fabrics, used in the Mavì Taten's productions, have a special texture in this collection: are machined from the sun with the help of masks rush. The energy of the sun burned the tissue as well as passion burns and consumes people. It is linen and cotton that during one year were left to burn in the sun waiting for the pattern desired by the designer who worked on the panels of rattan. With the change of seasons also changed the time of exposure to the sun; 20days, two months, three months, the sun and the waiting.
Another element that has to be created thanks to the fire is the pottery, of which Grottaglie (Ta) hometown of Vittoria Formuso, is a big and important production center. Here were made the brilliant red hearts present in the shooting, through the magical process that combines ceramic materials and natural elements. Again the time then, a fundamental element in the search of inspiration for the brand, as the passion has its own time; some wear out quickly, but always remains the sign.

 “Passione” è il titolo della nuova collezione Spring Summer 2016 di Mavì Taten.
Passione come gioia e piacere ma anche come dolore e struggimento, un sentimento così forte che racchiude infatti la sofferenza e l’entusiasmo. L’immagine d’ispirazione è quella delle Madonne addolorate, devote e sofferenti per il figlio, la rappresentazione più alta di un’emozione potente, e dei loro cuori che si ritrovano separati, staccati o uniti nei tagli dei capi.
 I tessuti naturali, soliti nelle produzioni Mavì Taten, hanno una in questa collezione una texture speciale: sono lavorati dal sole con l’aiuto di mascherine di giunco. L’energia del sole ha bruciato il tessuto così come la passione brucia e consuma l’uomo. Si tratta di lini e cotoni che nel corso di un anno sono stati lasciati bruciare al sole cercando un disegno voluto dalla designer che ha lavorato su pannelli di giunco. Con il cambio delle stagioni cambiava anche il tempo di esposizione al sole; 20giorni, due mesi, tre mesi, sole e attese.
 Altro elemento che prende consistenza grazie al fuoco è la ceramica, di cui Grottaglie (Ta) paese d’origine di Vittoria Formuso, è un grosso e importante centro di produzione. Qui sono stati realizzati i rossi cuori brillanti presenti nello shooting, attraverso il magico processo ceramico che fonde materiali ed elementi naturali.
 Dunque ritorna il tempo, elemento fondamentale nella ricerca d’ispirazione del marchio, perché anche la passione ha il proprio momento; alcune si consumano in fretta, ma sempre ne rimane il segno.