Christian Dior Fall 2012 Couture: Raf Simon’s Delightful Debut
The House of Dior has been saved. All eyes are on the newly appointed Raf Simon, the House’s fifth designer since Christian Dior himself. Eight powerhouse designers – Alber Elbaz, Pierre Cardin, Stefano Tonchi, Franca Sozzani, Marc Jacobs, Donatella Versace, Azzedine Alaia and Diane von Furstenberg showed their support at Simon’s highly anticipated show. The...
TIMESTRINGS: Valentino One-Of-A-Kind Shoe Project 2012
Superb craftsmanship cannot be achieved without the luxury of time. In this Valentino‘s one-of-a-kind shoe project titled “TIMESTRINGS”, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli explore time as an expression of harmony, a celebration of the savoir-faire for which Valentino is famous. There are only 10 pairs of unique shoes created for this project, each identified...
Singapore’s First Haute Couture Week at the First Women’s Fashion Week 2011 (26 – 30 October 2011)
HAUTE COUTURE WEEK in Singapore – is it necessary? At first thought, this doesn’t make any sense. That’s why it took me awhile to compose this blog entry about the inaugural Women’s Fashion Week 2011 to be held at the Expo and Exhibition Centre, Marina Bay Sands. As you know, Singapore ranked 8th in the...
AFF 2011: Francis Cheong Couture feat. Christy Chung
I didn’t attend the Francis Cheong Couture show at Audi Fashion Festival 2011 as I was too tired, and ready for bed. Hong Kong superstar and ambassadress of Marie France Bodyline, Christy Chung walked in the finale of the show is not only the highlight of the show. Local celebrities such as Irene Ang, Nadya...