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Fall for Yellow
What pops up on your mind when you see yellow? Mellow? Bright? Banana? Thakoon said, “It’s so punk, and a little dosage of it can really punch things up,” and he applied it to a prim suit. Burberry Prorsum, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang and other dozen of designers also brought yellow to the [...]— Puti Karina Puar • July 21st, 2008
Thakoon’s Latest Collection
Thakoon’s latest collection shone on me so much. Look at those metallic look, with those long socks, and the shoes. Awesome! (Source: Style.com)— Puti Karina Puar • July 16th, 2008
Indigo Batik
Eco friendly color is not always green. It can be indigo! And while batik is really on vogue, indigo dyed batik fabric is a good news for double-agents of fashionista and earth lover. Indigo colored batik is made in three stage process of waxing dyeing and de-waxing. The artisans mixes extract of indigofera leaves with water [...]— Puti Karina Puar • July 12th, 2008
Collar on War
A bit exaggerating title, but somehow this fall, the designers seem to p(l)ay much attention to the necks. Here are some photos from the runway. (source: style.com)— Puti Karina Puar • July 9th, 2008
Into The Wood(s)
Talking about international trend, people have started preparing for winter already. Prints and colors from forests are getting on! (source: style.com)— Puti Karina Puar • July 7th, 2008
Mikio Sakabe
Still from Japan Fashion Week Fall 08-09, another designer that caught my attention was Mikio Sakabe. She showed chic and playful outfits, made us feel like watching the dolls were walking on the runway. Mikio Sakabe graduated from ESMOD Paris in 2002, and continued her fashion education in Hogeschool Antwerpen, Fashion Department, Antwerp, Belgium, to 2006.— Puti Karina Puar • July 4th, 2008
Hisui
Japanese designer are always inspiring. They tend to think out of the box. Like HISUI collection on Japan Fashion Week Fall 08-09 in this picture. Hisui is an arty Japanese brand with Hiroko Ito as the designer. Its signatures are psychedelic, swirling graphic prints and geometric motifs. Hisui’s ingeniousness is a big hit and loved by [...]— Puti Karina Puar • June 29th, 2008
It isn’t Always About Sari
Indian fashion talk isn’t always have to be about sari and other colorful outfits those remind us of quaint Bollywood movies with the stars dancing under the trees. Forget those body moving scenes, and let’s take a look at some photos from some Indian fashion shows in 2008. Trivial thing. Don’t you notice that the models [...]— Puti Karina Puar • June 25th, 2008
Teresa Helbig, Inspired by Anime and Manga
Japanese anime and manga have always been a thing for fashion designer. Teresa Helbig is one of the inspired ones. She turned the armored Japanese warrior princesses vision of Aya Takano(, the manga artist) into clothings for her fall collection and showed them in Paris Fashion Week last February. The clothes gave the image of [...]— Puti Karina Puar • June 21st, 2008
Organic Fashion
Since global warming issue has become global hotness, everything goes (at least tries to) green and organic. Fashion does too. In various interesting ways. In Portland, Oregon, October 2007, there were thirty five independent designers showcased the eco-fashion clothes in the whole eco-friendly event, with eco-friendly styling products, bamboo runway, recycled fabric, paper, sustainable furniture, and [...]— Puti Karina Puar • June 15th, 2008
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