Archives: Asia
Mirror Pieces of Thakoon
Thakoon’s Fall 2009 shoe collection: heels with mirror pieces and silver lining. ??! (images are taken from: obsessedwithshoes.com)— Puti Karina Puar • March 30th, 2009
Yohji Yamamoto Semi-Circle Bucket Bag
If you’re Yohji Yamamoto’s fanatic and interested in unusual shape of handbag, then you really have to check this one out. Semi-Circle Bucket Bag. With rounded leather base, flat leather shoulder strap, interior zipped pocket, cell phone, and patch pocket, and polished silver metal hardware. The dimension is 11.5? L x 15? H x 8? [...]— Puti Karina Puar • March 26th, 2009
Andrew Gn
Well, maybe you all aren’t familiar with this name. It would still even come up zero result when you search his name in Wikipedia. However, he’s another Asian designer, born in Singapore, and now living in Paris. What’s so catchy about his collection, beside the luxurious fabrics used, is: the pieces are really his handwork, and [...]— Puti Karina Puar • March 12th, 2009
Peter Som
Another oriental faced designer: Peter Som :) Peter Som’s aesthetic of unstudied elegance and refined sexiness has brought a fresh point of view to modern American fashion. Peter grew up in San Francisco, a city known for its easy, relaxed sophistication. His parents–both architects–instilled in him the ideals of purity of form, function and composition. Today, [...]— Puti Karina Puar • November 15th, 2008
Random Facts (I)
Hyoni Kang’s real name is Kang Seung-Hyun. She was born in 1988 and won the Ford ‘Supermodel of the world’ award 20 years later, becoming the first model of Asian ancestry to win the Ford ‘Supermodel of the world’ award. GO ASIA! :)— Puti Karina Puar • November 11th, 2008
Rei Kawakubo
Asian designers rock! They can even use French name without leaving oriental style :) Rei Kawakubo (??? ?, Rei Kawakubo born 1942-10-11 in Tokyo) is a Japanese fashion designer, founder of Comme des Garçons. She is untrained as a fashion designer, but studied fine arts and literature at Tokyo’s prestigious Keio University. After graduation, Kawakubo worked in a [...]— Puti Karina Puar • October 27th, 2008
Min Young Lee
Talking about Muléh, I was curious with an Asian name: Min Young Lee, curious to know more about this designer whose collection is available in Muléh. Well, I instantly fell in love with her loose silk dresses and tops. They look comfortable and charming, especially the ones with antique patterns. Min Young Lee surely has the [...]— Puti Karina Puar • October 2nd, 2008
Limi Yamamoto, Like Father, Like Daughter
Everyone knows Yohji Yamamoto, but not the fact that he’s got a daughter who wanted to play bass guitar in a rock band then ends up in Paris with her own label, Limi Feu. Limi Yamamoto presented reflection of new Japanese aesthetics as in Japanese women, with more common body types, none like usual model parade, [...]— Puti Karina Puar • June 8th, 2008
Doo-ri Chung, Another Breaking Out, Asian Faced, Attention Catching and Heart Stealing Designer
It’s so interesting to talk about breaking-out, Asian born, attention catching and heart stealing designers. Doo-ri Chung is a Korean-American. She was prized $200,000 (also came with a Lexus and a Montblanc watch) as the first winner of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition in 2006. And the same as Thakoon, she also designed the limited [...]— Puti Karina Puar • May 11th, 2008
Batik: Indonesia’s Latest Trend is Coming Home
Batik, the Indonesia’s original attire is becoming the latest girlie fashion trend these days in big cities of Indonesia such as Jakarta, and Bandung. Batik is dominating the display of girls’ clothing stores, and it comes in various patterns and designs. This phenomenon is quite surprising since batik is usually regarded as old fashioned, and only [...]— Puti Karina Puar • May 4th, 2008
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