Tag archives: Designer
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
Thakoon
It’s really nice to see Asian faces like Doo-ri Chung, Derek Lam, or Thakoon Panichgul in Vogue (February 2008) pages, especially when they are titled ‘Fashion’s Latest Breakout Designers’, and called ‘America’s hottest talents’. Eventhough they are nationally American, but we can still feel their Eastern heritage :) Talking about Thakoon, this talented designer, who grows [...]— Puti Karina Puar • May 1st, 2008
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