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Fresh out of fashion school, Katie Ann McGuigan is living every young designer’s dream. Her work being selected out of hundreds of applicants for Fashion Scout’s Merit Award, gave her the opportunity to showcase her new collection on the London Fashion Week schedule. Not only is this a big deal, but an amazing opportunity to […]

As we walk through the prestigious art deco walls of the Freemasons hall, only to be greeted by a stark white box littered with pink balloons and the the words: “Billie Jacobina 100% Sassy”, we knew we were home. Having won both the Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) Residency Award and the Fashion Scouts Ones to […]

Ahhh… London Fashion Week, we meet again. We kicked off our London Fashion Week journey being graced by Hong Kong born designer Minki Cheng’s latest collection Gone Fishin’. With nostalgia playing a strong part of the brands cultural copyright, Gone Fishin’ remains consistent here. Minki, plays the lead role in her own story, as a […]

If you don’t know what a fashion performance is, perhaps you’ll be seeing more of them in the future. With a heavy focus on both men’s and womenswear designs, Elias Gurrola’s “Creep” is a whirlwind of emotion that pulls from an autobiographical story of the feeling of isolation and limitation one can feel in daily […]

I am a pseudo lover of vintage. I appreciate the sturdy, durable construction, the dainty and sometimes novelty patterns and the overall feeling of being both classy and trendy. Lucky for me that the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show happens 3 times a year on a weekend in February, April, and October.   The first thing […]

Namilia’s F/W 2017 Runway manifesto says “UNTOUCHABLE. UNFLUSHABLE. UNCRUSHABLE.”, a perfect expression for the look and feel of this motocross inspired sportswear-meets-apocalyptic-anarchist-femme-warrior-queen-haute couture line. This year, Namilia turned the phrase “power dressing”– aka for a woman to dress like a man to appear more powerful– completely on it’s head. The first thing to notice about […]

Chinese designer Hu Sheguang is the master of macabre, his trademark theatrical performances invoking the occult, the undead and BDSM fantasies. His A/W 2017 show however was quite a change, presenting an alternatively uplifting side to the usually grisly designers’ repertoire. For this performance Hu Sheguang explored the results of interdimensional connections, alternate universes and […]

The Asia Fashion Collection, also coined as the ‘Global Incubation Project’ is a collective that gives new designers from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong the space and opportunity to showcase their work for New York Fashion Week. Featuring Dairiku, Behind, R.Y/S.H, J.Chung, Ceci, Kevin Ho, and Gahee Lim this season, AFC teamed up with […]

Leaving the below-freezing New York weather to enter a warm and inviting venue swarming with people only made me even more eager to see the upcoming showcase. The venue was packed with an avid audience waiting for the show to start. While awaiting the swim wear brand to begin their show, the question remains- how […]

The bar was set high for Nicholas K this week. Snowstorm Niko hit NYC in the twilight hours of Thursday morning. But, Fashion Week waits for no one. People trudged through the storm to see what the sister-brother design team had in store. Although there were white-out blizzard conditions outside, inside the house was packed […]