Oris first worked with Movember in 2017 as part of its vision to bring change for the better and to behave in a socially, economically and ecologically responsible way. Last year, Oris raised CHF 45,000 for the charity, a figure it aims to more than double this year.

Established in Australia in 2003, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas have taken part in Movember across 21 countries and their charity has funded more than 1,200 men’s health projects. Its goal is to reduce the number of men dying prematurely by 25 per cent by 2030.

“Oris is passionate about bringing change for the better and to improving men’s lives, and we’re delighted to be supporting the inspiring mission of The Movember Foundation,” says Oris chairman Ulrich W Herzog.

The Oris Movember watch is based on the signature-designed Big Crown Pointer Date, an iconic design with its fluted bezel and central pointer date hand. It’s powered by an automatic mechanic movement.

Its stainless steel case is 40mm in diameter with black dial. Oris’s shield logo is engraved on the case back and framed with ‘Oris Movember Edition’ and the Movember Moustache logo. The same logo is heat-stamped into the watch’s brown leather strap at 12 and 6 o’clock. It is presented in a special leather pouch with a second tricolour NATO strap stamped with the Movember Moustache logo on the pin buckle.

“The situation is critical. Not enough is being done to support men as they face up to cancer and mental health issues, and too many men are still dying too young. Movember and growing a Mo is all about building the dialogue and making a difference to men’s health,” said Owen Sharp, chief executive officer of the Movember Foundation.

“We want to secure better futures for men all over the world so that by 2030 the number of men dying prematurely is 25 per cent lower than it is now. We’re deeply inspired by the Oris Movember Crew and can’t wait to work with them on spreading the message and raising funds.’

Find out more by calling (02) 163 0555 or visit http://www.TrocaderoTime.com.

The planet’s top models transformed into angels for Victoria’s Secret glitzy fashion show Thursday, donning wings, barely-there lingerie and plaid for a return to New York after a two-year hiatus.
With the show once again on US soil, sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid strode the runway at Manhattan’s Pier 94 with the likes of Kendall Jenner and Victoria’s Secret newcomer Winnie Harlow.
The runway extravaganza of underwear, paired with sky-high stilettos, gladiator boots and the occasional argyle sock, is now in its 24th year. Taped last Tuesday, it will be broadcast worldwide on December 2.
Sixty models put on an Amazonian display of luscious waving locks, impossibly perfect slender bodies and sun-kissed make-up for what is considered one of the most competitive gigs in the industry.
The “Fantasy Bra” – each year the piece de resistance of the collection – was modelled by Sweden’s Elsa Hosk, a $1 million confection of 2,100 Swarovski diamonds that took 930 hours to make.
In the biggest, most typed fashion show in the world, music was provided this year from a bevvy of stars led by Rita Ora. The show was the culmination of weeks of fittings and instagram-trailed publicity for the brand.
The purpose of the lavish spending is, of course, to sell bras and knickers. Last year, the show was held in Shanghai as the US brand sought to push into China’s growing lingerie market.
The 2018 show was distinctive by a collaboration with London-based designer Mary Katrantzou that showcased psychedelic bodysuits.
Brazilian model Adriana Lima said AFP backstage in hair and make-up that it never gets old despite being her 18th Victoria’s Secret show.
“I really thought that over the years I would get more relaxed and used to it. I get as nervous, as anxious as I have been,” she said.
“We have fun,” added French model Cindy Bruna.
“It’s not about making sacrifices. It’s about working for what you want,” she said. “We’re here today, so it’s worth it.”
The organisers may have banked on New York hosting a smoother show. Last year, Gigi Hadid and singer Katy Perry, who had been due to perform, were reportedly denied visas to enter China.
Model Ming Xi – who walked again Thursday – tripped last year on the catwalk. In 2016, the show was held in Paris. In the past, it has also been held in Los Angeles, Miami and London.

LEADING FRENCH fashion house Chanel wowed local fashionistas last week with a first for Bangkok – a spectacular showing of the label’s Cruise Collection 2018/2019 on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

The collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld made its debut in May at the stately Grand Palais in Paris. The Bangkok show was a little less grandiose but equally as vibrant, with Pier No 5 on Chareon Nakhon Road chosen to reflect the French-Thai “Chanel Sabai Style” for a warmer climate clientele as well as chic travellers.

From sailor’s trousers to light fabrics, from seaside stripes to espadrilles, the event featured the Chanel’s Cruise spirit, championed since 1919 when Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel became the first designer to offer collections for sunny holiday destinations.

For this second iteration of the collection, guests were invited to rendezvous at the prestigious Mandarin Oriental Hotel where they happily mingled and pondered where the tenders would take them for the show, the venue of which was set to be a surprise.

Among the passengers boarding the traditional Thai boats to cross the river were Chanel ambassadors Lily Rose Depp, Tilda Swinton, Caroline de Maigret, Soo Joo Park, Pharrell Williams and Gaspard Ulliel along with Hong Kong actress Angela Yuen and Taiwanese singer 9M88. Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana was also in attendance as the guest of honour.

Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, models Aokbab and Linn Mashannoud, actors Nittha Jirayungyurn and Anne Thongprasom joined the celebrity guests as they disembarked at the disused Sermsuk warehouse, re-imagined for the occasion as a playful marina and named Pier No 5. As might be expected for an event of this calibre, security was tight and admission tightly controlled.

Upon arrival at the landlocked deck of the whimsical cruise ship La Pausa, the ambience was chic and cheerful, with light fabrics and fluid silhouettes deferring to a top travel destination in the tropics.

Models showed off the lighter and comfortable candy-coloured fashions in cotton, silk and the House’s iconic tweeds, echoing Coco Chanel’s visions for those spending time yachting and in spa towns, seaside resorts and sun-drenched destinations. Outfits inspired by sailor suits were revisited in woollen jersey, then in silk jersey. Soft and fluid, they were practical for daily wear but never lost that established Chanel allure.

“My earliest memory isn’t of a boat, but of the sound of a boat”, Karl Lagerfeld told the press at the launch of the collection in Paris.

Tweed dresses were narrow and ultra-short, flirting with the line of a tunic. The iconic jacket, fastened with La Pausa stamped buttons, morphed into a double-breasted blazer dress and could be worn alone or with a white pleated skirt. Larger jackets hid tweed miniskirts beneath them. Tweed outfits had rounded, voluminous shoulders and were worn over skater skirts. The suit also made a return adorned with flat pleats, accompanied by a little skirt, carrot-leg trousers as well as Capri pants. Dresses in tweed or cotton poplin came with an accentuated high waist and were finished with smocking. Crop tops in crepe de Chine printed with cruise liners and roses were coupled with fluid trousers while long lightweight coats in cotton were embroidered with escaping multicoloured threads, echoing the streamers thrown down to the dock at the moment of departure.

Berets, round sunglasses, precious cuffs, fingerless gloves, sautoirs and beaded belts were among the accessories adding an extra dose of chic. The bags in whites, blues and pinks, seemed to have also set sail – the largest were supple and swathed in netlike rope, others were held with rope straps and the saddle bags were beach-ready in printed waxed canvas.

Bound by blue, red, pink and white feathers, little strappy dresses sprang to life. Gasps of wonder could be heard at the suit woven from multicolour threads in the style of tweed.

For evening, Lagerfeld suggested grand pleated dresses in crepe de Chine or printed chiffon, and a long sheath dress buttoned all the way, with ruffles sharpened like watery blades. Crop tops and their godet skirts in black fishnet or navy-and-white crochet revisited the sailor spirit, while the skirts lengthened into long dresses with black and white entirely sequinned stripes or in a speckled tweed. Backs were left nude as dresses worked with tails draped from the bust to the lower back, and on the sheath dresses in mesh fishnet embellished with aqua, white and coral sequinned chevrons. A final sheath dress, with a wide belt, was completely sequinned and hand painted with “waves of love and the sea”, as described by Karl Lagerfeld.

And with the night falling and a sky kissed by stars, the good ship La Pausa was made for dancing. Local hip-hop heroes Thaitanium featuring Srei were there to up the entertainment quota, Soo Joo Park acted as DJ, and fellow Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams took to the stage for the first time in the country.

The luxury fashion house marked its debut in Bangkok with a panel style talk dubbed “L’Allure de Chanel” led by three close friends of the House –model, author, entrepreneur, and brand ambassador Caroline de Maigret, model Soo Joo Park, and Amanda Sanchez, who has been the Chanel in-house model for more than 17 years.

The discussion shed light on the women’s history with the House and how Chanel has influenced the evolution of their style. Sanchez told the audience that she likes to see the whole process from the first sketch to real life.

“In Chanel, everything starts from Karl’s sketches. The full silhouette, and then we have the passionate people who work towards the same goal to make the perfect clothes. That makes the energy. I also like the graphics and the movement when you walk. It’s like you look at the black dress and see all the details. You may not be the sexiest woman in the room but you are certainly the most interesting. There is something intellectual about it,” she said.

“I have a hard time describing my style but I like to have fun and take chances and do my research and see my options before finalise my outfits,” Soo Joo explained. “I love the black jacket and am always drawn to costume jewellery.”

A Parisian to her core, Maigret added that she loves the passion and the sophistication of the brand and prefers to work around one statement piece then choose accessories that enhance it to create the elegant and efficient look.

And finally, in a gesture that young Thai fashion students will remember for years to come, Chanel invited those attending courses at Sasin School of Management, Chulalongkorn University, Mahidol University International College, Assumption University, Raffles International College, Bunka, and the alumni programme of Istituto Marangoni to discover the savoir faire inherent to Chanel by viewing the 2018/19 Cruise collection up close. The masterclass was led by the brand’s president of Fashion Activities Bruno Pavlovsky and Tyler Brule, editor-in-chief of Monocle magazine.

BANGKOK GETS SMARTER

– Until the end of this month, the public is invited to travel through the Cruise 2018/19 collection through unique animations adjoining the label’s boutiques in Bangkok.

– In front of Chanel’s Siam Paragon boutique, visitors can explore the collection’s theme of a whimsical cruise ship, strolling on the Pier No 5 and admiring a lighthouse in the brand’s iconic black-and-white colour palette. A smokestack structure has been revisited as an exhibition space complete with screening room.

– At Central Embassy boutique, five masts recall sailing ships while evoking words musing on the cruise theme. This voyage begins on a path patterned in the blue and white stripes of the mariniere top that Gabrielle Chanel famously wore as early as the 1920s.

“YOU HAVE to struggle so hard to make your voice heard – that’s why Lagos will always stand out,” model Larry Hector says of Nigeria’s gritty yet unquestionably glamorous mega-city.

The statuesque 20-year-old dressed all in white is standing backstage at the Lagos Fashion Week surrounded by a dizzying array of lush fabrics and gazelle-legged models.

A generator throbs in the background – the answer to Nigeria’s erratic power supply and a symbol of perseverance in the face of adversity.

“We’re always pushing for something we haven’t seen before, something that’s out of this world,” says Hector. “Now we have international people, starlets, celebrities from Paris, Milan, New York – everyone is coming to see what Lagos is about.”

Models show pieces by Cynthia Abila during the Lagos Fashion Week, which aimed to promote the Nigerian and African fashion industries./AFP

Fashion designers in Lagos are being courted by international taste-makers looking for talent and inspiration at a time when Afrobeat and African fashion are taking the United States by storm.

The success of Lagos Fashion Week, which ended on Saturday, shows the growing appetite for African fashion and its invigorating colours, elaborate prints and standout street style.

A model wears a Kikoromeo creation./AFP

On the Friday, Moofa’s show gave the audience flowing silk dresses and layered looks embellished with lace and accessorised with jaunty white fedoras channelling ’70s funk.

Ugo Monye’s menswear had the audience roaring in delight. It was set to a re-mixed song from the soundtrack of “Black Panther” and was accompanied by live drummers.

Nigeria has had a bumper fashion year, with A-list model appearances in Lagos and a flamboyant World Cup team that enamoured fans from all over the world.

A model presents a creation by Anyango Mpinga. /AFP

Industry veteran Naomi Campbell came to Lagos in April to walk the runway. She fell in love with the mega-city of some 20 million people, whose “hustle” defines an adapt-or-die creativity. “I didn’t want to leave,” said Campbell. “I feel like Africa, as a continent, is on the tip of explosion. It’s the next destination.”

Not long after, Nigeria was once again in the spotlight for its sold-out football jersey – a neon-green and white zigzag creation worn by the Super Eagles for the 2018 World Cup.

Nigeria, the youngest team in the tournament, not only had the coolest kit but also made headlines for their flamboyant style off the pitch.

“It’s only just got better. I think people are starting to see what we have,” says Amaka Osakwe, the designer behind Maki Oh, one of West Africa’s most celebrated brands.

One of Oh’s shirts, a black blouse with polka-dot ruffled sleeves and lined with the name “Oh” in yellow, made headlines this year after being worn by Lady Gaga on the set of her blockbuster movie “A Star is Born”.

“We’ve shown that we have it and we are worldwide contenders,” says Osakwe.

The appeal is undeniable. “The elegance of intricate African patterns on silk,” gushes Vogue writer Suzy Menkes in an Instagram post about an indigo-blue Tiffany Amber cape by designer Folake Coker.

A model presents a creation by Nack. /AFP

Afrobeats star WizKid, whose gilded street style exemplifies Lagos, has recently done a campaign with Moschino and walked the Dolce and Gabanna runway.

Now the city is emerging as the destination for African designers to show their work.

“Lagos has this vibrancy and energy that is unapologetically African,” says Iona McCreath, a 22-year-old designer from Nairobi, who came to show KikoRomeo. “If you can make it in Nigeria, you can make it in Africa.”

For some, it feels like finally African fashion is being given its due after years of determination and entrepreneurial vision.

“Of course we built this, the world has changed,” says Abrima Erwiah, the co-founder behind Studio One Eighty Nine, a creative collective split between Ghana and New York.

“I think we’re exporting culture,” she said. “It’s very empowering.”

“Fierce, independent and dramatic” are the key words used by creative director Khanidtha Daroonnate in defining the looks of the heroines of Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder”, “To Catch a Thief”, “Vertigo” and “Psycho”. She makes particular references to actresses Grace Kelly, Janet Leigh and Ingrid Bergman, placing emphasis on feminine curves and dresses that expose the neck, shoulders and breast line for a seductive look.

“These actresses ooze old Hollywood glamour and have strong characters that mesmerize the viewer,” she says of her designs for the Screen Sirens collection, which uses layers of ruffles to add charm.

The palette is mainly white and black with pops of such colours as red, beige, light grey and smoky grey adding depth and enhancing angles. High-waisted trousers are paired with masculine tailored blazers with feminine touches, both cut to bring out the Asian body shape.

Fabrics include silk satin paired with velvet and enhanced with chiffon.

The Cruise collection 2018/19, inspired by Chanel’s veteran German designer Karl Lagerfeld’s native city of Hamburg, arrived on the Chao Phraya.

Tilda Swinton, Pharrell Williams, Lily-Rose Depp and other celebrities attended the event.

The latest collection featured glided naval silhouettes that Lagerfeld adorned with the modernism of Chanel.

He revisited their wardrobe with tweed berets while the dresses were narrow and ultra-short, flirting with the line of a tunic.

The jacket, fastened with La Pausa stamped buttons, becomes a double-breasted blazer-dress and is worn alone or with a white pleated skirt.

The Japanese clothing company today announced that it will launch the new “Uniqlo x Alexander Wang” collaboration line in 20 countries and regions around the world on November 9. The range takes the Uniqlo Heattech concept of enjoying light and fashionable dress even in cold seasons and expresses it with new ideas, creating LifeWear that presents Heattech as more stylish wear.

Two images from the launch campaign “Warmth Reimagined” depict products in an ice block. The metaphorical visual aims to express the thought that Heattech transcends the cold and is warm enough to melt away the ice it is encased in. The campaign speaks to the idea that, even though these items are technically “innerwear”, they may be worn as “outerwear” or as visible layers. There is no reason to hide these beautiful, warming garments. Hence “Warmth Reimagined”.

The new collection of Heattech and Heattech Extra Warm items comprises fashionable innerwear with the original functionality of Heattech, allowing the wearer to be warm and stylish even in cold seasons. The silhouettes are sharp and slim overall, while the women’s tank top features a unique back design and can be styled with other pieces from the collection.

New this season is Heattech underwear, which is available in both men’s and women’s lines for the first time. The men’s items include both briefs and boxers, while the women’s range has a bra and shorts. The waist is adorned with a logo, for a design wearers will want to casually show.

The collaboration line includes a range of colours from Alexander Wang’s classic black to neon green. The line also incorporates neo-futuristic elements and sporty stylings, such as glossy rib materials reminiscent of 80s fashion. The visual presentation of the comfortable, bias weave fabric is another characteristic of this collection. The fabric itself uniquely changes with body movement, with V-shaped patterns appearing on the surface.

Find out more at http://www.Uniqlo.com/alexanderwang.

Drawing inspiration from mythical creatures, winter flowers, strong women and fragile femininity, leading Thai brands Tube Gallery, iConic, Rotsaniyom White Label and Six PM showcased their latest collections recently at Siam Center’s Absolute Siam zone.

Phisit Jongnarangsin and Saksit Pisalasupongs of Tube Gallery looked to the Thai ballet “Manorah” for their outfits, envisaging the bird princess performing gracefully in a garden filled with flowers for their “Secret Garden” collection.

Highlighting flowers and feathers, the ultra feminine apparel featured colourful floral embroidery on a pastel background in an elegant structure enhanced by sequin embroidery and bead hand stitching in deeper hues.

IConic’s Akrawut Panthumvanich was inspired by Karen Blixen, who pioneered coffee farming in Kenya and turned the country into one of the world’s largest coffee producers. The autumn-winter collection dubbed “Procaffeinating” re-interpreted her story by incorporating a sense of playfulness, romanticism, and a coffee aroma into prints of a scenic coffee plantation. Acrylic brushstrokes were turned into unique Kenyan tribal patterns and multihued animal prints while details of coffee flowers added a touch of sweetness.

Rotsaniyom White Label by Pongsak Suprratccheep and Thita Kamonnetsawat, meanwhile, took asymmetry to a new height. The designers re-interpreted the brand’s signature white lace and overlapping patterns to combine femininity with effortlessly cool look. White t-shirts were layered over a lace dress and shiny materials added a novel dimension.

The pair were inspired by the saying, “The sun sometimes circles around the earth”, which makes reference to an individual who shines as brightly as the sun. “The sun may sometimes think that it is the centre of universe. However, it is not the only one in the universe. So, the sun must learn to follow others and sometimes the centre of universe may shift,” the designers noted.

Known for its rebellious attitude, Six PM by Chanchai Suwannachaya presented “Quiet Art”, a collection inspired by how artworks in their silence can shout out hidden attitudes and feelings. The outfits were created using unique and creative techniques and presented in monochromatic colours representing silence spiced up with bright colours like red, yellow, and blue.

The collection also applied fun techniques such as colour stains and graphics expressing different emotions.