Khemjira Tesprateep, the company’s marketing and public relations director, says the seasonal theme “focuses on structure and comfortable silhouette with a minimalist style.” The collection was launched at a fashion show featuring actors Pachara “Pete” Chirathivat and Thanapob “Tor” Leeluttanakajorn, and Poem’s designer, Chavanol Kaisiri, gave a special talk on design.

“The outdoors inspiration lets us escape from the hectic pace of city life. With scenic nature in mind, Uniqlo’s new designs aim to incorporate functional technology known as hybrid down into this collection,” she says. “We use cotton mixed with down made of feather for better movement but enabling the garments to stay in good shape. It is a kind of wardrobe essential suitable for all type of lifestyles. Natural fabrics can be worn for layering with lightness and breathable materials.”

The colours are pastel green, blue, red, mustard yellow and purple with the key item of the season. “The work and craft range revisits the iconic outerwear and casual basics comprising jeans and chinos, sweatshirts, corduroy bottoms, jumpers with hoods, and cashmere. The concept here is to understand and rediscover workwear in order to seamlessly transition from work to play in comfort and style,” Khemjira says.

“The art and design collection features a modern minimal style that can be dressed up or down with a focus on cashmere and EZY ankle pants. Its inspiration is found in architecture and furniture and industrial designs. Extra fine merino wool and premium lambswool have been upgraded and made more fashionable.

“The inspiration derives from the Nordic style. The loose-fit design trend is back and we’ll soon launch our Fall and Winter 2019 collaboration collection, a process that will feature iconic names like Hana Tajima, Ines de la Fressange and more.”

Leading eyeglass centre Isoptik has partnered with Rodenstock, a manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and a specialist in the development of optical lenses from Germany, to recently launch the “Ultra X Progressive” lens.

Using cutting-edge technology and innovation, the new lens combines draws on elaborate techniques to make a very good fit. It has been designed to make the adjustment to the new lens a user-friendly experience, and is designed to be suitable for every type of activity – all in one pair.

The lens provides sharp and realistic images while viewing computer screens, tablets, mobile phones, as well as for reading books, driving and playing sports for several consecutive hours.

Available exclusively at the Isoptik Eyeglasses Centre, the lenses provide progressive power and infinitely variable sharp vision at all distances. The centre will individualise design of the glasses for each customer in order to provide the highest quality of vision.

The correct glasses are a worthwhile investment, as they can immediately increase the brain’s efficiency and allow people to live life to the fullest.

Somboon Numtipjuntacharern, director of Isoptik Eyeglasses Centre, said they have extensive expertise and are committed to creating glasses are suitable for the behaviour of each customer’s eyesight. “Our ability to see will decrease as we advance in age. When using the brain to force the eyes to see harder, this inevitably reduces the performance of the brain and makes you feel tired easily. This is especially true for those who are around 40 years old and are starting to have problems looking at near objects, forcing them to stare intently and extend the distance of the object,” he said.

Current progressive lens technology can assist people over the age of 40, but it still has its limitations, such as distorting side images and causing great discomfort when turning the head, he said. Focusing on the image is also slow, uncomfortable, and does not feel natural, causing difficulties in gauging distances. The visual quality is low, resulting in the need to focus all the time, therefore causing further problems.

At the launch event for the glasses, Professor Arwut Srisukhri described the importance of having glasses that comfortably fit the eyes. “Currently, I am 89 years old, and previously had to have several glasses. However, when I bought my first Isoptik eyeglass, I could immediately feel the difference compared to using my previous eyeglasses. I could see clearly in both eyes and my side vision was also very clear just like a normal eye without glasses. Now my eyes work very well, I feel it can take me back half of my age.”

Chutinan Bhirombhakdi, the executive vice president of Boon Rawd Brewery Ltd, noted he is “quite active in work, sports, bike riding, and swimming. When choosing eyeglasses, they must be able to fulfill all of my requirements. I used to get glasses in both Thailand and foreign countries, but could not find the ideal eyeglass. Fortunately, I found Isoptik and I have been using just this pair of glasses for last 10 years already.”

The talk ended with Dr Amnuay Santiwipanon, a specialty dentist in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Yanhee Hospital. His daily work requires safety and using his eyes as he looks through a wide range of distances. “Five years ago, my eyes were becoming far-sighted, and I had to constantly remove and put on my glasses, as my work requires me to use my eyes operating on the dentist chair and in the operating room. Therefore, it made work very difficult. Isoptik eyeglasses gave me better vision, with no headaches or further eye pain in my work. My work efficiency has improved.”

Divided into two groups, reporters from close to 20 markets visited the Center to experience firsthand a new washing process that reduces water usage by up to 99 per cent, based on a comparison between Uniqlo 2007 and 2018 Men’s Regular Fit Jeans, and to learn where the innovative water-reducing process sits in the broader sustainability approach of Fast Retailing.

Speaking at the event, Masaaki Matsubara, the Centre’s chief operating officer, said: “The JIC was built from our desire to make denim more sustainable. We are always thinking about design with sustainability in mind. Our vision is of a near future when denim production is much cleaner and less resource intensive, and the Centre is helping to make that a reality for customers everywhere around the world. We have innovated with existing technology, figuring out how to outperform other brands to achieve water savings of up to 99 per cent in the wash process at our full production scale. We never intended to reduce water used for jeans washing by only 10 per cent or 20 per cent. Ultimately we want to reduce water usage to near zero – only this can be considered true innovation.”

The Fast Retailing Jeans Innovation Centre was established in 2016 as a hub for jeans research and development to transform the value of jeans offered by each of the Fast Retailing brands, charged with setting new design and value standards as well as marketplace expectations for denim products. The near-elimination of water from its wash process is one such example of the Centre’s ongoing work to perfect denim.

Fast Retailing is a leading Japanese retail holding company and in addition to Uniqlo, its brands include Gu, Theory, Helmut Lang, PLST (Plus T), Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam and J Brand.

Matsubara also confirmed that from 2020, all jeans by Fast Retailing brands will be produced using the new process, a production scale that will ensure sustainable denim is easy for every Fast Retiling customer to access, at prices that are within the normal range for each brand.

Also in attendance were Yukihiro Nitta, Fast Retailing Group senior vice president of Sustainability, and Veronique Rochet, Fast Retailing group director of austainability. They explained how the Group has built on previous achievements in sustainability to focus increasingly on customer-facing sustainability initiatives, and how the water-saving jeans of the Jeans Innovation Centre are one strong example among several that derive from the approach.

“Our ambition is to redefine what sustainability means in the apparel industry. We want to make sustainable choices effortless and anxiety-free for our customers everywhere, and to leverage the scale of our business to have genuine meaning and impact. Through initiatives like these water-saving jeans, and through other examples, like our commitment to using only sustainable cotton or fully ethical down, Fast Retailing customers everywhere can be part of a more sustainable world, without any special effort on their part and without any compromise on quality or value,” Rochet said.

Following short presentations from Matsubara and Rochet, reporters joined a guided tour of the Jeans Innovation Center, with detailed explanation and demonstration on each major step of the jeans washing and finishing process. The group then visited J Brand to hear firsthand how Fast Retailing’s premium denim brand incorporates today’s elevated lifestyle through sustainability minded jeans.

Wang has ditched catwalks of haughty high-stepping clothes horses in favour of a comedy double act. Instagram star Rickey Thompson and model Cat McNeil star in spoof infomercials that highlight the key features of pieces from “Collection 2” 2019.

The first video focuses on the latest “Wash & Go” line from the “alexanderwang.t” collection. Every piece is machine washable to make life easier for the woman on the go. The jokey infomercial presents everyday scenarios that end up with your clothes being stained, like spilled coffee or makeup mishaps. Thompson plays the slick TV salesman while Cat McNeil is the butt of the slapstick, as buckets of water and other “accidents” ruin her perfect Wash & Go look.

The message? These fashion items are for the woman too busy to send her favourite summer dress to the dry cleaner – because she needs it for a party tomorrow. Or else she’s camping at her favourite music festival and needs to rinse the mud off her tank top at the filling station. Or perhaps she crashed at her friends’ place after a night out on Thursday and needs to freshen up her clothes before she heads into the office. The collection’s mantra is “work, play, rinse, repeat, and go” – all you have to do is toss it in the wash.

VDO Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4s3yS3Tzxw

Embodying the nonconformist attitude, Diesel and “La Casa de Papel” have come up with a partnership that’s playful, provocative and rebellious. Though Netflix has not put a number to it, “La Casa de Papel” Part 3 is being billed as the biggest-budget series per episode in the history of Spanish TV as evidenced by the fact that it was shot in multiple locations from most every angle, and sometimes in a variety of formats.

Diesel’s design team has created the iconic jumpsuits worn in the soon-to-be-released season. These hooded jumpsuits, which are the key uniform item for the series’ main character gang, have become pop culture icons. In redesigning the jumpsuit, Diesel blended its longstanding utility-based heritage with the aesthetic of the show. The red colour used ultimately bonds Diesel, Netflix and La Casa De Papel; as the hue features prominently in the branding and identity of all three entities.

A reversible jacket, which has been part of Diesel’s collection since the brand was founded, is updated with utilitarian detailing taken from the company archives along with prints from the show. The whole capsule is characterised by bold graphics displaying the characters’ names and the masks, with a main colour palette of black, white and red. The collection will be released at select Diesel stores tomorrow (July 19).

Toon Mahadamrongkul, executive of Trocadero Time, recently unveiled the limited edition watch to mark the auspicious royal occasion.

Paying tribute to the new King, he said it was his greatest honour to receive a grant for use of the royal emblem to bring out the special edition timepieces. “These watches are exclusively created and have been graciously granted permission to feature the coronation emblem at the 12 o’clock position on the dial. They consist of an elegant rose gold-plated case with white sunray brushed dial, perfectly matched with a royal blue Italian leather strap.”

The limited edition has only 1,000 pieces and comes in two different sizes: 40mm for men (600 pieces) and 36mm for women (400 pieces) with the serial number engraved on the back of the case, in a specially designed yellow box.

“It is a great opportunity for Thai people to show their loyalty and admiration for the King’s graciousness on this historic occasion,” he said.

Watch aficionados and those interested in owning these commemorative timepieces can make their reservations at Klasse14 pop-up store at the Siam Paragon Watch Expo 2019 until the end of August.

Designed with the young generation in mind, the new Swatch Flymagic, one of the highlights of the ongoing Siam Paragon Watch Expo 2019, features the innovative paramagnetic Nivachron hairspring which claims to reduce the effect of magnetic fields.

Swatch has opened a special pop-up store on the concept “Aurora” as part of the expo. “We are very proud to receive the honour of debuting three models – ‘Black Suspense’, ‘Red Surprise’, and ‘Blue Hawk’,” said Tipanat Lenbury, managing director of the Swatch Group Trading (Thailand). “Each has a global limit of just 500 pieces, or 1,500 pieces in total, and only 60 Flymagic specials timepieces will be available in Thailand, 20 pieces of each model.”

The Flymagic has an inverted automatic movement plus a small second hand which rotates counterclockwise, a first of its kind in the industry. It is 100-per-cent Swiss-made watch that integrates the Nivachron innovative balance spring, made from a newly developed titanium-based alloy with exceptional paramagnetic characteristics. The Nivachron balance spring reduces the detrimental influence of a magnetic field by a factor of up to 20 and is resistant to shocks, ageing and temperature variations.

Magnetic fields in our everyday environment can have a marked negative impact on mechanical watch movements. The Nivachron hairspring contributes to a significant improvement in the watch’s performance. The components offer effective resistance to changes in temperature and excellent shock resistance, as well as precision that sets a new standard for automatic watches. The watch has a new variation of the Sistem51 movement. The caliber has been reversed with the mechanics facing the viewer, and fifteen components are added to make it function properly in this orientation. The transparent winding rotor is mounted over the hand, and the small second hand rotates counter clockwise. A diameter of 45 mm is made of stainless steel which its unique beauty and the movement can be appreciated through an anti-reflective sapphire crystal. All models come in a luxurious box set with two high-end calfskin straps and a rubber strap and retail for Bt49,900 a pop.

They’re on sale exclusively at the watch expo until Sunday (July 14).

Organised on the theme “Downtown Rave”, the launch saw trendily dressed models present the newest total looks for the feet. The inspiration comes from the club scene in Berlin, considered the cutting-edge source of fashion information in Europe, and the collection focused on fashionable athletic wear in a style incorporating bold slogans in patches and print and a club-like snowboarder look. The items are simple, loose-fitting and easy to wear, with contemporary designs and the sneakers boast thick soles and big logos.

Italian-born Pompilio created his new vision of shoes based on the season’s keywords, “the nineties”, “clubbing snowboarder” and “retro-futuristic” and says the collection is divided into five themes, with one released every month.

The “Chunky Runner Lo” has uppers with a blucher silhouette. Special features are a design that has stitching only on the inside of the suede fabric tape, and a combination of ghillie and muolded eyelets. The design is a clear re-interpretation of the ’90s incorporating the chunky soles inspired by Buffalo shoes.

The “Chunky Slip-on” model features a re-arrangement of the court-type shoe Appian, where the uppers are covered from above. While still a slip-on shoe, it features two belts and a draw-cord for adjusted fitting. It has the same thick sole as the Chunky Runner. The upper design is minimal, with the brand icon Onitsuka Tiger stripe BIG logo expressed in rubber parts. Thanks to a knit upper and a rubber cage, the shoe is light and very comfortable to wear.

Also featuring a chunky silhouette is the women’s shoe “Pokkuri Sneaker Pf”. The grooved sole takes its inspiration from the traditional Japanese geta sandal, and the design is finished with a thick sole. This product is based on the Fabre BL-S basketball shoe, first launched in 1975. The name Fabre comes from the “fast break” play in basketball. The fitting has been brought right up to date to give a really comfortable finish.

Launching this month, the collection welcomes the beloved characters of the beautiful film. The inspired collection features a bracelet and a selection of silver and Pandora Shine charms, including a stunning limited edition Simba charm.

Designed to be worn separately or combined to create a truly stunning look, each piece of Pandora’s hand-finished and contemporary jewellery is shaped by the film’s breathtaking setting, unforgettable music and the spirit of the classic characters of the hit movie of 25 years ago.

To let their style roar, the new collection celebrates the themes reflected in the film: bravery, empowerment, curiosity, strength, wisdom and friendship. Knowing that every piece of jewellery is infused with meaning and memory, Pandora invite you to merge personal style choices with a love of Disney’s “The Lion King”. Picking and choosing to curate your own signature collection, the jewellery offers a form of self-expression to shine a light on your individual choices.

Favreau brings the iconic characters to life in a whole new way this summer in Disney’s “The Lion King”. The movie journeys to the African savannah where a future king is born. Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother – and former heir to the throne – has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, as well as his long-time friend and ally Nala, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

Utilising pioneering filmmaking techniques to bring treasured characters to life, Disney’s “The Lion King” opens in theatres on July 19. The all-star cast includes Donald Glover as Simba, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Billy Eichner as Timon, with Beyoncé as Nala and James Earl Jones as Mufasa.

Pandora jewellery, founded in 1982 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is sold in more than 100 countries on six continents through more than 7,700 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.

“Jubilee Diamond has been doing business with Antwerp in Belgium, which is known to be the global centre of jewellery manufacturing and trading, for more than 90 years,” Unvarat Pornprakit, an executive with Jubilee Diamond, said.

Present at the event were Baron Christophe de Borrekens, a member of the Belgian royal family and inventor of the 90-cushion diamond, and Belgian Ambassador to Thailand Philipp Kridelka.

Jubilee worked with the world’s best lapidary to create the first “Centennial Jubilee 90 Facets” diamond, giving Thai diamond enthusiasts a chance to admire a diamond that is 60-per-cent brighter. Normally, diamonds feature around 58 to 66 facets.

Jubilee Diamond also showcased some remarkable jewellery at the event.

Grabbing most of the attention was the “Excellence of 19”, a set made with 0.19-karat diamonds that has been certified by HRD Antwerp – the first set with diamonds of less than 0.30 karats to receive such a certificate.

Also on show were the “Eventail” set and the “Pink Majesty” collection set with rare pink diamonds. Pink diamonds are considered the rarest because it is created in abnormally high temperatures and pressure from all sides. Jubilee said each pink diamond was carefully selected to create this special handmade collection, with there being just one piece per design. Similarly, the “Yellow Mystery” collection also has one piece per design on offer.

The lovers of Carat diamonds also had the chance to sigh over the Carat Collection, comprising specially selected round, fancy shaped diamonds that are 1-karat in size and 100D colour.

Also on display were sets worn by celebrities from British diamond brand “Forevermark”.