The colours of summer

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The colours of summer

fashion April 06, 2018 01:00

By THE NATION

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Uniqlo goes wild for prints this summer, joining up with Finnish brand Marimekko and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami for a line in Doraemon UT t-shirts.

The special-edition line produced in collaboration with the Finnish design house Marimekko is for the ladies only and is available for a limited period at the Uniqlo stores at Siam Paragon, the EmQuartier, and CentralWorld as well as online at Uniqlo.com/th. The collection embodies a shared commitment by the two companies to enhance daily living. For Marimekko, this is via its mission of empowering people to be happy as they are, and in bringing joy to their everyday lives through bold prints and colours. LifeWear is the Uniqlo commitment to creating high quality clothing that is functional and reasonably priced, to suit everyone’s daily lifestyles.

 

The nine-item collection combines the timelessly bold and vibrant print designs of Marimekko with the quality and comfort of Uniqlo’s casual street style. All of the prints are designed by Maija Louekari, one of Marimekko’s world-renowned print designers, and are inspired by nature and the urban lifestyle. A new print design has been specifically chosen to celebrate the collection, which is comprised of tops, dresses, trousers, sneakers and bags. The silhouettes of the tops and dresses accentuate femininity, and the trousers are available in both plain and printed styles.

Meanwhile, Uniqlo T-shirt brand “UT” is launching “Doraemon UT” with designs featuring Doraemon, the animated character beloved throughout the world. This season Doraemon UT comprises two main designs, one incorporating artwork exhibited by artist Takashi Murakami at the “Doraemon Exhibition Tokyo 2017” along with designs from the Doraemon comic. A total of 15 items will be available, including men’s and kids’ Tshirts, as well as a Doraemon plush toy with artwork by Murakami. The series will be available at Uniqlo stores and through online store via uniqlo.com/th from the end of May.

 

Murakami is a contemporary artist, named in 2008 as one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People.” He is also known for corporate branding projects including Louis Vuitton, Vans, Shu Uemura, and Roppongi Hills, as well as collaborations with musicians like Kanye West and Pharrell Williams.

Doraemon as never seen before is brought to life for this special project through Murakami’s artwork, “Anna koto iina dekitara iina”, created for the Doraemon exhibition, incorporated into T-shirts and a plush toy. This colourful work featuring the main characters Doraemon and Nobita, Doraemon’s secret gadgets, and Murakami’s characteristic flowers, is now being expressed on the UT canvas.

Designer fashion for the perfect fit

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Designer fashion for the perfect fit

fashion April 06, 2018 01:00

By The Nation

Opening a new dimension of style for fashion lovers in the digital age, the new online startup Bchurunway offers ravishing outfits from over 150 famous designer brands, all of then for rent.

The new service is the brainchild of a young entrepreneur Sita Chutipaworakarn, managing director, and is the first rentwearreturn service in Thailand to deal in couture outfits.

The collection covers a range of styles from street, casual, formal to evening wear.

The fashion show at the EmQuartier was attended by AListers Prairpun Tumwattana, . Leila Soontornvinate, Jareyadee Spencer, Ploy Pinsaeng, Thitikhun Yoovidhya, Nasha Jungkankul, Unawan Tangkaravakoon, Pavenelak Limpichart, PichamonPimpisa Chomanan, Parva Nakasai, Ployvarin Songpakorn, Haruethai Jayant Na Ayudhaya, ML Avita Yukol, Sinanang Oontornpan, Sopin Rongratana, Dr. Pimkhwan Bunjitpimol, Vathu Hongladaromp, Piyavipa Indradat, Nantanach Mongkolrattanachart, Yada Praserdsom, Nutchanunt Devahastin, Janenipa Sriwilairit and Kornkanok Wannakit.

Actresses and TV personalities, among them Khemanit Jamikorn, Rasri Balenciaga, Kannarun Wongkhajonkai, Matcha Mozimann, and Mashannoad Suvalmas, served as honorary models to the delight of  Pimthong Washirakom, Violette Wautier, Kherika Chotivichit, Napasasi Surawan, Navinda Bertotti, Ploifone Cherpat, Chatdao Sitthiphol, and more.

“We always believe that good styling can offer great opportunities in life. And today’s women are concerned with personality and styling far more than ever before,” Sita says. “Many girls have their own style and constantly update their wardrobes to be in trend. But despite they don’t know what to wear. Since trends come and go very quickly, some don’t feel like wearing the same dress twice. Bchurunway is the perfect solution as it addresses the needs of modern ladies. Bchurunway is like an online wardrobe full of outfits by leading fashion brands, and always up to date with the trend in each season,

Products are categorised into purpose of use, for examples, evening gowns for wedding party, party, gala dinner, dress for formal ceremony, and outfits for chic everyday look. Rentals can be for four days or eight days with delivery and collection from your doorstep. All dry cleaning is handled by the service.

Fittings are available at the showroom on Thonglor Soi 20 and come with a personal stylist service to advise clients on creating the most striking look.

Check out the service at http://www.bchurunway.com, on Facebook Fanpage: bchurunway, Instagram: bchurunway or call (064) 192 6366

Fashion that rocks

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Fashion that rocks

fashion April 06, 2018 01:00

By THE NATION

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Bringing new life to the familiar artwork of the ’80s American pop culture, Coach, the high-end fashion house, recently introduced its collaboration with artist Keith Haring.

An artist whose legacy has endured long after his life was tragically cut short, Haring is a name linked street culture when spray-painted on the urban surfaces of 1980s New York. Paying homage to the late artist’s works for its Spring/Summer 2018 campaign, Coach brings Haring’s bold squiggles to its range of classic bags, accessories and apparel items, available exclusively at Siwilai Multibrand store on the fifth floor of Central Embassy from now until April 17.

 

Coach presents Haring’s works with both simplicity and colour overload with illustrations like the blockish canine and radiant love heart motif spanning its heritage line of silhouettes including the Rogue, Mailbox and Market Tote, as well as sheer tees and bomber jackets, with shimmering sequins and primary colours making Haring’s figures pop. Elsewhere, items like an all-over floral-printed tote camouflage Haring’s works, while select apparel items like a reversible pastel pink varsity bomber present the street art doodles in both a subtle and over-the-top light.

 

The men’s ready-to-wear collection highlights soft suede jackets and outerwear contrasted with cheeky Hawaiian print shirts and Keith Haring graphics mixed throughout. Bags of the season include the Bleecker backpack and Metropolitan Portfolio for men and the Camera Bag and the Mailbox for women, which are the reedition of an archival Coach style first introduced in 1972.

The wardrobe, reinvented

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The wardrobe, reinvented

fashion April 05, 2018 01:00

By THE NATION

Cos merges traditional methods with new techniques in timeless clothing for men and women

 In a move guaranteed to please Bangkok’s fashionistas, British high street fashion brand Cos opened its first store at EmQuartier last week and confirmed that its second boutique at Siam Paragon would be ready to launch next Saturday.

The EmQuartier branch is spread over 625 square metres and reflects the designs for which Cos is known using natural materials and modern features throughout and framed by a distinctive black basalt stone facade.

COS first launched in London in 2007 and made its reputation for exploring organic shapes and natural materials while taking inspiration from the past, present and imagined future. The result is a series of understated modern classics, composed in interchangeable modular ways.

From the pattern cutting to the paper draping and 3D conceptual work, the spring and summer collections for men and women show the influences of time with reinvented modern pieces boasting a futuristic tone. The three-piece tailoring incorporates new fabrics as well as draped and voluminous pieces while classics have been revisited in surprising materials and with details that are sometimes carefully misplaced.

Designs are brought to life by cottons in a range of forms – textured, coated, crisp, crumpled – and knits of various weights are crafted from barely-there silks, chunky paper yarns and starched summer wools. Technical innovations like coated Tyvek are interspersed throughout and the composition is completed with a natural, refined colour palette that moves from purest white through organic papery and wood-inspired tones to summer browns combined with accents of ochre, leaf green, mint, navy, petrol and red clay.

Accessories include the shopper bag in ivory patent leather, an elongated clutch with a brushed metal handle and a rectangular leather handbag with functional front and back openings. Sneakers are fly knitted, proposing a new wearability and silver jewellery is fluid and organic, creating floating forms.

Making of a masterpiece

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Making of a masterpiece

fashion April 05, 2018 01:00

By THE NATION

Gaysorn Village hosts an exhibition of unique outfits, accessories and jewellery

Downtown lifestyle mall Gaysorn Village adds excitement to the upcoming holidays by hosting the fashion extravaganza “Gaysorn S/S 2018 The Masterpiece Exhibition” featuring creations by 19 leading brands that pay testament to fine tailoring techniques, rare and priceless materials and the artisanal skills of master craftsmen.

The exhibition, which continues through the end of April, is arranged into four sections and boasts backdrops of beautifully coloured pastel gradients inspired by the paintings of surrealists Salvador Dali and Giorgio de Chirico.

“The Masterpiece of Fashion” zone presents diverse creative approaches to timeless style starting with modern glamour brand Poem, which showcases a classic black dress in the A-line pattern of the 1950s but with a modern slant. Klar Lov presents ‘The Marquise’, long nightgowns inspired by Versailles and the splendid dresses of the royal court in France. Classic brand Tawn C offers a jacquard ball gown from its “Forbidden Love” collection, which was officially launched at Paris Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2018, and Pichita shows off a silk robe-cum-overcoat embroidered in a Chinoiserie pattern with golden thread, pearls, mother of pearl shells and sequins and matches it with light silk satin trousers.

Streetwear brand Matter Makers present its March collection inspired by fashion icon Princess Diana, blending a formal look with ’90s sports style in a knee-length dress. Lonely Two-Legged Creature displays an oversized collage of art jackets that imitate second-hand items from old-world European flea markets with designs mainly in dark tones.

“The Masterpiece of Accessories” shows off leather craftsmanship through a limited edition Mettique handbag, the “Dolph Mini F” made from American alligator skin. Phya presents its “Olivia XS – Simplified Exotic” bag that re-interprets exotic Thai beauty. Rochelle introduces its “Elle” bag made from highly coveted saltwater crocodile belly skin, specially tanned and dyed to preserve the natural skin pattern.

The third zone is devoted to sparkling diamonds and other precious stones. Dubbed “The Masterpiece of Fine Jewellery”, it has Bussarakam’s diamond and topaz pendant and hand-made diamond lace set on gold and platinum mounts. Clear Jewellery proudly presents a precious peacock with diamonds all over its body and adorned with a huge emerald.

Cherish uses selected diamonds and other jewels to craft an exquisite Myanmar ruby bracelet inspired by Thai traditional headwear called Siraporn. Nine Gems presents a platinum gold pendant and brooches meticulously embellished with D colour diamonds, Myanmar rubies, Sri Lankan sapphires and Chinese jade. PT House meanwhile customises a mixed design bracelet and ring connected together like ivy. Tharis offers a modern dimension that combines art, culture, instinct and controversy in the “Butterflies in my Stomach” collection.

Last but not least, “The Masterpiece of Fashion Jewellery” exhibits the latest in jewellery trends. Led by Lotus Arts de Vivre, it presents timeless masterpieces made of scarab wings into a cluster necklace with pearl diamond citrine, a Scarab Parrot handbag with diamonds and rubies, as well as earrings and a ring.

Studio 21 Original Jewellery offers a massive and vivid necklace made of silver, gold and a mix of precious and semi-precious gems. Olivia Diamonds displays its one-of-a-kind oversized necklace with silver floral details enamelled with white topaz.

The wardrobe, reinvented

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The wardrobe, reinvented

fashion April 05, 2018 01:00

By THE NATION

Cos merges traditional methods with new techniques in timeless clothing for men and women

 In a move guaranteed to please Bangkok’s fashionistas, British high street fashion brand Cos opened its first store at EmQuartier last week and confirmed that its second boutique at Siam Paragon would be ready to launch next Saturday.

The EmQuartier branch is spread over 625 square metres and reflects the designs for which Cos is known using natural materials and modern features throughout and framed by a distinctive black basalt stone facade.

COS first launched in London in 2007 and made its reputation for exploring organic shapes and natural materials while taking inspiration from the past, present and imagined future. The result is a series of understated modern classics, composed in interchangeable modular ways.

From the pattern cutting to the paper draping and 3D conceptual work, the spring and summer collections for men and women show the influences of time with reinvented modern pieces boasting a futuristic tone. The three-piece tailoring incorporates new fabrics as well as draped and voluminous pieces while classics have been revisited in surprising materials and with details that are sometimes carefully misplaced.

Designs are brought to life by cottons in a range of forms – textured, coated, crisp, crumpled – and knits of various weights are crafted from barely-there silks, chunky paper yarns and starched summer wools. Technical innovations like coated Tyvek are interspersed throughout and the composition is completed with a natural, refined colour palette that moves from purest white through organic papery and wood-inspired tones to summer browns combined with accents of ochre, leaf green, mint, navy, petrol and red clay.

Accessories include the shopper bag in ivory patent leather, an elongated clutch with a brushed metal handle and a rectangular leather handbag with functional front and back openings. Sneakers are fly knitted, proposing a new wearability and silver jewellery is fluid and organic, creating floating forms.

Where talent shines through

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  • Vatanika
  • Nagara
  • Asava
  • Rotsaniyom
  • Issue

Where talent shines through

fashion March 29, 2018 01:00

By KUPLUTHAI PUNGKANON
THE NATION

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Thai designers look to the hot season with summer collection in hot colours and sumptuous fabrics

AS EXCITING and exhausting as ever, Bangkok International Fashion Week was back last week for its eleventh edition with shows spread over three leading shopping centres – Siam Paragon, Siam Center The Ideopolis and Siam Discovery The Exploratorium.

The five-day event featured a total of 12 shows plus fashion talks and presentations from 29 designers, all focused on the joys of summer.

Here’s what we took away from each of the presentations.

Greyhound

Greyhound

The curtain rose on the first on Hive Life Presents Greyhound Original “The Unofficial Show”. Sponsored by Samsumg Galaxy s9, the show featured handsome “Oppa” models (the term is used by South Korean girls to describe an attractive man).

Boasting hairdos by acclaimed stylist Grit “Gong” Jirakiertvadhana, the models waved the “new gen” flag, demonstrating feisty attitudes through blazers, short sleeved shirts and shorts with the back pocket turned inside out. Loungewear was no longer limited to lounging around but twisted to serve all purposes by pairing cupra fabric with biker shirts and pyjama bottoms.

Issue

Designer Pupawit Kritpalanara of Issue, which was presented by Jaguar E-Pace, chose to travel on the Silk Road and down the East Asian River towards the western world for his latest collection.

In line with its theme “The Invisible”, the models covered their faces revealing only glasses and hats to the audience.

“I believe that what is considered invisible is in fact not invisible,” the designed explained after the show. “We may not see art and culture with our own eyes but we know it exists. The collection offers fun and freedom through freeform silhouettes and, prints with environmental motifs such as birds, animals.”

The emphasis was on natural fibres and silk that nodded to the 70s and underlined Issue’s romantic and bohemian characteristics. Modern prints came in watermelon, jade green, and ginger yellow tones and the brand once again collaborated with Challawan swimming suit to create hot looks for men.

Vatanika

One of the hottest fashion brands around and designed by Vatanika Patamasingh na Ayudhaya, Vatanika was sponsored by Citi and showed a spring-summer collection inspired by female gestures, radiating charm and expressing more than mere movements.

Highlights included strong feminine silhouettes, materials such as geometric mesh, specially customised woven silk tassels, sophisticated lace, and silk satin and advanced draping techniques to create knee-length shorts and bold miniskirts. The modern female maxi dress evolved from the structure of a hoodie. Key colours and patterns included black, white, metallic silver and red stripes.

Asava

Always on the lookout for ways to push Thai fashion designs to the international stage, Polpat Asavaprapa, the multi-talented creative designer of Asava Group and president of the Bangkok Fashion Society, says he is aiming for the Thai capital to be named “Bangkok Design Capital 2022”. “We really need to focus on paving the way towards this goal,” he told XP.

Presented by Purra, Asava’s latest collection, “Subliminal”, looks deep into a true expression of the female’s soul and thought process. Classical tones such as white, black, blue and beige blended with the summery tones of Parisian Blue, Ultramarine-Green, and Haute Red. Contemporary Thai silk fabric added delicacy to the outfits while tweed added a bold texture for a luxurious and classical feel. Timeless silhouettes like bustier structures and tailored suits reinforced the classical elements while pinstripe suit fabrics accentuated masculine strength and sweet femininity.

Polpat says he no longer considers trends as important. “Designers cannot compete with fast fashion. Individuality is key. The Subliminal collection reflects a clean, neat, and balanced lifestyle. The Asava women is happy with her life and able to choose what is right for her,” he says.

Nagara

Iconic designer Nagara Sambandaraksa never ceases to surprise fashionistas and his show was no exception, featuring singer Palitchoke “Peck” Ayanaputra, actor Nadech Kikumiya, and actresses Janie Thienphosuwan, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund and Khemanit “Pancake” Jamikorn.

“The Lost Horizon” collection was inspired by the scent of the colourful summer flowers, the ambience of praying, smoke, the smell of incense, and the delicate lines and patterns of Himalayan culture.

His signature touch of luxury came from fabulous fabrics such as silk and linen, outstanding prints, and exquisite embroidery in metallic gold and silver as well as sequins and beads, along with quilting and applique.

Rotsaniyom White Label

Designed and co-founded by Pongsak Kobrattanasuk and Thita Kamonnetsawat, Rotsaniyom has gone from unknown to rising star thanks to the simple and seamless combination of lace and other materials. This season’s collection called “Sun” combines lace and glossy materials to show that “sometimes the sun revolves around the earth”, a euphemism for modern civilisation.

“People who are leaders or confident in their thoughts can be compared to the sun, shining and giving out energy to those around them and sometimes feel they are the centre of the universe and forget that they are not the only sun that exists. Without the planets revolving it, the sun would lose its significance. Therefore, the sun must also learn to be a follower and sometimes the centre of the rotation changes,” said the designer of his concept.

Poetry among the planets

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Poetry among the planets

fashion March 29, 2018 01:00

By THE NATION

Van Cleef and Arpels shows its latest dazzling watches at the Emporium

DREAMS reach to the stars in the magnificent Lady Arpels Planetarium, one of several new wristwatches that Van Cleef and Arpels unveiled in Switzerland in January. They’re part of the “Poetry of Time” exhibition now touring Asia, starting in Thailand.

It’s on view in the Emporium’s first-floor gallery through Sunday.

The Lady Arpels Planetarium is a re-styling of the Midnight Planetarium that Van Cleef and Arpels produced four years ago.

Distinguished both by refined aesthetics and an automatic movement developed exclusively for the company, the lady’s watch illustrates the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and the Moon, each moving at its actual speed. Mercury “orbits” the dial in 88 days, Venus in 224 and Earth in 365. Meanwhile the Moon orbits around the Earth in 29.5 days.

Taken altogether, the heavenly bodies perform a celestial ballet on the dial, day after day.

Lady Arpels Planetarium

The 38mm case is set with diamonds in the bezel and sides and houses a movement redesigned for this smaller size, with an exclusive module developed in collaboration with Christiaan van der Klaauw.

The dial enriches the planetary spectacle with a shooting star in rhodium-plated gold, showing the time with poetic grace.

On the back of the watch, two apertures display the day, month and year, all surrounded by an enchanting decor.

Two bracelets are available to suit any occasion. The blue-glitter alligator strap matches the dial and the bracelet is entirely set with diamonds for a high-jewellery design.

The brand took great care in selecting and working with the traditional materials used in making jewellery and watches.

The planets of differing volumes rotate around a Sun made of pink gold, gleaming in the centre of the dial. A pink mother-of-pearl Mercury and a turquoise Earth were meticulously hand-cut in spherical shapes, while Venus is portrayed with a green enamel bead fashioned in the Van Cleef and Arpels enamel workshop.

The familiar glow of the Moon comes to life with a brilliant-cut diamond, contrasting with the midnight-blue background.

Evoking the depth of the cosmos, seven aventurine discs are placed in concentric circles within the dial, several rotating individually with the watch movement. The back of the case displays the same shades.

Also in the exhibition is the original Midnight Planetarium from 2014, in which the ambition of reducing the scale of the heavens to the dimensions of a wristwatch was realised. It’s a miniature representation of the movement of six planets around the Sun and their relative position at any given time. Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are set in motion by a self-winding mechanical movement of great complexity.

The Midnight Zodiac Lumineux features the 12 signs of the western zodiac in 12 luminous dials. Finely sculpted in white gold, the signs stand out against a background of blue-glitter enamel, evoking the heavenly vault. Within each constellation, delicate enamel beads depict several points, shaped by hand and mounted on the dial, some of them light up like real stars.

The Lady Arpels Papillon Automate is enchanting nature comes to life. Equipped with a sophisticated automaton module, it depicts the random fluttering of a butterfly’s wings, moving in tandem with the movements of the wearer.

Lady Arpels Plantarium

As the hours and minutes flow by on the right, the butterfly beats its wings randomly – one to four times in a row, depending on the power reserve.

The frequency of the movements is also irregular, taking place every two to four minutes when the watch is not being worn and more often when it’s on the wrist.

Saluting the ‘Shirt Boys’

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Saluting the ‘Shirt Boys’

fashion March 29, 2018 01:00

By KUPLUTHAI PUNGKANON
THE NATION

Hot London brand Palmer//Harding brings its latest collections to Bangkok

THE CITY’S signature fashion showcase, Bangkok International Fashion Week, brought the curtain down on its eleventh edition last weekend, once again underlining the talent of Thailand’s designers. This year, more than 29 brands, both local and international, showed off their collections for spring and summer 2018 at the event which, as always, reserved part of the catwalk for up-and-coming young designers.

This year too, BIFW welcomed the duo behind British brand Palmer//Harding, Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding aka “The Shirt Boys”. Fresh from London Fashion Week, the pair showed Thai fashionistas how they have pushed renowned British tailoring to another level.

In business since 2012, Palmer and Harding, who were recognised by the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund last year, have become known for their excellent pattern-cutting techniques, advanced design methods, and re-imagined garment designs that underscore exuberant creative energy.

As their nickname suggests, the duo specialises in creating classic shirts with a twist for both men and women, while also combining the ready-to-wear concept with innovations and modernity.

“When we started seven years ago, we wanted to make sure we could bring a unique point of view to the market. The clothing that interested us the most was shirting, as it crosses a lot of barriers, can be worn by either gender and is both dressy and functional. It’s the parameter we can really explore,” says Harding.

“The ‘Shirt Boys’ is the message we kept on selling when we started and it didn’t take long for people to catch on and categorise us,” he adds.

“And it was nice to do something that is very versatile and has a purpose, because the shirt is as applicable to daytime wear as for the night. We loved the idea of making something that was special for, say, 11 o’clock on Tuesday, rather than just for evening wear,” Palmer enthuses.

“England has really a great history of shirting and tailoring and we learned about both during our training at Central St Martins. It has been exciting to take something that is so steeped in tradition and explore new areas, develop ideas of what shirting and tailoring can become and go beyond the expectation of what a simple shirt can be.”

Harding takes up the story, pointing out that there are already a lot of designers around the globe offering evening dresses, party gear and streetwear. “We want to bring creativity to what working women wear the whole day,” he explains.

“Some of the elements shown in the collection here are reconstructed but for us it’s more about the reimagination of the shirt – what the shirt can be and how far you can push it, so it is not just a shirt.”

Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding

That notion was strongly conveyed during the Palmer//Harding show on BIFW’s opening night. The runway and music were nothing fancy but provided the perfect background for the movement of their playfulness with the classic shirt, reinvented with asymmetric hems and proportions, in various styles and with plenty of layering

“When we design, elements come from three-dimensional aspects. We do a lot of sculpturing on the stand and drape the shape we think is beautiful then examine the whole to see how we can put the details or the colour on it. So the design process does not actually start from the shirt but from a beautiful shape. The shirting aspect comes later,” Palmer says.

“We use both traditional and non-traditional techniques. Collars, cuffs, sleeves and the quality of stitching are important to us but finding a unique cutting pattern is also very interesting,” Harding adds.

While the duo usually shows three collections annually, two collections in the main calendar as well as a pre-collection in June, for Bangkok they combined both their spring-summer and autumn-winter 2018 collections, catching the eye with blazer stripes, pink oxfords and blue banker stripes, many of them trimmed with ribbons. Separates included an oversized water-resistant coat in black and khaki, casual asymmetric skirts with extravagant details, and pleated trousers for everyday wear.

The colours of this season’s collection were inspired by Robert Rauschenberg’s “Combine” series created between 1953 and ’64. Dark red, white, lavender blue, copper, light grey, navy, black, and yellow ochre, in seersucker and textured jacquard, emphasised simplicity but were not too casual, just like a woman who is not afraid to express herself.

“For autumn and winter, we looked at the idea of movement inspired by contemporary dance. There are a lot of subtle notions of fabrics being manipulated as if caught in the body and the movement of arms, but not necessarily exaggerated by the dance movements. The designs are more inspired by daily lives,” Palmer explains.

“Cotton is the best fabric to do shirting, so for Bangkok’s weather, whether it’s very hot or just pleasantly slow, the clothes have a cooling effect. We are very humble people. We are very proud of what we achieve and our team. Our business has grown a lot and sales are increasing. We want to build a strong foundation,” says Harding.

“We now have 75 stores in all major capitals around the world. It is very exciting to know that you are reaching customers in every corner of the globe. But it is also quite exciting for us to understand who our women are,” Palmer adds.

“Our woman requires certain elements of comfort. She is a working woman. She is confident and controls her life. She is in charge and knows what she is doing and where she is going,” Harding says.

Strathberry in the bag

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Strathberry in the bag

fashion March 28, 2018 16:00

By The Nation

Like her sister-in-law-to-be, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry fiancee Meghan Markle need only wear something once to cause a dramatic increase in demand for the item in question.

 Now the challenge for Scottish high-end bag, Strathberry, will be keeping up with that demand.

In Thailand, this dynamic Edinburgh based luxury label specialising in handcrafted leather goods is now available exclusively at Central Chidlom’s Luxe Gallerie, on the Ground floor.

In December, Markle was spotted carrying a Strathberry bags during her very first official engagement. The Midi Tote bag (in the same colour) was reported sold out minutes of her being seen with the bag.

Founded in 2013, Strathberry has its bags made in Spain by the finest artisans. The highest quality materials are used to achieve the clean lines and geometric purity that is integral to the Strathberry aesthetic.

Strathberry was founded by husband-and-wife duo, Leeanne and Guy Hundleby as they explored a joint passion for beautiful handcrafted leather goods. Travels through the artisanal leather regions of Spain inspired the couple to experiment with shape and proportions, and they began building paper model versions of the iconic Strathberry styles. These would in time evolve to form the iconic Strathberry Tote and MC collections.

Strathberry juxtaposes inherently Scottish spirit with an international outlook. With the creative epicentre located in a 19th-century Edinburgh townhouse, the dialogue between Scottish design and Spanish craftsmanship allows for a dynamic interplay of ideas and innovation.

With bold creative direction, Strathberry draws upon an eclectic range of sources for inspiration. An interdisciplinary approach to collaboration allows for exploration of different design avenues, diversifying and developing both range and skill, which in turn cements the Strathberry brand at the forefront of artistic creativity.