There are economic, ethical, cultural, and design issues around mass production, particularly mass produced fashion. Aside from […]
Category Archive: EDGE Radar
EDGE featured designers and industry professionals on the radar.
One thing I want to do is figure out a better way to leave less of a footprint. […]
Brain cancer survivor, Susan Tancer, creates one-of-a-kind functional art. Painting became a therapeutic escape from cancer treatment. After […]
This was an experience that you can’t get in school; it is like a master teaching their apprentice. […]
Breaking the rules, disrupting the fashion system is easier than you think. Fashion designer, Peivand Mirzaie has made […]
A water-pollution-inspired collection gets the attention of a museum. I really think that showing in museums helps […]
Fashion, like art, embodies the time we live in and society bears witness to the interpretation of its historical and cultural significance. - RPH
Fashion design is my diary. I always can mark a collection around a devastating or exciting time in my […]
Francesco Rasola is on the EDGE Radar for a very good reason. He thinks, he makes you think, […]
The Fashion industry has contributed to the earth’s pollution, and my endeavor is to show the world that […]
I love finding inspiration from a painting – either the lines, colors, shapes, or the story of the […]
I often compare my runways to the album release or a movie premiere; so much design, work, and planning goes into it and its meant to be enjoyed as a complete body of work. - Michael Ngo
I saw Al Gore’s documentary and felt that what I was doing in fashion didn’t have real meaning […]
MY ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL: KNOCK ON AS MANY DOORS AS POSSIBLE AND LEAVE A POSITIVE IMPRESSION. Diarra Bousso
We want to bring back the essence from all over the world, with handmade, fine ARTISANal collections that are […]
Most people in the fashion industry told me I was too old, and without an education and the […]
If there’s a word to describe “GAiETY uP” it would be EXUBERANT – Patrick Kevin Francisco Patrick Kevin […]
Throw away fashion, this is NOT. On the opposite end of the [fast and cheap] spectrum of fashion is Standard Issue.
Francesco Rasola‘s new collection, “It’s Just Matter of Time”, expresses this Italian fashion designer’s gift in executing a look […]
It’s really amazing to present something to the world of fashion and share the stage with people who […]
The tomorrow people is what we can now call ourselves, because of the vision we hold as previously […]
The future of fashion is simple: it has to be the redemption of itself, it has to demonstrate […]
Fashion customers want what you are creating and they are rejecting the fast fashion (fashion homogenization) that is in every “box store” in America. – Jay Arbetman, The Sourcing District
Amongst all the brands out there, it’s a challenge to stand out and not give in to consumerism, […]
The EDGE philosophy champions beyond ordinary outcomes. In thinking out of the box and developing this content, we bring you […]
Koko Nanga consumer is an Afropolitan at heart. Throughout my journey I have met/spoken to a variety of […]
Who are the ‘ones to watch’? The next generation of emerging designers who have got the edge [EDGE] are, quite simply, coming from the art and fashion schools.
. . .where is the sense of design? Read on, these designers, [l-r] Michael Ngo, Amato Couture by Furne One, Rahil Hesan, & Marmar Halim, have it.
“. . .The essential triangle of sustainability is social, economic, environmental. You have to have all three or you are not really sustainable. . .I want to be a positive part of my community – thus growing a business and hiring, training, creating skilled jobs goes with the territory. That fills both social and economic legs of the sustainability triangle.” – Laura Tanzer
The EDGE network of emerging designers share business tips and advice on their journey as an up and coming brand in the fashion industry. This is part of the EDGE experience based [to complement academic] educational best practice series.
