The POWER of FASHION lies in its ability to transform IDENTITY and CULTURE.
Fashion, like ART, embodies the time we live in and society bears witness to the interpretation of its HISTORICAL and CULTURAL significance.
-RP Hill
In the AGE of CREATIVE INTENTIONALITY, Laura Petzke takes on the ELEMENTS
HOROSCOPE? Believe or not to believe is a personal choice, but in looking at various angles in showcasing this body of work, I chose to examine a designer’s creative intent around the topic of astrological signs, which have social, cultural, and technical implications.
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“Map of the SOUL”: a transformation of BICULTURAL IDENTITY thru fashion
INDIVIDUALISM, INDEPENDENCE, please, NO LABELS! When you are of mixed culture, how do you define and identify yourself without the input of society?
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“Open Borders”: A Look at designs by Dennis Sanders
“My Haters Are Like Stars. . .”: A Look at designs by Larissa Pascale Binder
“It’s your world for a moment”: A Look at designs by Felicitas Volk
“Generation Chance”: A Look at designs by Sophia Mazenauer
“On The Mend”: A Look at designs by Sirima Ehmke
“Bondo”: A Look at designs by Damian Ohl
“Sorry” in sync with Sinnfluencers: A Look at designs by Eva Viola Emmermann
“Encore”: A Look at designs by Toni Eisold
“exi (s) t realism”: A Look at designs by Cecilia Finking
“Instant Fashion”: A Look at designs by Pepe Jo Kaul
“Y / N SELECT”: A Look at designs by Sarah Broecker
“SYS-OFF”: A Look at designs by Jan Hartmann
“Hylemorph”: A Look at designs by Aylin Tomta
“Value”: A Look at designs by Flora Taubner
“Aftermath”- a utopia of no war: A Look at designs by Philip Kofi Wagner
Neo.Fashion.: The Vanguard of Fashion Emerges from Germany
When it comes to composition, storytelling, or pure emotional grit, designer graduates are unhinged in their creativity. A “Look at EDGE” presents Neo.Fashion.’s showcase of emerging talent from Germany university graduates. They dream (and execute) the improbable, the impossible, feeding our desires of want, although more clothes we don’t need, the visual consumption of the […]
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Who’s On Point? Ukrainian Fashion Week. What’s on Point? Circular Fashion.
Ukraine’s BE SUSTAINABLE! Fashion Summit is in its third year of presenting an international event aimed at increasing the level of expertise of Ukrainian professionals working in the field of design and production of clothing. The Summit took place during Ukrainian Fashion Week No Season 2021 [UFWNS]. Did you notice “no season”? One of the […]
Read moreThese people give a shit about how things are made, and why they are made; and if things are going to be made, they need to be meaningful and beautiful.
Simon Doonan, Creative Ambassador, Barney’s New York; Selby, Todd, Fashionable Selby
Metamorphosis: A Look at DZHUS
Cycle: A Look at POSTUSHNA Re-Fashion for DHL
Eternity: A Look at LITKOVSKAYA
Tactile: A Look at CHERESHNIVSKA
EDGE Top Picks – Style Fashion Week NY | Gregorio Sánchez
Gregorio Sánchez showcases his colorful México heritage through his use of handmade embroidery and an artistic bent on simplicity through design. Of the 27 featured designers, Gregorio Sánchez is one of a handful of emerging designers/brands EDGE selected from Style Fashion Week New York runway that exhibits timeless elegant and pragmatic pieces. Investing in clothing […]
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EDGE Top Picks – Style Fashion Week NY | Brittany Nicole
Non-conforming, fun, whimsical, graphically bold, socially charged, playful, colorful, daring. This is not your usual stuff, hmm . . . this potpourri collection stimulates conversation. Fashion should be a little lighthearted and make you take a pause. Brittany Allen, CEO and Creative Director of Brittany Nicole, who holds an MFA from Savannah College of Art […]
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EDGE Top Picks – Style Fashion Week NY | Grace Moon
The Korean American designer, Grace Moon, brings artistry to her designs with striking color block combinations, unconventional layering, and architectural cuts. A work of art! Her designs reflect her Korean heritage and are based from the Korean traditional clothing, Hanbok. Of the 27 featured designers, Grace Moon is 1 out of a handful of emerging designers […]
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The EDGE Lookbook | David Tupaz, From the Runway of Style Fashion Week
David Tupaz, the Hollywood based Filipino designer, is a true example of one who channels his passion through art, culture, and design. He speaks the EDGE philosophy.
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The EDGE Lookbook | Commatteo at Style Fashion Week
Antonella Commatteo labels her brand as a “fashion disruptor – fashion that lets you be who you want to be”. The look of her prior collections have been disruptive, undisciplined with no continuity as a collection. With this collection, there was discipline and a cohesive vision. She took a simpler approach by mixing a primary color palette […]
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The EDGE Lookbook | Malan Breton, From the Runway of Style Fashion Week
Originality can be expressed in a designer’s artistic approach and/or in the brand’s cultural message. It can be as subtle as in the cut/make, color, and fabric. Creative originality and innovation start with the story, the concept, the purpose, and the “why” of the collection. Why should we be engaged?
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Emerging Designers Are What Consumers Want
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
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A 20 Minute Catwalk . . . and. . . .
. . .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.
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Art Hearts Fashion LAFW |EDGE Lookbook – House of Li Jon
House of Li Jon Unconventional design! Handmade art as wearable fashion and yet edgy. House Of Li Jon SS16 – Li Jon Sculptured Couture is a modern, contemporary collection which takes a stance on the Art of Chainmaille. Artist Lia Mira’s creations of metal and crystal art couture: Connect to EDGE’s world! Like us on […]
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EDGE Lookbook | Dubai Based Designer – Furne One of Amato Haute Couture
Furne One, the Dubai based designer of Amato Haute Couture, uses fabric as a canvas for creating art that has the functionality of fashion. Amato Haute Couture served the audience, at Art Hearts Fashion Los Angeles, with spectacular visuals blended with a divine soundtrack of French laces & tulle, stretch & acid washed denims, […]
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Is Black the New Black? The EDGE Lookbook | Fashion In Black
An affair to remember, forever – our love affair with the color, black. We, as consumers, are comfortable wearing black. It is our default color. Black, in the creative community [artists and the fashion industry] is the color of choice in both fashion design and what we wear to fashion or art events. Black represents, […]
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LAFW | Emerging Designers on the Radar | Rhonda’s Top Picks
The highlight of LA Fashion Week was at Maker City LA. Los Angeles Fashion Council Fashion Week [LAFCFW] F/W 2015, produced the best industry right fashion show featuring those designers on the radar. If you are a retailer, part of the fashion media, or an invited guest looking for the next up and coming designer or […]
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EDGE at Rock That Fashion IX & RUNWAY® 2014 Fall Issue Release Party
Rock That Fashion is known for its imaginative evenings where music, art, fashion, and performance collide in an enchanting and unrivaled experience for all lucky enough to partake. This RUNWAY® issue features Nancy O’Dell from Entertainment Tonight as the cover girl. The EDGE team shares fashion Images by Jun of the designers that took to […]
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