Curating the body, creating around bodies, is not a typical conversation or exploration in fashion.
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“Generation Chance”: A Look at designs by Sophia Mazenauer
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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Current state of affairs sparks a creative revelation | EDGE Talks to Yvonne Lin
The global state of affairs is the engine that drives the vision of Yvonne Lin’s body of work. Fashion, like art, is a catalyst for dialogue and exchange of ideas and values. It is fundamentally rooted in our culture in an age of identity politics, multiculturalism, and social transformation. Lin looks deep into the fractures […]
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Ukraine’s BE SUSTAINABLE! – a platform making noise
Fashion is universally cited as being one of the most polluting industries in the world. Thank you to conscious consumers and to environmental activists such as Greta Thunberg for their demands on attacking the environmental crisis. Putting sustainability at the forefront of business models, strategic plans, supply chain infrastructure, etc., is long overdue. But all […]
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Portland’s FashioNxt Week – is it truly What’s Next?
FashioNxt Week, Portland, Oregon’s version of Fashion Week with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest, showcases designers from around the world.
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A Message from the Editor to FIDM graduates and all emerging designers
. . . And to Those Still Trying to Break Through the ‘Noise’. There are no impossibilities. In a world where we are taught to conform, we must be diligent in using our creative power for change. Many new to the fashion industry will see the difficulty in challenging the status quo. If you work […]
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Preserving The Art of Shibori | EDGE Talks to Jun Nakamura
The Japanese shibori industry now has serious issues: aging artisans without next generation to pass this heritage on, and decreasing demand partly caused by globalization. – Jun Nakamura
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You don’t need to be an expert to succeed in fashion
Expertise is no longer a guarantee in this business and bachelors degrees and awards don’t always take you to the top. Sometimes boundless energy, street smarts, a killer idea and an iPhone are what it takes.
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Tour the Gallery | Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art
Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art fashion exhibit, curated by Rhonda P. Hill
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Creative Power Disrupts the System | EDGE Talks to Peivand Mirzaie
Breaking the rules, disrupting the fashion system is easier than you think. Fashion designer, Peivand Mirzaie has made a mark on breaking the rules, disrupting the system, while embracing the power of fashion. She has gone beyond the ‘system’ in her designs, pushing concept over saleability; in her choice of education, wanting more freedom and […]
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Emerging Designers ‘Step Out of Bounds’ | Nolcha Shows New York Fashion Week
Emerging designers get exposed [E D G E]! With the thousands of fashion shows worldwide, very few expose up and coming designers with the prominent and consistent platform that Nolcha Shows at New York Fashion Week does. Nolcha Shows is an award winning event, held during New York Fashion Week, for independent fashion designers to […]
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Designers Speak Out | Alternatives to Fashion Runway with Commercial Viability
In ten minutes the past few months of working on something is presented to the world. The show itself is over so fast, and for myself, I only see it on a playback video after it’s over. – Brendan M Combs, designer. With each show available for the viewing public, digitally, designers question where is the […]
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How Important is Sketching in Design?
Tapping into your audience/client at key points during the design process can save you a lot of disappointment of the ‘big reveal’ at the end. Consider this your focus group/feedback session. Sketches really help you “sell” your designs to the clients. – Icon Utopia Designers, the entire design process is of such meaning to your […]
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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 […]
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Stop! In Front of Time | EDGE Interviews Francesco Rasola
Francesco Rasola‘s new collection, “It’s Just Matter of Time”, expresses this Italian fashion designer’s gift in executing a look that defies mainstream [repetitive] fashion, brings meaning to the artistry of fashion, and showcases how the trajectory of our culture impacts fashion. He embraced the concept of time and has given us something we never expected, not only […]
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Building a Brand: 100,000 + FB Followers and more – EDGE Talks To LeGrand Leseur
It’s really amazing to present something to the world of fashion and share the stage with people who have been doing this longer or have more notoriety. – LeGrand Leseur In a world where we are taught to conform, we must be diligent in using our creative power for change. This is our second interview […]
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Models, Make-Up, & Mayhem? Backstage at Fashion Week
A bit of chaos and confusion may be expected in contrast to a slick, sleek, and orderly fashion show. We see the glamour and glitz in front of the stage, but what goes on behind-the-scenes [bts] requires precision ‘military like’ planning, enormous preparation, and an experienced team of professionals to pull it off. The goal: implement a […]
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Next Generation of Fashion Designers on the EDGE Radar
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. The Art Institute of California showcased, what I would call, the ‘next generation’ of designers at the Art Hearts Fashion, international fashion week production, in Los Angeles. […]
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How Effective Is Social Media To Your Brand? EDGE Designers Tell All
The usage of social media with marketers ranks very high in the marketing efforts of connecting current and prospective consumers to their brands. As reported by statista.com, in the United States alone, social media marketing spending is expected to exceed 17 billion U.S. dollars in 2019 – almost ten billion increase, compared to 2014.
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The Business of Fashion | Do Fashion Institutes Really Prepare You?
Business and design go hand in hand, now, and without understanding how each part is important you can easily find yourself losing your power in major decision making moments. . . – Brendan M Combs, designer.
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5 Questions With Jay Arbetman | Sourcing Fabric To Sustain Commercial Success
In today’s world, you need to understand what can be sourced at a level that will sustain commercial use. You need to understand that highly customized fabrics and trims will either have enormous minimums, enormous prices or both. – Jay Arbetman, The Sourcing District. As part of EDGE’s EDGE-ucation series, we bring you insight on […]
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Thoughts from a graduating designer | Video Archive
. . .It’s’ better to see the live thing than an actual picture. . .” – Alia Adel, designer Alia Adel, graduating student of The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles, sharing her thoughts on exposing her collections in Metamorphosis Fashion Show – the annual student designer fashion show. She shares comments on the production, […]
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EDGE Talks To 4 Corners Of A Circle
“In what looks like a circle, there might exist corners.” This line reflects the brand’s origin–the designer’s confidence in herself and her designs. She has a strong belief in what some can see but others might not comprehend. – http://vvvv-o.com/about/ Our interview with the designer and visionary of “4 Corners Of A Circle”, Natsuko Kanno. […]
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EDGE Talks to Charles Cua and Melchor Guinto
I recently met Charles Cua [women’s designer] and Melchor Guinto [men’s designer] at the S|S 2015 LA Fashion Market SELECT Contemporary Trade Show as they were a new addition to this curated show. These two up and coming designers, who presented a bold and progressive look, were featured in the SELECT Runway Show and in […]
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E D G E Talks to Unzicker Design
Elaine Unzicker, artist and designer, of Unzicker Design sat down to talk with me at the Standing In Boots art exhibition. This Ojai California resident makes jewelry and clothing from chain mail piece goods, the bases and uniqueness of her brand. Elaine and her husband, Keith, travel globally to show and sell her collections. She […]
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