Category: Designer Features

  • Q&A with Tina Ma

    Tina Ma is a Singaporean fashion designer based in New York City. She graduated from Parsons School of Design and was a CFDA Design Scholar Award Finalist in 2020. We spoke to her about her latest collection, Platicity 01. This 9 look collection explores how our exterior environment and experiences shape our identity and mode…

  • Q&A With Xingyi Huang

    Q&A With Xingyi Huang

    Xingyi Huang is Beijing born designer currently based in Chicago. Her latest collection, Water Creature, feature fantastical delicate structures that hold together in gorgeous colourful harmony. We sat down with her to learn more about her inspiration, her influences and where she sees her work in the future. How did you become interested in studying…

  • Q&A with 1991 Notion

    Q&A with 1991 Notion

    What is 1991 Notion? “1991” is one of the means to express myself. It is who I am, what I love and experience and the things that I am affected by and want to express. “Notion” is an important part establishing the reasons of the brand’s existence and the creative reasons of the product. It also…

  • Q&A With Colin Horgan

    Q&A With Colin Horgan

    Colin Horgan is a womenswear designer from Ireland whose work centers around surreal depictions of women in popular media juxtaposed against real women. Operating from a small Irish village called Ardfert, Horgan’s work has a global reach and has been seen on celebrities like Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, and CL. We sat down with Colin…

  • Q&A with Ava Zhou

    Q&A with Ava Zhou

    Ava Yi-Ping Zhou is a young New York based menswear designer. She’s a Parsons graduate with experience at renowned menswear designer Thome Brown as well as Cheng Peng. We spoke to her about her current collection, Melancholy Fantasies. Her garments are a conversation about the sensuality within the masculine as well as an exploration of…

  • Taelah Aitchison is the young designer behind Faze One

    Taelah Aitchison is the young designer behind Faze One

    Young designers today face the challenge of creating during a global pandemic, and the consequences of climate change in the 21st century. Though catastrophic global events show us a grim future for what lays ahead, designers, like Taelah Aitchison are finding their place among our dystopian present. “I always knew I wanted to do fashion…