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Esther Park Transforms Memories of Her Mother Into Fashion
In Esther Park’s world, fashion is not just fabric and form, it is memory materialized, emotion stitched into silhouette. The New York–based designer has built her creative language around one of the most profound relationships in her life: the bond between mother and daughter. Growing up in New Zealand, Park witnessed her mother’s quiet grace…
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Blending Realms: Phillipa Signorelli’s PERCEPTION Collection
Emerging Sydney-based fashion designer Phillipa Signorelli is quietly establishing herself in the Australian fashion scene with a thoughtful approach to design that merges imaginative concepts with innovative technologies. Her latest collection, PERCEPTION, presented as part of her Honours graduation from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), explores an evocative blend of dream-like states and digital aesthetics.…
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Maxine Roeder mixes eco-friendly textiles with upcycled cuttings
In the realm of sustainable couture, emerging designer Maxine Roeder is crafting a name for herself with Featherplight, a collection that blends environmental responsibility with the refinement of high fashion. This eco-friendly couture project transforms textile waste into wearable art, using birds as both muse and message. Through intricate craftsmanship and conscious design choices, Roeder…
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Pearl Lu weaves family history into her stunning thesis designs
Pearl Lu’s Parsons thesis fashion collection, Don’t Weep, Willow, is more than a graduation project, it is a deeply personal tribute to her mother, an artist who no longer paints. “This collection is an homage to my mother,” she says. “It’s years of unsaid words.” The title comes from her mother’s favorite plant, the weeping…
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Grettel Salgado on Family, Fabric, and Finding Herself
For Monterrey-based fashion design student Grettel Salgado, fabric isn’t just material, it’s memory, emotion, and rebellion. In her latest project at the Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM), Grettel transforms threads, paper, and plastic into a tactile narrative of self-discovery, challenging the rigid expectations of family, culture, and perfectionism. “I grew up in a family where perfection…
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Michael Rider Redefines Celine with Poise, Prep and Personality
Michael Rider’s much-anticipated debut at Celine was more than just a runway show—it felt like a reset, a breath of fresh air, and a homecoming all at once. Held inside Celine’s historic headquarters on Rue Vivienne, the atmosphere was intimate yet grand, despite the Paris rain. Guests walked into the house—literally—past Celine-branded bikes adorned with…
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Evelina Epp: How Chance and Choice Shaped Her Latest Collection
When Evelina Epp talks about Destiny Lock, her MFA thesis collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she doesn’t describe it as just clothing. It’s a way of making sense of heartbreak, chance encounters, and the idea that there’s really no such thing as “bad timing.” Born in Kazakhstan to a family rooted in business,…
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Runtan Du: Fashion as Storytelling and Worldbuilding
Fashion, at its core, is about storytelling, connecting human experiences, cultural histories, and personal identities through fabric and form. Emerging designer Runtan Du embodies this vision powerfully with his latest collection, “Undefined Deity.” A recent graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Du sees fashion not simply as clothing, but as a tool to explore complex, universal narratives of human…
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FIT Designer Dian Jin Transforms Cosmic Themes into Sculptural Fashion
At the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), emerging designer Dian Jin has unveiled a graduate collection titled Pale Blue Dot. This is an exploration of cosmic wonder, environmental fragility, and wearable sculpture. Inspired by NASA’s photograph taken at the request of astronomer Carl Sagan in 1990, the image shows Earth as a tiny pixel floating…
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Inside Chow Chow: Merging Savile Row Tailoring with Modern Romance
When Kenneth Chow founded his fashion label Chow Chow, he set out to create something that felt both intimate and extraordinary. His debut ready-to-wear collection, “Collection 01: Year Zero,” is a testament to that vision. Drawing on his rigorous training on London’s famed Savile Row and in couture bridal ateliers, Kenneth has crafted a body…
