In four short years, greek-born Mary Katrantzou has become a household name uttered by many fashion insiders. Despite having been courted by stores and the likes since her graduation from the pretigious Central Saint Martins School of Design in 2008, it was her spring/summer 2011 collection that really catapulted her to fame...
Read MoreBest known for his eponymous design house and his seven-year tenure as head designer at Hermes, Jean Paul Gaultier is the resident L'enfant Terrible of fashion for his penchant for challenging the then-standard views of fashion, reworking them and infusing ideas of his own.
The British Vogue reported that Gaultier's work has been characterised by a "stylistic consistency since his very first collection". Looking through past runway show images as well as the countless YouTube videos from the various fashion weeks, one can tell that, in many of his collections, Gaultier loves subverting the norm.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you'd already know that Marc Jacobs has announced that he is discontinuing his diffusion line, Marc by Marc Jacobs. According to industry trade journal Women's Wear Daily, rumors have swirled since before the New York collections about "possible changes at Marc Jacobs". It has now been confirmed that the sister line will be absorbed into the primary Marc Jacobs line...
Read MoreIf you didn't know it yet, Julie de Libran is a force to be reckoned with.
She was Louis Vuitton's secret weapon and the right-hand woman of the historic fashion house's then creative director, Marc Jacobs. If you call yourself a "Vuitton Girl", you'll definitely have a number of her designs in your wardrobe.
And then last year, she was hired to head another French powerhouse - Sonia Rykiel.
Yes, that Parisian fashion house, known for its signature knitwear. It's interesting to note that in Singapore, the brand was the go-to label for many school-going kids who wanted to appear cool...
Here's the thing: When you flip through fashion glossies and see models being styled with an intelligent mix of high-low fashion pieces or with an arm or a neck piled with accessories, there is only one name that should come to mind: Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele.
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