Nino Maxx launches Spring fashion collection

Nino Maxx, the leading fashion house of the country has opened its latest fashion collection, for the arriving spring season 2008’ to public. The new line titled ‘Song Het Minh’ or ‘Living wholeheartedly’ is meant to bring forth the strong and dynamic characteristics of the youth in spring season.

According to an official of Nino Maxx, this new collection is an experiment. Till now, Nino Maxx has been using traditional materials like elastic, khaki and jean for its collections.

However, with the Song Het Minh wear the company tried to create something different. The apparel section is made of knitted wool with all modern touches. Basic hues used in the collection comprises of brown, dark blue and sky blue.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com

Textile designer launches online store

The award-winning textile designer, Alex Feechan has launched a new online store to supply her products all over the globe. The designer has relocated to the borders to pursue her dream of creating beautiful Scottish knitwear using traditional techniques.

The new online store showcases a range of beautiful handcrafted knitted products made from the finest Geelong lambswool, combined with traditional age-old knitting techniques. The designer has a string of awards to her name, as well as an MA from the Royal College of Art, London.

With 12 years of practical design experience in the industry and five years of educational and lecturing experience, Alex felt that the time was right to focus on creating a contemporary, desirable Scotland-based lifestyle brand as the Scottish knitwear industry has an outstanding reputation and has supplied some of the world's most famous design houses with luxury knitwear.

On the other hand, Alex has gained recognition and interest from stockiest including Browns, A la Mode, Tokyo and Bergdorf Goodman New York through her work as an independent designer and as a consultant to a number of international brands.

The designer is passionate about well-designed, beautifully- crafted products, while Scotland has always been a great source of inspiration to her as she believed that textile industry in Scotland is a great resource for any designer. Combined with the beauty, colours and texture of the countryside everything is here to create highly desirable 'Made in Scotland' products.

Alex has also been involved in setting up hands-on textile projects throughout the Borders and North Lanarkshire, working with primary and secondary schools. Alex's work can be obtained from stockists across the UK including Scottish outlets.

Source : India Fashion Week

L’Oréal Fashion Week wraps up in superfluous style

L’Oréal Fashion Week, which scheduled after the world’s top tier fashion weeks remains a superfluous, largely disregarded showcase of a handful of Canada’s brightest designers and their fashion-inclined, environmental-scanning contemporaries.

Save for the cadre of Canadian fashion, consisting of the so-called Group of Seven and the season’s standout, Paul Hardy, L’Oréal Fashion Week exists merely as a venue to offer a uniquely homegrown raison d’etre to Canada’s fashion crowd.

To wax lyrical on the prevalence of pencil skirts and bold colour is to miss the point; fashion week is not for the fashion. Rather, it’s simply for the media to clamour in their standalone tent, for the editors to look wittingly apathetic, and for the models to parade around in post-show makeup and sip on free drinks.

At the event some designers made strong arguments for fashion’s sake. Caoc dazzled the eyes with his signature shots of citrine and fuchsia, often draped and pleated by what’s obviously a novice hand. And Dixon tugged at heart strings with a collection of diaphanous, eau de nil frocks and curvilinear seaming. These constituents of the Group of Seven proved the weighty moniker to be a germane one.

In lieu of a straightforward ready-to-wear collection, Ryerson-grad Paul Hardy offered up various couture detailing generously tufted silk, pleated chiffon, and art-deco beading on several cocktail numbers.

However, the most laudable efforts were those of the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC) and its fearless leader, Robin Kay. Gone was the usual out-of-the-way venue, replaced by a large white tent smack in the middle of Nathan Phillips Square a la the Bryant Part tents erected bi-annually for New York Fashion week.

The venue switch-up offered L’Oréal Fashion Week the infrastructure to compete with the top-tier fashion weeks.

Source : India Fashion Week

Fashion show reflects rich past and future of Karnataka

The recently concluded ‘Heritage, Culture Tourism and Fashion show’ here in the city at the Hotel Chancery Pavilion Garden City on 21st December was not only a fashion show but was a reflection of Karnataka's rich past and its bright future.

The event was a cultural event which also focuses on the awareness about the exotic tourist destinations in Karnataka and depicts the present and future fashion of Bangalore by launching the new brand Naughty Me.

Rebel Star Ambarish, Sahasa Simha Vishnuvardhan, Anuprabhakar, Mayur and Tilak witnessed the show. The leading models from Karnataka walked on the ramp. Jeckey Shetty, Pashmina Barkar, Rachyal, Meenu Neethu Mazumudar showcased designers Shobha Deand Bobby Gowda's collection khadi Chudidar and Deepam's Sari.

Leading Kannada film stars and music directors, models, designer’s celebrities, witnessed the Cocktail night at the Karnataka's Heritage, Culture Tourism and Fashion show.

Bangalore is an International city and Karnataka has so many tourist spots that depict the heritage of Karnataka with hundreds of world-class monuments.

Source : India Fashion Week

Giorgio Armani is pleased to announce the launch of the Armani/Ginza Tower official website at www.armaniginzatower.com

Giorgio Armani is pleased to announce the launch of the Armani/Ginza Tower official website at www.armaniginzatower.com, available in Italian, English and Japanese languages, offering a range of information about the building, the collections and the exclusive services that the new concept store will offer. The website officially went online on November 2nd.

The imposing Armani/Ginza Tower, which opens today, November 6th, is the next in a series of unique concept stores pioneered by Giorgio Armani in 2000, when he opened Milan’s Armani/Manzoni store: a destination fashion and lifestyle retail experience, offering fashion and accessories, the home collection, a Nobu restaurant and an Emporio Armani Caffe, an Armani Privé nightclub, a flower shop and bookstore and a fragrance and cosmetics counter.

Two further locations followed: Armani/Funf Höfe in Munich and Armani/Chater House in Hong Kong, now to be joined by the Armani/Ginza Tower and, in 2008, the recently announced Armani/Fifth Avenue concept store in New York.

The new website, realized in collaboration with the website development agency Create the Group, offers the possibility to discover virtually the Armani/Ginza Tower concept store and will be divided into six main sections: the Building, Design Philosophy, Ginza Tower Collections, Exclusive Services, Ginza Area and News & Press.

‘The Building’ section allows visitors to see all the images and details for what each of the 12 floors has to offer: the Giorgio Armani boutique and the Emporio Armani store, the Armani/Casa interior design collection, the world’s first ever Armani/Spa and the Armani/Ristorante, and the Armani/Privé lounge bar.

‘Design Philosophy’ hosts a video where Mr Armani welcomes visitors and introduces his collaboration with architects Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas, explaining the inspirations behind the Armani/Ginza Tower design philosophy.

The ‘Special Collection’ allows visitors to discover the limited edition series of Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani apparel and accessories inspired by the building’s gold and black colour theme featuring a special Armani/Ginza Tower label, which will only be available at that location.

In the ‘Exclusive Services’ section, visitors can discover the unique aspects of the Armani/Ginza Tower, including the first-ever Armani/Spa, the Armani/Ristorante and the Armani/Casa Interior Design Service. In addition, the visitors can also make a reservation for a private appointment through a telephone number that will be indicated for each service.

Finally, while the ‘Ginza Area’ gives specific details about this historic location and its secrets, the ‘News & Press’ section will showcase a selection of interesting articles and press releases regarding the Armani/Ginza Tower.

The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today with 4,900 direct employees and 13 factories. It designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewellery, home furnishings, fragrances and cosmetics under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani Privé, Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, AJ Armani Jeans, A/X Armani Exchange, Armani Junior, Armani Baby and Armani Casa.

The Group’s exclusive retail network currently comprises: 73 Giorgio Armani boutiques, 12 Armani Collezioni stores, 140 Emporio Armani stores, 128 A/X Armani Exchange stores, 18 AJ Armani Jeans stores, 7 Armani Junior stores, 1 Giorgio Armani Accessori, 1 Emporio Armani Accessori store and 25 Armani Casa stores in 46 countries. The Armani Group has also announced its intention to open a unique collection of luxury hotels and resorts in the world’s most important cities and destinations.

Contact :

Mario Zaccardi / Annalisa Pirotta
Giorgio Armani SpA
Tel: +39 02 723181
Fax: +39 02 72318450

Source : http://www.armanipress.com

TCM launches winter fashion collection

Thanh Cong Textile Garment Joint Stock Company popularly known as TCM, one of the leading apparel companies of Vietnam has recently launched its latest fashion collection for Winter 2007 titled ‘Winter Love’.

The collection is made of elastic materials in modern styles served for the youth. Colours basically used here include red, white, black and blue. While creating these patterns, fashion designers kept in mind the likings of the young generation and the Noel event where the collection was presented was a hit.

TCM, which mainly believes in continuous development of production, investing in modern production lines, tries to increase its capacity and improve quality of its products to satisfy customers, has been expanding its business to real estate and finance. However, apparel and textile will always be the key of its operation.

Source : Fibre2fashion.com

Akira Isogawa Australian Fashion Designer Biography

Akira Isogawa is one of Australia's most celebrated designers. He has achieved international recognition for his exquisite contemporary designs, which are sought after in every major fashion capital throughout the world.

Since 1998, Akira has show his collections in Paris, where he presents Spirng/Summer and Autumn/Winter collectiosn to international buyers each year.

Akira continues to maintain a strong presence in Sydney, where he has shown collections at Mercedes Australian Fashion Week every year since 1996.

For the past decade the Akira boutique in Sydney has built a strong clientele spanning Australia’s most successful, individual and beautiful women.

In 1999, Akira was named Designer of the Year and Womenswear Designer of the Year at the Australian Fashion Industry Awards. In 2005 he was honoured by Australia Post and named an Australian Legend - his image appearing on a commemorative postage stamp.

Also in 2005 he was awarded Prix De Marie Claire Best Australian Designer. In 2006 Akira received the Award for Fashion Excellence at the National Retail Association Fashion Design Awards.

Akira’s work has been fondly embraced by the Australian arts sector - in 2004/05 Akira Isogawa: Printemps Ete opened at the National Gallery of Victoria – the first solo fashion and textiles exhibition by an Australian fashion designer to be presented at a major national or state institution (still currently on tour in Asia). In 2003 Sydney Festival staged an exhibition of his garment construction techniques at Object Gallery, creating the most successful show in the gallery’s history. Akira has also been invited to exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art and twice has been included in the Powerhouse Museum’s Fashion of the Year retrospective.

He has designed costumes for four Sydney Dance Company productions – Salome, Air & Other Invisible Forces, Ellipse, Grand and for the players in the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Born in Kyoto Japan, Akira moved to Australia in 1986 where he studied fashion design at the Sydney Institute of Technology, drawing inspiration from contemporary Japanese design.

His work has been warmly received by fashion critics, drawing favourable reviews from leading figures such as Anna Piaggi and media including The New York Times and US Vogue.

Akira’s designs are available globally, at some of the world’s most famous stores.

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