While the contemporary market may no longer seem synonymous with fashion's haute couture, Georgia-born designer Demna Gvasalia is proving the cynics wrong. Spinning made-to-measure everyday luxe, Gvasalia's collection DEMNA is breathing new life into an old world craft.
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Leading the pack of young and creative casualwear labels in Spain, Barcelona-based El Delgado Buil has a spring/summer '09 collection that will leave you ready for the first sign of crocus heads and Easter egg hunts.
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Over the past few years, designers such as Sandra Backlund, Cooperative Designs and Tom Scott have elevated knitting from an ironically hip craft to a fine art. Along with these headline-grabbing names, there's now a slew of young knitwear talent exploring further possibilities in a field bound by tradition.
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As we reported last week, Grace Jones is charging back into the public consciousness with her new album—but for many in the fashion industry, she never left. One such designer is LA's Franc Fernandez, who counts Jones as the key muse for his new collection of headpieces, Blanc.
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London designer Tim Soar prefers to let his clothes do the talking. His spring/summer '09 collection was accompanied by a press release of few words—a list of fabrics, textures, themes and shapes alongside a simple mission statement: "I hope that with each season I have moved forward towards a more perfect crystallisation of what is in my head."
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Russian born Serguei Povaguin knows how to dress a woman. His eponymous collection of womenswear and accessories seamlessly meld masculine and feminine aesthetics, delivering a collection that evokes power dressing for the modern, feminine woman.
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Fed up with the male-oriented sneaker market, Miss Mdot—the attention shy designer behind the JB Classics Lab range—launched Booji, a not-so-shy urban shoe label dedicated to sneaker-loving ladies. Given Booji's potential to rule the streets, homeboys may soon try to squeeze their way into a pair as well.
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This month we are honored to feature illustrations of designer/artist/blogger Richard Haines as our cover art. The images, which Haines illustrated for JC Report take after his popular blog What I Saw Today, featuring hand-sketched looks from the endless runway that is New York City.
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As the '80s revival of the moment presses on, the comeback cacophony of acid-bright colors, high-tops, shutter sunglasses, disco-punk, electro-funk and aerobic chic can easily encourage overstatement. We stumbled upon edgy Priestess NYC, a fledgling label that's earned cult status by transforming the raucous look into unique, playful sophistication.
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Fashion design in China's capital is rapidly becoming one of the most experimental, exciting and vigilantly anticipated areas of creative expression. Among the hot up-and-comers, expat Elisabeth Koch describes her millinery business as having "hit the ground running," but the way we see things, she's off to a sprint.
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