Issue by ROJ SINGHAKUL Feature at Women’s Fashion Week 2011

Issue is  a huge brand hailing from The Land of Smiles. Featured in Tyra Bank’s America’s Next Top Model Season 6. It has also been featured prominently in Teen Vogue and L’Officiel Paris. Designs from the brand are often full of vibrant colours and energy while incorporating a uniquely Oriental charm.

“I can express myself through their ornate bohemian styles,” says the international model Florence Faivre of her long-standing favorite Thai brand, “empowering me to feel a different yet strong sense of identity.”

Roj Singhajul – the designer behind the brand

After graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts in Bangkok, Roj realized that he has been fascinated by fashion all along. He decided to open a single little store that was to become the Brand Issue . The Issue Logo itself reminds one of Thai fonts, showing the designer’s pride in his country. Roj is also a keen believer in Dalai Lama’s Teachings especially : “Stopping is surrendering. Never give up, no matter what happen,” which sort of explains the designer’s energy and his willingness to travel to absorb new experiences and look for new fabrics.

Issue’s website can be viewed at www.issue.co.th

Stephane Rolland Showcase @ Women’s Fashion Week 2011 Haute Couture Week

 

 

Stephane Rolland is a Couturier who understands world culture as he spent his childhood in Southern France, Argentina , Paraguay and the West Indies.He was born into a family of artists,painters,sculptors,photographers and architects but definitely the first Fashion Designer.

He later went on to study Fashion in Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. At age 20, he started working in Balenciaga and was promoted to the position of Creative Director of Men’s Wear and International licenses which he stayed at until  the age of 24 when he started his own Pret- a Porter company. 6 years later,Jean Louis Scherrer appointed Stephane Rolland to become the artistic manager of his Haute Couture Fashion House which Rolland occupied for the next 10 years. Rolland has since opened his own couture house in 2007 and was even invited to exhibit his works in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2010.

Stephane Rolland is also an award winning costume designer, winning the prestigious Moliere Awards and becoming an official partner for the Cannes Film Festival.

Rolland is also someone who believes in contrast likes the relationship between the ying and yang. The Masculine is balanced by a touch of the Feminine ……. striking the right balance. Some of his muses includes Cate Balnchett, Maria Felix, Martha Graham, Carmen Dell’Orefice ,Helena Rubinstein and Sheikha Mozah of Qatar.

His Fall/Winter collection for 2011 is a tribute to Asia….. Why ? Why not let’s leave them to you to decide and decipher ……..

More of Stephane Rolland’s work can be seen on his website at www.stephanerolland.com/

 

Alexis Mabille Showcase @ Women’s Fashion Week 2011 Haute Couture Week

Alexis Mabille is a couturier who knew what he wanted at a very young age of eight and worked towards it step by step. Born in Lyon, the young Frenchman has a profound of museums and theatres , creating party and theatre costumes growing up. Upon graduation from Paris’ Chambre syndicale de la Houte Couture in 1997, he undertook apprenticeships at Ungaro and Nina Ricci

He spent nine years in Christian Dior under John Galliano as well as the Dior Homme line under Hedi Slimane . Crediting family and friends as well as The Story of Charles Frederick Worth with the Empress Eugenie and Pauline Von Metternich as inspiration, Alexis has rosed to prominence as part of Fashion’s elite. In 2005, Alexis Mabille started his own line under his name and Treizeor – in which he singlehandedly made bow-ties popular again.

Counting Dita Von Teese , Marie Agnes Gilot as friends who have brought about a more feminine charm to his work, Alexis Mabille who prides himself in reinventing himself every season.

More of his work can be seen here at his own website: http://www.alexismabille.com

Dominique Sirop Collection @ Women’s Fashion Week 2011

Dominique Sirop can be said to be born into the Fashion Industry. At age 7, he was already intend to be a couturier after seeing his mother work as a mannequin in the House of Panquin. At age 17, Sirop was already an apprentice at Yves Saint Laurent before being hired as an assistant designer by Mr Hubert de Givenchy. One of his clients at that time was Audrey Hepburn of Breakfast at Tiffany’s Fame. He was also a designer for Hanane Mori. In 1995, Sirop was said to be the prefered choice of Hubert De Givenchy to take over as Head Designer of the Givenchy brand but the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy Conglomerate prefered someone with more mass appeal and went with John Galliano instead.

The Dominique Sirop woman is someone of character, free and a decision maker and not under the influence of brands or others. Sirop is a very down to earth person who does not believe Haute Couture is only for the elite and whose style is a reflection of current events and everyday life. His outfits are often languid and elegant, making women swoon over the creations of this master.

in 1996, Dominique Sirop started his own couture house and within a year, he was admitted into the prestigous Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Parisienne , gaining him the title of Grand Couturier . His work is showcased at 6 major Fashion Fest: Paris, Milan, Tokyo, London, Los Angeles and New York. His Clientale includes Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Sonja of Norway, Joan Collins, Judith Godreche, Nan Kempner, Marie Therese Perrin and Helene David Weill.

His works can be viewed on his website at : www.dominiquesirop.com/

Christophe Josse Showcase @ Women’s Fashion Week 2011 Haute Couture Week

 

Christophe Josse studied art history for three years in Paris, followed by one year in stylisme then following an internship at Louis Féraud fashion house where he started working with Torrente.

Slightly tinted with classical historical references, his creations are soft, vaporous and romantic. The designer is well known for his sublime wedding dresses, which are often translucent, playfully exposing while concealing the body. Josse’s cuts express femininity in its most innocent and unveiled nature. The defining characteristics according to Christophe himself is a desire for exaggerated femininity, something very light, the act of composing a slender, somewhat fragile and very subtle silhouette.

His Spring/Summer 2010 collection was particularly wearable as he sort to create a Haute Couture collection that is wearable .His clientale includes a wide range of French clients, lawyers, bankers, business women but also have more “exotic” loyal customers mainly from the Gulf countries – Saudi princesses fancy evening dresses.

Christophe Josse’s works can be viewed at http://www.christophejosse.com/

Thomas Wee @ Women’s Fashion Week Gala Nite Presentation

Thomas Wee – The Fashion Designer who is known for his impeccable craftsmanship and sleek Silhouettes kicked off the Women’s Fashion Week Haute Couture week during its Gala Night on the 26th October 2011.

The finalist in The First Young Fashion Designer Contest organized by Her World in 1978 has been in the Fashion Industry for the last 30 years. He has been invited to show in New York Fashion Week and in Paris. The Fashion Icon open his first Thomas Wee boutique in 1983 before opening of a series of fashion boutiques, carrying different lines ranging from career wear, under “Mixable” label, a high fashion line in Luxe boutique and even his very own Bridal wear in his “Made in Heaven” Bridal wear Boutique. Thomas Wee has also been voted by CNN Power List as one of the 30 people who have shaped Singapore.

His new collection showcased at WFW 2011 continues his style of excellent cuts, form and soft fabrics. All of which really flatters the shape of the female body.

Women’s Fashion Week 2011 Singapore – Haute Couture Showcase !!!

 

Women’s Fashion Week 2011 Singapore held at Marina Bay Sands was a star-studded affair with  8 of the best couturiers and their collections on display. The set design was extravagant and reminds one of  a European  courtyard at it’s romantic best. The sweet fragrance of flowers in full bloom also lingers in the air while the trees takes on different shades everyday as the “seasons” changes .

A first outside Paris , the Haute Couture showcase spotlights the talents of Maxime Simoens , Gustavo Lins, Eymeric Francois , Christophe Josse , Dominique Sirop , Alexis Mabille , Anne Valerie Hash and Stephane Rolland from the 27^th to 30 October 2011 . The opening night Gala also showcased Singaporean designers Thomas Wee, Ashley Isham and Frederick Lee.

The Haute Couture gowns on show were of such intricate craftsmanship that it is worthy of monarchial grandeur.  The show seems to spare no expense in celebrating the individuality and yet romantic side of the modern woman.

Megalomaniac Euphoria will also be covering the individual designers in the days to come . Look Out for it.