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ARTEMISIA HWANG, SHOWS YOUTHFUL STYLE AT VFW S/S 2023
ARTEMISIA HWANG The 2nd night of Vancouver Fashion Week welcomed back designer Artemisia Hwang. Hwang first showed her premiere student collection at VFW for S/S 2020. Hwang's bio states that she has a love of history, nature, architecture, and classical music. ARTEMISIA HWANG A REVIEW ARTEMISIA HWANG TM is the self-named label of Artemisia Hwang,...Continue reading→
BLUE TAMBURIN ; BEAUTY SHINES BRIGHT at VFW S/S 2023
BLUE TAMBURIN The second night of Vancouver Fashion Week S/S 2023 presented the return of BLUE TAMBURIN. Blue Tamburin is a Korean fashion label by designer Bomin Kim. Kim a designer with 21 years of experience, launched BLUE TAMBURIN 2021. The brands first showing at VFW was a triumphant success, and the buzz was in...Continue reading→
TABITHA ANDELIN ; SUSTAINABLE SAVVY STREET WEAR AT VFW S/S 2023
TABITHA ANDELIN TABITHA ANDELIN showed her eponymous fashion brand at Vancouver Fashion Week on the 2nd night, Oct 21, 2023. Andelin comes to VFW from Los Angeles, where she produces her line of sustainable savvy streetwear. I had previewed TABITHA ANDELIN in a post before VFW. I was excited to see this line and certainly...Continue reading→
UNSERTEN RETURNS WITH FLARE TO VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK S/S 2023
UNSERTEN Unserten returns to Vancouver fashion Week after it's tour de force showing at VFW F/W 22. I anticipated a great show from this Japanese design collective that won my heart with its last show. UNSERTEN is a Tokyo-based, avant-garde elegant menswear & unisex fashion brand founded in 2020. UNSERTEN is inspired by the feeling...Continue reading→
KU; A NEO PUNK DENIM EXPLOSION VFW S/S 2023
KU designed by AKIKO HOSOI The brand KU comes to the runway of Vancouver fashion from Japan. VFW has a tradition of engaging with international fashion labels. This is the first appearance of KU at VFW. KU is a label that works with sustainable, recycled, and repurposed denim. In 2013, it started with consignment sales...Continue reading→
ATELIER AREIELLE ; ROMANCE FOR THE CYNICS AT VFW 2023
ATELIER ARIELLE Atelier Arielle presented " Romance For the Cynics" on Oct. 20th at Vancouver Fashion Week(VFW). Designer Ariel Han brings her premiere collection from New York to Vancouver. This is Ariel's thesis collection from The Parsons School of Design in New York City. I write this review armed with little biographical details or information...Continue reading→
KOME CLOTHING; ARTISTRY SHINES AT VFW S/S 2023
KOME CLOTHING As I sit down to write reviews in the days just after Vancouver Fashion Week, I reflect on what I've just seen. It's an intense four days. I contemplate what I want to express about what I've seen and witnessed. Sometimes it takes a few days to process. Often as I think about...Continue reading→
STREET STYLE AT VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK S/S 2023
STREET STYLE STREET STYLE STREET STYLE STREETSTYLE STREET STYLE Is Street Style what the fashionistas are wearing? While we were all looking towards the runways, something fabulous evolved Street style. With your ass firmly planted in the front row and your eyes intently fixed on the catwalk, the best look of the night may be sitting...Continue reading→
VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK S/S 2023 ; MY PREVIEW
VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK S/S 2023 Vancouver Fashion Week S/S 2023 will take place at David Lam Hall , Oct 20 to 23rd 2022. Vancouver Fashion Week's biannual show's are a highlight of this blog and the fashion scene in Vancouver. Since its conception in 2001, Vancouver Fashion Week has been dedicated to cultivating the success...Continue reading→
EVAN CLAYTON’S THEATRICAL FASHION THRILLS AUDIENCE
Evan Clayton blew the roof off the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday, September 24, with his first show in several years. INFERNO is a fashion show based on Dante's Inferno. I arrived almost an hour before showtime; the crowd was gathering. The fashion-starved throngs had pulled out all the stops. The eclectic style of the patrons added...Continue reading→