Thursday, 12 September 2013

Alexander Wang

Alexander Wang is an American fashion designer and Creative Director for the Balenciaga. He launch his label which began with knitwear collection. In fall 2007, Wang presented a complete women ready to wear collection on New York catwalk for the first time. He won CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2008. At the same year, he launch his first handbag collection. In 2009, he launch his women T and followed by the men T a year after. In 2009, he recognise his peers when he announced as the winner of the CFDA Swarkoski Women Designer of the Year award  and also in 2009, Wang received the Swiss Textiled award. Now, his lines are stock globally in more than 700 doors including luxury department such as Barney New York, Neiman Marcus and Dover Street Market. Wang is well know for his urban fashion design.

A picture of Alexander Wang himself

Monday, 9 September 2013

Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen or Lee Alexander McQueen is a British and couturier fashion designer. He is known for working with the chief designer in Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and now his founding himself a label of his own. His achievements in fashion earns himself four British Designer Award in the year 1996,1997,2001 and CDFA International Designer of the Year award in 2003. Besides the award that he achieve, he also the youngest fashion designer to have a high profile clients likes of Mikhail Gobachev and Princes Charles at the age of 20. He died on he 11 February 2010 hanging himself at his home nine days before the fashion week.


Right before his death,he manage to finish eighty percent autumn/winter collection was presented in Paris fashion week which is the last collection of his being presented.


Alexander McQueen himself

Savile Row

Savile Row is a brand know for they "bespoke" tailoring suit and ready to wear for the men. This company was started by Edwin Hardy Ames in the year of 1946 and sold the business and retire in 2001, the company now run under the Fung Capital. Savile Row started as bespoke tailoring suit and ready to wear brand when Gives and Hawkes introduce it to the company. This two merge from different business where Gives is a Royal Navy tailor in Portsmouth and Hawkes is a London based cap maker for the army. Both of them started to tailoring together in a small house at the street called Savile Row in London, this is where the name was formed into a brand. Both of them started present they work of art when both of them stages the first men's ready to wear catwalk at the Ritz Hotel in London, it was a huge success for both them. After the blooming success, both of them designed the England 1966 World Cup team costume, in 1968 they designed were in the film 2001 Space Odyssey and the Queen gown used for the Silver Jubilee portrait in 1977. Now, Saville Row has firm into a franchise.

Savile Row's reputation in tailoring bespoke has include celebrities and politician as they regular customer including Lord Nelson, Napleon the Third, Winston Churchill, Prince Charles and Jude Law. The cost of one suite is upwards to 2,000 pound sterling and normally below 3,000 pound sterling which depends on the cloth material being used.

The streets of Savile Row in the city of Westaminster, London

The male models in the bespoke fine tailoring of Savile Row
                             

Thursday, 5 September 2013

Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo is a Britsh high gashion house specializing in luxury shoes, designer bags, and accessories. Jimmy Choo was founded by Malaysian born couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo himself and Vogue accessories editor magazine Tamara Mellon in 1996.
In April 2001 Equinox Luxury Holdings Ltd bought out Jimmy Choo 50% ownership pf the ready to wear business. The company was bought by current owners Labelux in 2011 and Tamara Mellon leave the company shortly after it.His brand has been worn by many celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, Khloe Kardashian Odom, Kourtney Kardashian, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martha Stewart and many royal family such Dutchess of Cambridge, Princess Eugene of New York and The Countess of Wessex, Princess Beatrice. Jimmy Choo has 115 store worldwide in 32 countries.
Jimmy Choo white and black 24 karat gold for the Dubai press cconference.
Jimmy Choo eyewear frogskin leopard design for luxury and wild looking eyewear.

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Thom Browne

Thom Browne is American fashion designer. He is the founder and the head of design for Thom Browne, a New York City based menswear and womenswear.

Thom was born in the year 1965. He graduated from Notre Dame University in Paris, France. Thome being awarded and became the member of Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). His is also being nominated as Menswear Designer of the Year in March 2006 and GQ Designer of the Year in November 2008. Thom is well known with his THOM BROWNE collection club Monaco and the brand of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation. He also design the dress and coat of America first lady Michelle Obama at his husband swearing ceremony to become the U.S president, Michelle wore Thom Browne navy blue silk jacquard. Beside clothing lines, he also design shoes and glasses.
one of Thom Browne famous suede brogues shoes collection 
Michelle Obama wore the Thom Browne navy blue silk jacquard dress at his husband swearing ceremony
Thom Brown himself
Thom Browne military inspiration for the Spring 2013 collection