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MARCH 2015
CONTENTS MAGNA FASHION
MAGNA FEATURES
12 FASHION REPORT Oscar’s Red Carpet: See the look of the hottest celebrities in Oscar.
16 COVER STORY The Secret: Sui He reveals her secret working in fashion industry . 24 SPECIAL Asian Couture Federation: Check Asian top designers in their runway for being the members of ACF.
14 DAILY FASHION The “It” Girl: Steal the look and tips from the girl behind Gary Pepper Girl Blog. 32 FASHION REPORT Asian Fashion Collection: A full collection live from New York Fashion Week 2015 . 38 FASHION REPORT Made in Indonesia: Brought to you Indonesia local designers using local inpiration.
52 SHOPPING GUIDE The regional shopping guide is here, start from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur then to Bangkok.
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LAST LOOK
Sui He wears Saint Laurent clothing, and hat.
42 FASHION SPREAD Peace is Always Beautiful: A set of looks that will make you stunning.
MAGNA LIFESTYLE
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The EDITOR’S Letter
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ON THE COVER Sui He wore dress by Gucci Photography: Mei Yuan Gui Makeup: Sun Qi Hair: Chen Feng March 2015 NO.1 Komma
e have launch the first edition of MAGNA Magazine. MAGNA magazine is Asian’s fashion and lifestyle fashion bible. Our target market mostly are in Asian region, but there is a possibility that MAGNA’s readers are all around the world. For the past few weeks, as I’ve been putting out the magazine I’ve also been busying myself behind the scenes, crafting something new and different. In this very first Magna’s magazine, I encourange the readers to be more aware of local potential. Since this is a fashion magazine, we would like to do a local campaign which will support the use of local brands. And if we do this campaign together, we can spread these acts to other people. The very first edition starts with a lot of information that discuss about Asian Invasion, which means that Asian designers or fashion-influencer have gone international. The spreads are also meant to encourange you that you can do it too. Also don’t forget to take a peak on Indonesia Fashion Week - made in Indonesia trends report. Please do enjoy our every single pages, ladies !
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MONOCHROME !
Monochrome NEVER Dies ! These editor’s picks are going to amaze EVERYONE. Go for it, ladies !
Heels Earrings Last Clothing Sporty Top Pinx Black Spark Necklace Cucito Mesh White Skirt Poza Grid Clutch Marc and Stuart White Shoes Gosh
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Nicole Kidman by Louis Vuitton
Anna Faris by Zuhair Murad
Jamie Chung by Yanina Couture
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From shades of RED, flower aplique, to HOT metallic. We bring you the latest trends live from The Oscars 2015 Red Carpet ! Dakota Johnson by Saint Laurent
Diane Kruger by Donna Karan Atelier
Rosamund Pike by Givenchy
Behati Prinsloo by Armani Prive
Giuliana Rancic by Mireille Dagher
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Wear a matchy crop top with high waist kneelength skirt that will embrace your body Match stripes outfit with solid color of outerwear that will neutralize the color
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To look great, we only need two colors - gray and black, NEVER out of style Get the same color on your shoes and bag to unify your daily look
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Monochrome is never go WRONG and it screams classy Get your white sleeveless shirt matched with a black jumpsuit, you got the preppy look
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After almost giving up on her modeling career, trailblazer SUI HE insists that the secret to her success is knowing she can live without it. By HEATHER HODSON
Photography MEI YUAN GUI
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Hair CHENG FENG
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Sui He wears Miu Miu clothing, and hat. All by Miu Miu.
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ui He arrives for our breakfast on a bright Tuesday morning, flustered and full of apologies. She has been waiting outside a hotel in downtown Manhattan by mistake, she says in tentative English, her voice so soft you have to lean in to hear her, and now we don’t have much time. After our interview she has to catch a plane to Beijing, she apologizes, shaking my hand and hastily ordering a black tea. He is dressed for the flight in an off-duty-model version of a long-haul travel outfit – olive-green Burberry sweatshirt, skinny jeans and silver Nike sneakers with a Givenchy tote in her favorite color, jade. Whippet-slim and tall, her face makeup-free and exquisite – eyes the color of dark toffee, angled cheekbones, delicate chiseled nose, and large, fleshy dimples – she appears, at 25, both beyond-her-years glamorous and sweetly girlish. She is, she explains, always on a flight to somewhere. Last week she was in Sweden, this week it’s Beijing, Shanghai, Paris, and possibly
Dior, and appeared on multiple magazine covers, including W and AustralianVogue. In global model rankings, she has reached Models.com’s Top 50, an all-the-more impressive feat because she is breaking new ground: only a handful of models of Asian descent have gained international recognition in the fashion industry. He belongs to an exclusive contingent of models – including Liu Wen, Du Juan, Ming Xi and former The EDIT cover star Fei Fei Sun – whose visibility will increase as the Chinese luxury- goods market continues to swell. Hers is a powerful position to be in. He was the first model from East Asia to open a runway show for Ralph Lauren; the second ever, after Liu Wen, to walk in the Victoria’s Secret shows; and the first Chinese model to become the face of Shiseido. But when I put it to her that she is something of a trailblazer, He squirms in her seat. “Every time people say that to me, I feel really shy, because I didn’t do anything,” she says. “This is
“I think EVERYBODY should be themselves. I don’t NEED to learn from someone ELSE” Tokyo or Beijing again – she isn’t sure which. “The worst of it is not that you keep working, but that you never know your time,” says He. “I always have my plan, and it’s always broke! Every month this year I have planned to take a vacation with my friend, but I have to cancel every time. A job comes up and [the agency] says, ‘It’s very important for your career, you have to do it.’” He calculates that she once flew 100 hours in 20 days. “And I flew economy. It nearly killed me!” she laughs. “Hopefully, when I get a boyfriend, he will cut up my passport! I can’t do that but he can. If my agent asks me, I’ll say, ‘Oh, sorry, he did it!’” she giggles, dimples denting her cheeks. This is the kind of globetrotting schedule that comes as standard with modeling success. In the last three years, He has appeared in campaigns for Ralph Lauren, H&M and Dior for Printemps; walked the runway for almost every major designer, including Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Fendi and 18
my job. I’m really lucky – I have this chance to work with the best designers, the makeup artists, the magazines. I still feel like I am a very normal person who got lucky working on this stage. So every time people say, ‘Oh my God, you’re my icon,’ or something, I feel really shy. I feel like, I’m not different from you.” And of her genetics that the rest of the world finds so alluring, she says: “It’s really nothing, [just] appearance.” He was born in Wenzhou, a small city about an hour’s flight from Shanghai, where her parents, both government workers, still live. Her selfdeprecation is, I suspect, the natural fallback position of someone who grew up in an environment where academic success is prized so highly. “When I was in school my family told me I could only wear the school uniform,” she says. “They said, ‘You cannot look at a mirror, you cannot think about beauty, all you should talk about is studying. Learning is everything.’ Because if a girl wants
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Sui He wears Chanel clothing, and hat. All by Chanel.
Sui He wears Dior clothing, and hat. All by Dior.
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to be beautiful, they will waste their time on, ‘How is my hair? How are my looks?’” He was a good student, twice class president in high school and swimming competitively for the city from the age of seven. Fashion was an anathema to her. “I didn’t know anything about styling or fashion. I was not interested in that,” she says. “In China, they always do it that way. In America or Europe they let the children choose what they want, but in China, they say, ‘I’ll buy the clothes for you.’” The one model He had heard of while growing up was Kate Moss, but when asked if she has fashion role models, her voice grows steely. “No. I think everybody should be themselves,” she says. “Including me. Everyone is different. I don’t need to learn from someone else.” When He was 17, her teacher suggested she enter a modeling competition, and against He’s own expectations, she won. With the support of her father (“He said, ‘You chose it and I will support you’”), she moved to Beijing and began her modeling career. Things did not go according to plan, however. “I didn’t get a lot of jobs, I didn’t earn money,” she says, “so I thought I should stop modeling and do something else.” She took a university degree and, at 20, had just decided to give up on modeling, when she was scouted by an Italian agent. Six months later, she made her runway debut in the fall/winter 2011 shows. “I was the new face, and Asian faces [are rare] in Milan, so [my agency] said, ‘If you can walk in four shows you will be huge’,” she recalls. “I did 13.” At the time, He reassured herself the success wouldn’t last. “I’m that kind of person,” she explains. “I always make myself very clamped down. I don’t want to go up and down, up and down.” No longer the fashion ingénue who arrived in New York three years ago, He likes to mix labels such as Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten and Alexander Wang with Acne Studios jeans and H&M basics. “I don’t like too much stuff together, I just want it to be simple, easy and chic,” she says. She also checks in each day with her exercise coach in China, who advises her on her diet and workouts (“I exercise not to lose weight, but to keep fit”). Off-duty, He maintains a separate identity from her modeling life by leading a low-key existence. She shares an apartment on New York’s Lower East Side with two student friends, whom she says are refreshingly free from the complications of the fashion industry. “I love having non-modeling friends,” she says. “They never ask me about my jobs, the gossip. I don’t like [gossip].” And while she is friends with other Chinese models, they never talk shop. “We’re all good friends, but I don’t like talking about work,” says He. “I don’t want to compare.” Asked what her plans are for the future, and He is sanguine. “I never have plans. I mean, this was a complete surprise, and it changed my life,” she says. “So now I try my best and maybe one day, when the chance comes to do something else, it comes. I just tell myself, you cannot be a popular model forever, because fashion is fast, it keeps changing. So I tell myself that if tomorrow nobody wants me, I’ll still be happy. If tomorrow no one uses me, I can live.”
“Fashion is FAST. So I tell MYSELF that if tomorrow nobody wants me, I’ll still be HAPPY”
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THE 10 TOP ASIAN COUTURE DESIGNERS They are from Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, China and Singapore, namely, Junko
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GUO PEI
Guo Pei is a Chinese designer born in 1967 at the end of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. She graduated in 1986 from the Beijing School of Industrial Fashion Design and began her career in Chinese textiles before moving on to designing her own line in May 1997. Inspired by a dead rose, she has approached the vision of the lost glory and the essence of luxury. Rose Studio is not only a couture house, but also like an art gallery. Meanwhile, it carries the characteristics of elegance and romance. Precisely and technically, Rose Studio specializes in embroidery. Drawing inspiration from China’s more than 4,000 years of history, Guo’s ideas are turned into couture reality by over 400 craftsmen trained by the designer herself. The craftsmanship and intricacy of her designs can require over 50,000 man hours to complete. Her most notable show, “The Legend of the Dragon,” took nearly three years of preparation before premiering in Beijing in 2012. Guo has dressed China’s biggest stars such as Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing, and also designed costumes for the Beijing Olympics. Guo Pei was awarded the title of “China Top Ten Fashion Designer” and continuously plays an an important part in the China Fashion Association (CFA).
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Sebastian Gunawan is an Indonesian-born fashion designer. His passion for fashion started in the early age of 14 in forms of hand sketches and drawings. Sebastian then further formalized his fashion interest through formal education in Susan Budiharjo Institute of Mode Jakarta Indonesia, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles, USA and Institute Artistico Dell Abbigliamento in Marangoni, Milan, Italy before returning home to embark on his professional fashion journey. Sebastian first entered Indonesia’s fashion industry in 1993 with his own fashion house. Within the next decade, he took the Indonesian fashion industry by storm, further introducing design labels such as the made-to-order “Sebastian Gunawan,” ready-to-wear “Sebastian Red,” secondline “VOTUM,” and bridal collection “Sebastian Sposa.” Sebastian’s creativity was recognized internationally when he received the First Award at the “International Apparel Federation World Young Designer Award 2004 in Barcelona, Spain. A year later he was invited to show his collection at “Moda in 3D” in Rome. He was named the top fashion designer in Indonesia by the Jakarta Post.
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JUNKO KOSHINO
Junko Koshino was born in Osaka and graduated Design Course at Bunka Fashion College. She won the 7th SOEN Award, known as the gateway to success for the new fashion designer, when she was 19-years-old. She participated in Paris Fashion Week for the first time in 1978 until 2000. She held fashion shows in Beijing in 1985, NYC (Metropolitan Museum) in 1990, Cuba in 1996, Poland in 1997, and Myanmar in 2009, among many others. In 2008 she produced the Japan Festival fashion show and the opening at John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Madame Junko’s work ranges widely from designing costumes for the operas like “The Magic Flute” performed by the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich (1991), “Madame Butterfly” at the Year of JapanRepublic of Korea National Exchange Event (2002), “Pacific Overtures” on Broadway for which she was nominated nominated for the Best Costume Design of a Musical at the 59th Tony Awards (2004), to designing sports uniforms and interiors. She currently designs costumes for TAO (Drum Art Performance Group) and fireworks for the summer festival “Ryukyu-Kaiensai” in Okinawa. 28
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Lie Sang Bong is considered one of the most influential people in South Korea. Not only has he dressed the country’s First Lady, he has also collaborated with top Korean companies such as Samsung, LG, KT&G, and Kumho to create limited edition lifestyle products. His work portrays femininity with an architectural silhouette that possesses beauty and functionality. For over 20 years, his perpetual creativity and aspiring signature has sealed his reputation, and he is often referred to as “the Korean McQueen.” LIE SANGBONG continues to receive critical acclaim and has been featured in publications including: Vogue, Vanity Fair, W, The New York Times, Le Figaro, The Telegraph, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar. Mr. Lie has dressed notable women such as Korea’s First Lady, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Rosario Dawson, Kelly Rowland, Juliette Binoche and Karen Mok. 29
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MICHAEL CINCO Filipino designer Michael Cinco is best known for his fabulous couture gowns. His fresh and elegant juxtaposition of elements like fabric and Swarovski crystal embellishments reiterate his utterly no-nonsense love for the intricacy of details on exceptionally superb creations. Michael’s celebrity clients include Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Fergie Ferguson, Dita Von Teese, Brandy, Ashanti, Paris Hilton, Mischa Barton, Chris Brown, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, Paloma Faith, and Sofia Vergara. Born in August 27, 1971, Michael studied Fine Arts in one of the most prestigious universities in the Philippines, and later pursued fashion design training at SLIMS fashion and arts school. He took apprenticeship and was trained by respected designers in the Philippines and the prestigious Central Saint Martin’s College of Arts and Design. He established his own couture house, designing wedding gowns and couture dresses for his elite clients from the Gulf and Arab royalties. Michael has partnered with Swarovski to create special collections, as well as with the Red Cross Charity Foundation. He was also honored to be invited by Tyra Banks as the special guest designer for America’s Next Top Model cycles 16 and 17, as well as a judge on Asia’s Next Top Model. In 2012, Michael launched his first ever perfume called IMPALPABLE.
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Photos by Dominique Pettway
Asian Young Designers Took Off to New York Fashion Week This Year The Asia Fashion Collection show at the Salon at Lincoln Center for New York Fashion Week allowed for promising young Asian designers to display their designs. The designers ranged from various areas of Asia including Tokyo, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The show included the collections of, ZokuokuB, Noirer, Athena Chuang, Nelson Blackle, and Tsubasa Shinyo. 32
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INDONESIA Report live from Indonesia Fashion Week 2015. It is the latest updates in Indonesia fashion industry. Here are the reasons why we love Indonesian designers who amazingly designed using Indonesian culture.
‘FUTURISTIC’ Through this collection Savira combine Java with futuristic elements. Gurdo symbol that we usually see in batik, Wiro Sableng 212 and Naga Geni using the techniques of embroidery and print in fashion variation has a simple silhouette in a monochrome color palette and metallic gray. Fit for each element.
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BY LENNY AGUSTIN �BORNEO OFF BEAT� This collection is about as a playful Barbie with Indonesian cultural heritage or like Pocahontas a la Borneo who welcomed the fashion game creativity to cultural products. The tribal motifs present in more girly for example in midi dominant color pink strapless dress paired with a cropped-bolero more yellowish. What is so special about this collection isthe texture. This is because the motifs are embroidered.
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ALGARRY BY ALBERT YANUAR “CHINOIZE� The design is inspired by Chinese porcelain. Chinoize characterized by the use of fantastic imagery of Chinese imaginary. In a broader scope, the collection refers to the mix of Western-style elements. As for decoration and shape, combines two elements of East and West with the use of the material becomes the point of imitating Chinese porcelain.
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Hansel 02-14 Mandarin Gallery 333A Orchard Road Singapore 238867
Hansel womenswear blends a sense of quirky playfulness with understated minimalism. Hailing from Singapore, designer Jo Soh pulls together unexpected elements, creating highly wearable pieces that suit spunky, confident women who can’t help standing out in a crowd. The label reflects her modern and unique take on retro-inspired styles, featuring her signature love for juxtaposing strong and subtle shades.
SINGAPORE SWAGGER The coolest stores are in this city, start from designer’s boutiques to awesome multi-brand store. Threadbare & Squirrel 660 North Bridge Road (Bali Lane) Singapore
In Good Company Orchard | Level 2 310 Orchard Road Singapore 238864
Co-founded by four friends in December 2012, IN GOOD COMPANY (IGC) is touted as the definitive brand for modern classics with a twist. A label of wardrobe essentials, IGC’s aesthetic is defined by clean silhouettes and a blend of relaxed tailoring with surprising details. Signature tailoring and draping form the character of all IGC collections, with the aim to put new twists of modernity on classic silhouettes.
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Threadbare & Squirrel would be the first store that I recommend everyone to visit. They stock mostly Singapore designers on the first floor where you can find Max Tan, Al&Alicia, By Invite Only, AKA Wayward, Kae Hana and several others. They have a narrow staircase leading up to the second floor where you can find a really good selection of jewellery and accessories. I especially love the ones from Mandy Wu, who is a Hong Kong designer.
Victoria Jomo 9 Haji Lane & 47 Haji Lane Singapore
Victoria Jomo should be the oldest tenant along Haji Lane - standing with two boutiques down the same lane - with more than 10 years of residence already. The more ‘upscale’ Victoria Jomo boutique stocks plenty of local designers and would be a good experience to those who wish to find out more about Singapore’s designers. It also comes with a cute shoe corner lined up with colorful maryjanes and court heels of Thai designers and the space upstairs houses vintage costume jewellery together with a great selection of dresses.
Granny’s Day Out 3 Coleman Street, #03-25 Peninsula Shopping Centre, S179804, Singapore
Our vintage boutique in Singapore stocks a wide range of women’s vintage dresses, tops, skirts, bags, shoes and jewellery from the 1920s to the 1980s. These goodies hail from all over the world. Each piece has been handpicked for its age, style, quality, and fabulousness. All items have been cleaned and lovingly restored, so you can wear them right away.
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DISCOVERY IN KUALA LUMPUR Find fashion pieces that are chic and edgy by Asian designer’s made in this big city.
A.L.L.I.E.N Publika Shopping Gallery, Lot 46, Level G2, Publika Shopping Gallery, Jalan Solaris Dutamas 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“We’re not selling garments, we sell style” - A.L.L.I.E.N
SHOES SHOES SHOES No.22-1 & No.22-2, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur
Shoes,Shoes,Shoes was a mere dream of one of the multitudes of women who have an irrational passion for shoes. Quality and comfort are essentials in the making of our products, so the irresistible combination of beauty, quality and affordability make Shoes,Shoes,Shoes a brand special. 54
A.L.L.I.E.N boutique has been operating since February this year. It’s a local homegrown brand that’s not only known for its unique designs, but also for its amazing service. This boutique is owned by a famous Malaysian fashion designer and stylist Allien Gan. The fashion stylist also brings in other local fashion designer pieces and hand-picked pieces to his boutique, for example, Silas Liew and Hayden Koh.
Bazarro No. 6-1, Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar Baru, Wilayah Persekutuan, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
One-stop shop for rising Asian designers, including laser-cut dress from brands like Stolen and Chiyo from Asian region. You’ll not regret shopping here.
Mimpikita Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Zulkifli sisters launched Mimpikita in 2008 and have since transformed the company into an international fashion house with bridal and ready-to-wear collections. Known for combining the highest quality materials and impeccable craftsmanship with a modern design sensibility. Bound by passion and a constant pursuit of excellence, the Zulkifli sisters are three women with one aim, to ensure that when you become the Mimpikita woman, your dream becomes ‘our dream’.
Alia Bastamam 14 Jalan Chempenai, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur
The design aesthetic of Alia Bastamam brings a cool, comfortable and neoteric up-to-date culture into the glamorous idea of fashion. And it always best suits what women want. Drifting through a wanderlust composed of luscious, wispy movements of soft fabric, sophisticated risqué for subtle sex appeal, and sharp cuts and fine tailoring for a substantial dash of class.
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Marihorn 388 Siam Square One, 3rd Floor,Room no. SS3016 Patumwan,Bangkok 10330
With 10 years of experience in entertainment, Marisa Horn learned about women’s wear. Marisa believes that all girls want to be good-looking regardless of the time of day, be it from the moment she wakes up in the morning or casual clothes during a relaxing afternoon to the evening dress she wears to a party. Marisa is particular about the quality of the stitching and tailoring.
Swahili Collection for SS 2015 presents the story of a girl who has travelled the African Savannah, to th wild kingdom
The AMAZING BANGKOK This city becomes one of the most inspirative fashion in Asia. Check our shopping guide to the amazing journey.
Tu’I Bag 1662 Charan Sanitwong 75 Bang Phlat Bangkok 10700
Matina Amanita Unit L209, Level 2 Central Embassy Bangkok, Thailand
Inspired by the magic of the everyday, Matina Amanita is at once fantastical and charmingly feminine. Blending imagination with glamorous femininity, turning ordinary objects into a new found treasures. Matina Amanita includes a precious line, as well as a line of costume jewelry 56
Tu’I derives its bold and glamorous signature style from the energy, passion and creative vision of tipanan krairiksh srifuengfung, a leading designer from Thailand trained at the prestigious Instituto Marangoni in Milan, who established the brand and launched her first collection in Bangkok in 2008.
Vickteerut
11/37-39, 262, 264, 266 Soi Sukhumvit 93 Sukhumvit Road Bangchak Prakanong Bangkok, Thailand 10260
VICKTEERUT, founded in 2007, a clothing line that follows an urban inspiration and attempts to set trends rather than follow. However, the brand philosophy is classical modern where the simplicity mixes with style. VICKTEERUT believes that this unique blend will stay forever.
Kloset 3rd Floor Siam Center, Rama 1rd, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Founded in 2001, Kloset’s designs are for those who are strongly passionate about fashion. Kloset originates and maintains its base in Thailand where the inspiration of the collection embraces the culture’s whimsy and playfulness. Everything in this collection is an obsession for all things hand-made founder and designer,
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LOCALGRAM #letswearlocal
Support your local brands by wearing it ans showing other people that local brands are EXISTED.
Our model @safhr from @ Our model @itsrebzone from @ lsprmodelling wears Indonesian lsprmodelling wears top and shorts Local Brand. from @castor_manfashion, one of Indonesian Local Brand. Katty Top from @madeandwear Let’s #WEARLOCAL ! Jada Draped Skirt from @aggyslabel
President of LSPR Dance, @ wendy_marc in CFD. He is wearing top and pants from @castor_manfashion He is proud to wear local. Are you proud to #WEARLOCAL?
Local Outfit Of The Day is @ Local Outfit Of The Day is @ Local Outfit Of The Day is @ cindyfriscill - She is wearing top michellefredy – She is wearing gabriellaurel - She is wearing top from @hefens. top from @dirtywhitecotton. from @segitigaco. 58
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