VKFW Magazine - Fall Winter 2019

VKFW FW19

Runway Review

Kids Dance Party

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Fashion Trend Report

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Runway Review

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Off the Runway: Vancouver Fashion Week - P39

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VKFW Director of Operations Jia Seung @jiaseung

Editor Kaitlyn Ho Graphic Designer Sunny Song @sunnys811

VANCOUVER KIDS FASHION WEEK FW19 CREDIT: Photographers:

Hair & Makeup :

Wendy J Photography @wendyjphotography Hatnim Lee @hatnimlee Simon Lau @Valk737 Filippo Fior Imaxtree.com

Hair lead by Ra Hair studio and product sponsored by Redken @rahairstudio @kenzozhair @redken

ON THE COVER PHOTOGRAPHER HATNIM LEE CLOTHES KIPOP MODEL CANDY LI AND ALINA MIAO HAIR & MAKE-UP RA HAIR STUDIO & REDKEN S.N.GLAMOUR & NYX COSMETICS

Makeup lead by Sandy Na, Louise Kim and Sion and product sponsored by NYX Cosmetics @sandytingtingna @louise_kim @Queension @nyxcosmetics_canada

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STAGE ONE ACADEMY Stage One Academy is very honored to be the title sponsor of Vancouver Kids Fashion Week FW19. Putting a spotlight on the fashion industry through events such as Vancouver Kids Fashion Week is essential to the industry.

We are all here for the collections, to celebrate and showcase the creativity that turns the wheels of the fashion industry. Over the course of these two days our designers will make style proclamations that will fuel consumer desire.

During the first break on Day 1, the audience was treated to a Latin dance performance from a young artist of Stage One Academy.

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During the first break on Day 2, the young talents of Stage One Academy wowed the crowd with a fun dance performance.

STAGE ONE ACADEMY 5731 Minoru Blvd #170, Richmond

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VKFW 2019 RUNWAY REVIEW March 23-24 2019 @ David Lam Hall, Vancouver

Article by Kaitlyn Ho Photos by Filippo Fior / Imaxtree.com, Simon Lau, and Wendy J Photography

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The sixth season of Vancouver Kids Fashion Week was held on March 23 and 24, featuring fresh fall and winter styles, along with a variety of special performances. David Lam Hall in the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver set the perfect stage to showcase a diverse group of young models and talented designers from around the world. As the largest kids’ fashion event in Canada, VKFW continues to set trends at the forefront of the next generation of fashion.

Concluding day one of VKFW were La Movida Sewing and Design Studios, and SUNCUN. La Movida showcased locally-designed pieces from 12 different designers, which gave the audience a glimpse at the variety of local design talent that Vancouver has to offer. SUNCUN finished the day with its collection of Chinese luxury clothing, with powerful Chinese imagery that left all in a tranquil state of mind as they exited the venue.

Kind Luv

Royal Luxury Baby

Blara Organic House kicked off the second show with a collection made of entirely natural, sustainable fabric.

It was followed by Kindluv, a brand with an important mission to raise anti-bullying awareness. Both Blara Organic House and Kindluv served as a reminder that kids’ fashion has the power to shape the environmental impacts and social values of the next generation. Next, three dance performances were presented by Feng Feng Performance Academy in a variety of styles from ballet to street dance, demonstrating the variety that VKFW has to offer.

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DAY ONE The first day of VKFW began with excitement and anticipation, welcoming both the local and international community and media to join in the festivities. After the crowd gathered into their seats and the lights dimmed, Vancouver-based brand Royal Luxury Baby charmed the audience with designs inspired

by Alice in Wonderland, transporting onlookers into a fairytale world of flowers and teacups. Next, Korean brand Maman Salon presented a collection fit for royalty, featuring warm-coloured velvet garments.

The fairytale collections of the first show were truly a treat to behold.

Before the break, a young dancer from Stage One Academy gave a charming Latin dance performance.

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Since its inception, Vancouver Kids Fashion Week has been partnering with BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, supporting children in need through donating a portion of tickets sales and on-site donation boxes. As a community we believe that helping each other is a moral obligation that will build up the next generation.

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ROYAL LUXURY BABY Vancouver-based brand Royal Luxury Baby opened Vancouver Kids Fashion Week with children’s luxury clothing designed by Keren Cloter. This season’s collection, entitled “The Sweet Garden of Wonders”, featured Alice in Wonderland-inspired pieces, complete with stuffed animals, ice cream cones, teacups and pocket watches reminiscent of the Mad Hatter’s tea party. The collection’s ribbon and flower patterns, combined with light and playful colours, evoked the joyful magic of childhxood and imagination.

which represents the opening to a new consciousness. Our garments evoke an awakening of children’s senses, as aromatherapy is adapted to our clothing in an eco-friendly and non-toxic way to help preserve the environment and the children’s delicate skin. We welcome you to the rose-lavender fragrance, with fresh and relaxing touches to help our little ones maintain the balance between the harmony of nature and the tranquility of the fragrance of these beautiful plants.

This collection is inspired by the 60s, with influence of the Disney movie Alice in Wonderland. Sweets and flowers are directly related to some of our most positive memories and events: baby showers, birthdays, celebrations, parties. Naturally, we associate sweets and flowers with joy, comfort, love, motivation, friendship and family.

We created this collection to transmit those magical moments that generate happiness and transform the negative into positive. This season, we wanted to create functional and versatile garments for both summer and winter, with fresh colors all fused in unique prints and exclusively designed for this collection in rich fibres.

the application of spiritual knowledge and the study of colors through chromotherapy, we have created unique luxury pieces with consciousness, nanotechnology and aromatherapy to generate happy, confident children of love. Colors have the ability to calm, inspire, excite, balance or alter our perceptions, which led us to consider them as therapeutic tools in themselves and important in making each of our collections. Each color emits characteristic vibrations that produce different effects.

Q: What is the meaning of the brand name?

Royal: It means royalty, members of the royal family dynasty and aristocracy, royal blue monarchy, and wealth.

Luxury: It means luxury, way of living extravagant but with class, comfort, always represented by the color gold, prosperity and success. @royalluxurybaby

Q: What inspires you?

Q: Tell us about the collection Our inspiration is royal fashion, the arthis season. istocracy and the monarchy. Through

For each collection, we add a jewel with a special meaning: this time, we chose the jewel of the keys and the clock,

Q: How can we buy the products?

Website www.royalluxurybaby.com Instagram @royalluxurybaby

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MAMAN SALON Inspired by childhood fairytales, Korean designer Haelim Lee of Maman Salon designs with the belief that “all the daughters of the earth are princesses and they are precious.” Haelim’s European-styled gowns featured ruffles, ribbons, bows, and accessories. Her creations were framed by glittering shoes below and a sleek, ribbon-tied ponytail hairstyle above. Many ensembles were also topped with a twinkling crown in gold or silver. The royal collection moved through warmly coloured dresses of cotton toward shimmery velvet dresses that fell heavily with regal grace.

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Q: Tell us about the collection this season.

want to become a princess, and I want my daughter to have the happiest princess memories. I will continue to design dresses to make every girl become the princess in their dreams.

We want our brand to be like an old memory of childhood.

I got the inspiration from the novel “Little Women”, or “Margaret, Jo, Elizabeth and Amy” by Louisa May Alcott. It started with the image of girls wearing dresses having fun in the grass with bare feet.

Q: What inspires you?

I usually go to gallery or library to look at books or artwork for inspiration.

Q: How was the runway?

It was more exciting than I expected.

Full of audience members, VKFW staff and the show, everything was great! I wish I was more prepared, but Q: Tell us one interesting story I already have list of things to improve behind the collection. for next time.

I was so surprised by the children.

They laugh and cry backstage, but once they are on the runway, they focus and act like professionals taking over the whole runway.

Q: Any plans for next season?

Q: How can we buy the products? We are currently preparing to attend Our products are currently in major department stores in South Korea.

We also sell the product on our website https://mamansalon.com/ instagram @mamansalon_official

Q: What is the meaning of the brand name?

Our motto is “Daughters are Princesses”. Most girls, when they are young,

Vietnam Fashion Week and Korea Fashion Week for next season. We are also planning to expand Maman Salon worldwide, and hoping to showcase in New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week in the near future.

@mamansalon_official

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FENG FENG PERFORMANCE & EDUCATION SCHOOL Between shows on Day 1, Feng Feng Performance & Education School entertained the audience with three dance performances, including ballet and street dance styles.

More information on Feng Feng Perforance and Eduacation Academy, Please visit: http://www.fengfengperformance.com/ or 8980 River Road, RIchmond

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BLARA ORGANIC HOUSE

The creator of a collection made entirely of natural, sustainable fabric, Ann An of Blara Organic House believes that we should make sustainably responsible decisions in all facets of our lives, including fashion.

Her collection of preppy, innovative designs featured original cuts and dangling details in a variety of pastel hues. Many ensembles were characterized by collared dress-shirts or soft, pillowy jackets in blue or pink.

Q: Tell us about the collection this season.

This season’s inspiration for Blara’s Modern Nature collection came from the nature elements we see in modern days. With simple living in the

modern day, we still see many forms of nature’s elements around us: the color of clear blue sky, the texture of soft clouds, the sheer reflection of the evening sunset, and the plants and nature which create the theme.

Blara’s signature fabric colors are pink, blue, and grey, representing the Modern Nature collection.

fabric we work with, and want to bring more sustainable clothes and a better lifestyle to families.

Q: What inspires you?

Q: Any plans for next season?

Blara’s organic cotton, organic dyeing and comfortable fabrics are the main inspiration of our designs. Not only did we successfully apply for international Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certification in 2018, we have also been recognized for our designs and styles. We are confident with the

In the next season, Blara will become even more suitable for a larger market.

We aim to make the designs even more interesting, with diverse styles for everyone.

Q: How can we buy the products?

Our products can be found in our retail store at Oakridge Mall: 650 W 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2M9.

@blaraorganichouse

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KIND LUV Kindluv began its show with a video, targeted at spreading anti-bullying awareness to foster love, kindness and diversity in children. The Vancouver-based line by designer Yolanda featured positive messages, uniting youthful innocence with the importance of putting an end to bullying.

Q: What is the meaning of the brand name?

A mother and daughter collaboration, Kindluv is a brand that seeks to put an end to bullying by spreading messages of love and kindness through clothing. Having immigrated to Canada, my daughter Megan was sad to leave her friends behind, but excited to make new ones. New home, new community, new school, new culture... everything was new.

Trying to fit in, Megan was bullied.

When I found out about this, my heart was broken into a million pieces. I felt helpless. It was hard to watch her leave for school, and I would constantly wonder who was doing what to her. Even though she spoke up and the bullying was stopped, seeing the same bullies picking on other kids got us thinking of how we could turn her experience with bullies into something good. We are on a journey to spread love and kindness through fashion. We are also committed to

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giving a portion of every purchase to organizations working to end bullying, so wear our shirts with pride knowing that you are making a difference.

You can find our products or get in touch with us on: Online store ( kindluv. ca) @the_kindluv

LA MOVIDA

SEWING & DESIGN STUDIOS

@lamovidastudios

Inspired by local design and sustainable fashion, La Movida is a Vancouver-based fashion design school that guides students through all phases of the creative process. Featuring twelve ensembles from twelve different artists, the audience was presented with a wide variety of styles from trendy to vintage, subdued to effulgent. An impressive display overall, with uniquely creative and aesthetically balanced designs.

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Chinese brand SUNCUN concluded the first day of Vancouver Kids Fashion Week with a showstopping luxury children’s line. Combining traditional Taoist influences with contemporary styling, SUNCUN’s highly-detailed garments featured layered textures, flowing trains and sleeves, dragon accents and Chinese watercolour imagery that made a strong statement of fearlessness, courage, and happiness. Props such as umbrellas and swords added to the traditional aspect of SUNCUN’s pieces, reinforcing the brand’s Chinese roots. @suncun2019 VKFW FALL WINTER 2019

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A smoky runway set the stage for Chinese brand SUNCUN, creating an ethereal, dreamlike atmosphere during New York Fashion Week FW19. Both adults and children modelled the new collection ‘FUSHENG’, with dragon motifs, metallic embroidery, and mandarin collars evoking a sense of the East. Tulles with delicate hand beading and intricately embroidered appliqué showcased the incredible artisanal techniques of SUNCUN.

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The colour palette developed from inky blacks through to pastel pink and sage green, before flourishing into brilliant whites. The finale featured a duet of traditional male Changshan tunics and robes, both crafted in lavish gold silk; a masterful ending to a dramatic showcase representing SUNCUN’s dedication to bringing Chinese culture and fashion together.

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Wendy J Photography #1055 - 12471 Horseshoe Way, Richmond, B.C. @wendyjphotography www.wendyjphotography.com

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LA PERANNELLE

Day two of VKFW featured four incredible children’s clothing brands and more entertaining performances. ROCKBEBE brought its designs from Korea to begin the second day of events, making use of bold patterns to convey its theme, “harmony in mismatch.”

Vancouver-based brand NIHIL followed with a collection of fun, comfortable and casual children’s clothing. The energy of the two playful collections was continued by a hip hop dance performance by a group from Stage One Academy.

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Beginning the second show was French brand La Peronnelle, showcasing its vibrant collection “Snowballs and Puddles”, perfect for enjoying the outdoors in the fall and winter seasons.

Following La Peronnelle, the audience was treated to a special guest performance from the MiniBots of NBC’s World of Dance, leaving the crowd in awe of their fun robotic dance moves.

To end the sixth season of VKFW, Korean brand KIPOP served up a finale like no other, with young models strutting the runway in edgy urban designs and dancing to k-pop music.

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ROCKBEBE

The motif for Korean brand ROCKBEBE’s streetwear collection was “harmony in mismatch”, as showcased by the colourful and lively patterns.

Designers Mi Ra Kim and In Chul Kwak mixed bright bold colours like neon pink and yellow, lime green, and black and white into striking checkered, plaid, stripe and zebra patterns in garments with overfit silhouettes.

This urban style collection transformed classic children’s clothing into eccentric pieces such as checkered denim jackets, leopard print coats, yellow tartan blazer sets, lemon yellow ponchos and a lime green jumpsuit fitted with orange pockets.

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Q: Tell us about the collection Q: How was the runway? this season.

The show went well as we expected.

We always start with basic black and white and add more character to it.

This season we added neon yellow and bright yellow, and played around with houndstooth, checkerboard, plaid patterns in twill and jacquard.

Showing the collection with the best stage and models to show our brand image is the most important thing, and I think we achieved it this time, so we are very grateful for it.

Q: What inspires you?

Q: Tell us one interesting story behind the collection.

We get the inspiration from our daughter. She loves to play violin while she listens to hip hop music, and I thought it was funny how unbalanced things make new balance. We put together different things to make this interesting collection.

My daughter did a great job talking to other models. It was difficult for us to explain the brand vibe to kid models, but my daughter, who also walked on the runway, became a friend to all of our models and explained everything for us.

Q: How can we buy the products? Q: What is the meaning of the Q: Any plan for next season?

Brand name?

It was a great experience and we You can find our brand on our website ROCKBEBE is creating a culture that would like to plan it again soon. : www.rockpsycho.co.kr reflects who you are, what you feel, and our wholesale showroom : BELPOST 3-45, Seoul, South Korea. and where you’re going.

ROCKBEBE will be remembered as a center for kids and family street fashion. @rockbebe330

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NIHIL

Vancouver-based brand Nihil presented its collection of comfortable children’s clothing by designer John Pfaff. This playful assortment of designs featured fun sequined prints, flowers, aliens, and bright colours.

The clothes were made from a variety of soft materials perfect for kids, with bright, velvety dresses for special occasions and comfortable shirts and pants for casual wear. @nihil.fashion

Following the break, Stage One Academy entertained the audience with an energetic hip hop performance by a group of young performers, sporting bright silver shirts. @stageoneacademyinc

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STAGE ONE ACADEMY

LA PERONNELLE La Péronnelle featured its collection ‘Snowballs and Puddles’, inspired by the simple pleasures of fall and winter: splashing into puddles, walking on fallen leaves, and crawling into cold snow. French designer Anaïs Chabagno is inspired by her outdoor lifestyle and aims to create easy-to-move-in garments from soft fabrics, resulting in pieces which reflect seasonal colours and allows children to play in all weather. The colourful palette included bold vibrant hues like adobe red, pumpkin

orange, mustard yellow and royal blue with pops of lime green working its way in through pockets and embroidered braids. Featured garments included colour-blocked tiered jumpers, two-toned shirts, floral print leggings and overall dresses. The looks were accessorized with grey merino wool headbands and colourful gumboots. @laperonnelle

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MINIBOTS During the break the audience was treated to a special performance by Vancouver kids dance group MiniBots, from NBC’s ‘World of Dance’.

They fired up the room with their lively robotic hip-hop routine.

@minibotsofficial

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Closing the show, Korean brand KIPOP fused K-pop style and street fashion together in a unique collection that strives to make every city street a runway and every child a star. Showing over 40 looks, a wide range of styles were presented. Designer Kiri (Cha Youngshin) drew the audience in with edgy cargo pants, cropped @kipop021 hoodies, gingham and lace dresses, leather leggings and striped track pants. The garments were dominated by colour-blocked patterns of black and white with splashes of vivid reds, blues, purples and bubblegum pink. The looks were paired with dangling metal chains and buckles, knee socks, and beanies and berets. The show was interspersed with dance routines featuring the children in the cool clothes, resembling a mini K-pop group.

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Q: How can we buy the products?

Q: Tell us about the collection Q: What inspires you? this season.

We are inspired by Korean pop, You can check out www.kipop.co.kr We made a collection that is both functional and idol-ready, using stretchable fabric for higher mobility and glitter to make it “stage style”.

For the first concept, we used red, black and some gold accessories to emphasize intense and charismatic performance along with the Korean dance music. For the second concept, we got the inspiration from the pink and purple trending among current Korean girl groups.

especially Korean idols such as BTS or our Instagram @kipop.place for the and BlackPink, their style and their product information. music.

Q: How was the runway?

I was really glad to meet up with an international audience to showcase our brand and performers. Kipop is performance dancewear that shows not just the collection, but also perfect performances by our Korean model group.

Q: What is the meaning of the brand name?

Our brand promotes the new kids’ fashion trend called “stage style”, which is the dramatic and extravagant style of fashion along with performances.

Q: Any plans for next season?

We are aiming to expand our market and also work hard to make the new trend that will make a big waves. Also, we are focusing on accessories to make us a complete fashion brand.

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KIDS DANCE PARTY

April 27th 2019, at Cambrian Hall, 215 East 17th Avenue Vancouver. Following the theme “Fashionista”, children dressed up pose for the camera infront of the photowall. DJ Ira Pettle providefull entertaing 2 hours for the children, and parents also joined the dance move to the famous “YMCA”.

Hosted by Vancouver Kids Fashion Week & FamilyFun Zone Photographer credit: Andy Zhao @godym_jpg, Louise Maleve @louu_mlv

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Prizes from local sponsors including: Organic Cotton Blanket from Blara Organic House, Gift Certificate for a class session from La Movida Sewing and Design Studio, Shirt & Tutu sets from Kindluv, GIft set from Sebastian & Co, Giftcard from LianHandmande, Yellow summer program pass from kidsword, Gift Certificate for a recording session from Songster, 1 Large Family pass and 1 VIP pass from Vancouver KIds Fashion Week. Prize winners had been selected from the raffle. The grand prize will be announced through social media.

Photogenic

Fashionista

Grand Prize Winner

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FamilyFunZone is an event company that educates and entertains families and communities through educational workshops, international summer programs, and parenting guide forums.

FamilyFunZoneCanada www.familyfunzonecanada.com

The Kids Dance Party was hosted by Vancouver Fashion Week and FamilyFunZone.

Thank you to our local sponsors:

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