LING GOH
Hi Ling, where are you from and how old are you? I am 39 years old and born and bred in Singapore Tell us about LING WU. Luxury. Handmade. Personal. It’s about the whole experience of using my bags… A combination of design, materials and how they come together to create this experience. The bags will [...]
INTERVIEW : Nicholas Cho & Vincent Quek
Where are you from and how old are you? N : I’m Nicholas Cho, 35 and V: Vincent Quek, 38 and we are both from (proudly) Singapore! What do you do? N : I always tell people I am the Director of Strategic Planning, but I am actually an over-glorified salesman (smiles broadly). I take [...]
INTERVIEW : DANTE DIZON & NOLI CORONDA
Where are you from and how old are you? Both – I’m Dante Dizon, 33 years old from Manila Phillipines and I’m Noli Coronda, 30 years old. Tell us about yourself? D – I’m a creative director at Leo Burnett Manila. I make commercials for a living. I’m also a creative director and designer of [...]
INTERVIEW : CLINTON LEICESTER & NICOLE WONG
Hi, pls tell us where you’re from and how old are you? C- Hi, I’m Clinton from Singapore and I’m 24. N- I’m Nicole from Singapore and I’m 23. What do you do? Both- We are the co-founders of AMEN and Crawford & Sons, and we also work at Kevin Seah Bespoke. Describe yourself? Both- [...]
INTERVIEW – NINA KARINA NIKICIO
Hi Nina, where are you from and how old are you? Jakarta and I’m 27 Tell us a little about yourself. What do you do and what inspires you? I basically make clothes,based on my own belief that fashion can be treated as an investment rather than some trendy shit that will go passes in [...]
INTERVIEW : Designer/Party Photographer/Fashion Journalist TRISKI NURANI
In the day, she is a Senior Graphic Designer at a corporate agency. At night, she documents the Jakarta night scene. She shoots for BLACKOUT and YOUTH IS FOREVER, she is a freelance fashion journalist at The Jakarta Post’s magazine called The Weekender, and she also used to contribute to local and international magazines and [...]
INTERVIEW : ARTIST DESIGNER LINDA LIM
Where did you grow up? Singapore. I grew up and lived in a historically rich and fabulously quaint housing estate, post war flat at Tiong Bahru. What kind of music do you listen to? All genre of music. My first cassette tape was mega hit 3 and I tuned into boss nova radio station every [...]
INTERVIEW : BESPOKE TAILOR KEVIN SEAH
How old are you Kevin? 37 As a kid, what were your influences Toys and Football. Who and what inspired you to become a tailor? I started out as an apprentice with a local tailoring company. It has always been rooted in me, tailoring and fabrics. Why does the fashion industry need you? Because I [...]
INTERVIEW : FASHION DESIGNERS MASH-UP KIDS
Where are you from? SHAF: Singapore DANIELA: Bolivia but..I have been living here for 14 years now so I’m pretty Singaporean by now. NATHANAEL: Singapore , but i would like to think I was from space . What music do you listen to? S: I grew up listening to top 40s and listens to them. [...]
SOMETHING ELSE
Australian fashion label ‘Something Else’ by Natalie Wood has long aspired to be more than just a fashion label. When it was founded in 2004, Wood’s vision for the brand was to create designs that transcended the usual parameters of clothing. Their website says that Something Else ‘centered on the merging of art and fashion… continually [...]
CRAFT PUNK
Get ready for a real treat as Craft Punk focuses on body-hugging creativity this winter with draping, constructing, coiling and decorating. Book a workshop led by industry experts and create a re-constructed garment from manufactured knit off-cuts inspired by Belgium fashion designer Martin Margiela, or a beautiful contemporary breastplate, neck-piece or body adornment using Indigenous [...]
AVGVST :: JASON LEE COATES
Some serious fashion styling here by Jason Lee Coates from Sydney. More awesome spreads at THE SOURCE.
TEXTILE DESIGNS BY NINA LEVETT
The pattern above is about things adults are scared of. Violence, prostitution, drugs, terror, aging, anxiety,…. These all are negative aspects of our own lives or someone else’s. This pattern was created as a counterweight to the bright side which is represented by flowers, bulimic models, thin girls, love and laughter. —Nina Levett Check out [...]
MMOHAWK BY MUFFYN LIULIU
NAME: mervyn hi AGE: 23 WHAT YOU DO: barber WHERE YOU FROM/LIVE: singapore: bishan WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY IN LIFE: to be myself as much as possible HOW DID YOU START? I started by cutting my own hair when i was in jc and cut my campmates’ hair while in the army. my girlfriend encouraged me [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: STOLEN
Gandhi once said, “Those who keep more than what they need, are thieves.” Gandhi was right, but unfortunately this makes fashion the biggest thief of all. Ironically with all respect, his wise words inspired a local label, STOLEN. A female apparel brand, which has for the last 6 years been creating items of sharp fashion [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: Project Madness
Madness is a project that combines 3 designers based in Jakarta. Those designers are: Ajeng Dewi Swastiari, Bonnie Natasha Arif and Vannie Astecat. They life in a dual perspective and also they believe everybody has two sides that are opposite. Their dark side even could make something creative. They define their project that made by [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: Proudrace
The ’90s is a constant inspiration in their designs but Manila based label, Proudrace makes sure that they deliver it in an eclectic, youthful and modern package.They are a duo from different backrounds.An Industrial Designer and a T-shirt designer got together to create clothes that reflects their combined personalities. It’s all about the use of [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: RBRTH
1. Name/Nickname, Age: Stephanie V aka Deardisco, 24 2. What do you do: I design jewelry under the name RBRTH and design clothes and run a store (THIS IS A LOVE SONG) with my partner. In my spare time I love taking analogue photos (lomography.com/homes/user/vstephanie) with my Lomo cameras and I run a fashion blog [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: Shito
We are dressed from head to toe in love, the only label that will never go out of style. Heels, wedges, stilettos, strappy sandals, boots, after a long infallible love affair with them all, the ladies behind Shito, Alice Soedirman and Cheryl Mok launched their label in 2009. Shito’s luxury line produces well-heeled shoes that [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: Sundays
1. Name, Age Larry Lam 2. Age : 28 3. What do you do: I design, I do visuals, and I teach. 4. Where are you from: I like to think I’m living the blood of socrates, sometimes greek, but mostly Singaporean lah. 5. What is your motto: Summer should be 20 degrees centigrade. 6. [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: Super Earth Goods
Super Earth Goods aka SUE.GD is a newborn eco label launched in 2010 with the aim to introduce eco fashion and improve the awareness of our local community to care more about our environment. Having lived in the fourth most populous country in the world, we got to face the environment crisis issues from plastic [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: This is a Love Song
1. Name, Age: Nina Hadinata & Stephanie Vermaas, 27yo & 24yo 2. What do you do: We design clothes and run a store both called THIS IS A LOVE SONG. For fun we make parties under the name “Love In Tents” and it is the only indie night in Bali and that’s where we let [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: Nina Nikicio
Driven, ambitious, unpredictable and detailed, Nina Karina Nikicio has brought her last name into a brand that has been notable for the expressive, quirky and original designs. Nikicio has won an incredible range of acknowledgements that includes; Finalist of young Singapore Designer of the Year (08), Most Watched Designer of the Year by Elle Magazine [...]
THEM JAM 2011 PROFILE: Mandy Wu
1. Name, Age: Mandy Wu,25 2. What do you do: Jewelry design 3. Where are you from: USA 4. Your motto: Life’s too short for regrets. 5. E-mail: contact@mandywu.com 6. Website: www.mandywu.com See the entire feature HERE! Mandy Wu will be participating this 7th Dec at the THEM.SG PRESENTS: THEM JAM 2011 event. Go to THEM.SG [...]
