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  • DESIGNER TO WATCH: HUB OF AFRICA, ADDIS EDITION – KATUNGULU MWENDWA

    We’re back. With the weekend being over it’s time to showcase our last few designers. Today we focus on Katungulu Mwendwa, or Katush, to those who know her. This shy, sweet, but hilariously funny young designer studied in England, but returned home to Kenya soon after to start her career.  After sourcing for stores to…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH: HUB OF AFRICA, ADDIS EDITION – YOHANNES SISTERS

    There’s nothing like speaking with Africans that not only call Africa home, but see a brighter future for such a rich continent.. Lilly Yohannes and ZeZe Yohannes, or formally know as, the Yohannes Sister’s Couture, conceptualize each collection around this ideology. Focusing on their love for Ethiopia, each collection mixes the beauty of traditional wear…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH: HUB OF AFRICA, ADDIS EDITION – RUALD RHEEDER

    Our designer today, RUALD RHEEDER, I love. I can say that without a fear of being blacklisted as he was the only menswear to showcase this season at Hub of Africa, Addis. His designs are easy to understand, translatable to markets, and very much so his own. A South African native, he’s won “Best New Designer” and “The most…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH: HUB OF AFRICA, ADDIS EDITION – ROOOI

    Last week, we attended Hub of Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You know the place where civilization is believed to have begun, where all the most beautiful women are thought to reside, and home to the African Union. It’s the ideal place of where old world is slowly catching up to the new world, but…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH | WYATT ORR

    Designers, Liise Wyatt and Karly Orr, came together in 2012 to create Wyatt Orr. Seen as the epitome of cool “comfortable luxury,” their collections are curated selection of work-wear essentials for the working creatives. Let’s be honest. How many times do you go shopping for a look that’s far from office admin, and no where near…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| EFM MENSWEAR

    Donrad Duncan, President and Designer of EFM Menswear, drew on the ideology of taking high performance fabrics and manipulating them into innovative, multi-functional, premiere urban sportswear. Previously apart of Victorinox and Ma.Strum, Duncan transforms the active man’s wardrobe to tailored, classic pieces. How did you get into fashion Donrad? I come from a family of…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| FRANK TROPIANO

    I don’t know much about Frank Tropiano, as I rarely know much about any emerging designers we feature. Which is sort of the cool thing about this series. We get to discover, or in this case have them discover us, before they become celebrity designers. You get them when their desire is raw and real,…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| LÉKA

    Is this your first collection? Fall 2014 marks my fourth collection. How did you get into fashion? I came into fashion from the architecture industry. My university education in architecture gave me a powerful foundation in the field of constructionism that is a great support when designing a collection. What’s the inspiration behind this specific…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| ANGELYS BALEK

    Is this your first foray into fashion? The AW’14 collection is my 9th collection!  I began to produce my own brand in 2010 and by 2011 had established my “shop in shop” at Zen at Central World in Bangkok. What is your formal training?  My formal training began with a Fine Arts degree in Bangkok…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| YLIN

    Is this your first collection? This was my first full collection, we launched with a small capsule collection of elevated basics late last year. Have you always worked in fashion? No, this was a big career change for me.  I started out working for high tech companies doing contract negotiations for several years in Silicon…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| NIRCO CASTILLO

    Is this your first collection? This is my third collection. I feel that my brand identity has become further defined since my first collection. How did you get into fashion? Like many inspiring creative designers, it was something I always wanted to do. So I focused all my efforts since I was a child and…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| KENNETH NING

    Is this your first collection? Yes this is my debut collection. How did you get into fashion? I was interested in street wear growing up and wanted to learn how to construct the clothes that I bought. I went to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco to pursue that interest and as time…