London, United Kingdom
BASMA is wearable art silk scarves defined by hand painted strokes inspired by linear forms and printed onto the finest silk chiffon as an expression of beauty, femininity and creativity infused with the spirit of independence and a passion for design.This marriage of art and fashion is at the heart of BASMA and captures the current mood for artisan craftsmanship, individuality and easy to wear in luxury fashion.
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Angela Quaintrell
angela@angelaquaintrell.com
London, United Kingdom
ByVarga is a contemporary designer womenswear label, putting emphasis on mix-and-matching quality materials and bold detailing. The company’s profile is high-end ready-to-wear fashion, characterised by subtle femininity and the element of surprise which is delivered via the integration of asymmetry. and contrasting. The brand works exclusively with natural, fine quality materials such as silk, wool and leather, creating timeless pieces that can be used in a versatile way and provide a comfortable, luxurious feel as a result of the precise and sharp tailoring applied throughout the entire process of manufacturing.
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Andreas Arany Toth / brands@goldentothconsulting.com
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Andreas Arany Toth / brands@goldentothconsulting.com
Beijing, China
Cafmere is made from the finest cashmere and gives a total look for the customers.
The shapes are classic but the creative details give the pieces a contemporary vibe and a feeling of perfection and luxury.
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Angela Quaintrell
angela@angelaquaintrell.com
Designed in Iceland, Made in Perú
"Having been shaped by her birthplace in Iceland, Matthildur has the artisanal DNA of a global traveler in search of her expression. Currently living in Lima, Peru´ Matthildur manages a small, committed team and works with family owned factories to produce her original design shaping the collection season after season.
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Angela Quaintrell
angela@angelaquaintrell.com
London, United Kingdom
Ivana Nohel : Not Your Mother’s Scarf
En route, en taxi. ‘You’re gorgeous, you’re fabulous!’ Silk doesn’t disappoint. ‘Where did you get that?’ they crave. Every woman’s envy. ‘I’ll never tell.’ But you will. Two gins and your love of all things beautiful and you can’t help but share. Ivana Nohel likes lunch and to not rise before eleven. Early or late, a scarf turns an appointment into an event. Born from an appreciation of life’s finest things, the London-based illustrator presents her first collection of premium textiles. Made in Como, Italy ... the place to make silk scarves. Digitally printed on 100% silk twill, each carré, pocket square and neckerchief has hand-rolled edges, while each shawl has a hand-finished fringe.
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Ivana Nohel
inohel@mac.com
London, United Kingdom
East meet West. West meet East.
VAAI is an eastern inspired designer womenswear label. The pieces within the collections are understated and contemporary yet retain a sense of their artisanal provenance. A brand for the global woman who has a stylish sensibility yet laid-back aesthetic. VAAI is committed to sustainability with each collection incorporating organic, ethical fabrics and handcrafted elements.
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angela@angelaquaintrell.com
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Hetal Patel
info@vaailondon.com
Kolkata, India
ABOUT THE BRAND
Vizyon is a brand that is celebrated for its timeless signature style, craftsmanship and silhouettes. The collections have an affinity for functional design and clean tailoring over something exaggerated or indulgent. Though, the ensembles might look simple at a first glance there is a world of elements that come into play on closer inspection. Primarily delving into the artisanal side of India the brand presents vintage style in a contemporary way. These exquisitely crafted pieces are a tribute to the modern woman who values the origin of the garment, and the intricate detailing that goes into creating every piece.
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Illusions are distortions of the senses that reveal how the human brain normally organizes and interprets information. They may occur with any of the human senses but optical illusions are best known and understood. Vizyon’s Spring Summer 2020 Collection “Illusions”is a study and exploration of that field of work. Fluid yet bold lines travel through the collection in various forms of expression, interpreted as prints, stitch lines, pleats and embroidery. The styles transcend from subtle hues of Onion, Sky Blue and Mint to rich tones of Tangerine, Royal Purple and Parrot Green. Easy to wear silhouettes that fit all sizes are the highlight of the collection, focusing on a more comfortable yet versatile look. Exaggerated sleeves, asymmetric drapes and unconventional cuts and layering dominate the collection, yet remain subtle and understated in tone on tone hues with delicate and concentrated embroidery. All in all it is an easy, comfortable and understated yet mysterious, sophisticated and delicate collection ideated and created for a truly cosmopolitan woman, well travelled but still deeply rooted to her home.
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Angela Quaintrell
angela@angelaquaintrell.com
Shradha Murarka
shradha@vizyon.in
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Shradha Murarka
shradha@vizyon.in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Beirut, Lebanon
BLSSD is a fashion-centered design practice based in Dubai and Beirut.
A daring, innovative spirit and fresh, experimental style lies at the heart of our creative approach.
As a fashion label we embrace streetwear’s provocative take on originality, combine it with a sense of luxury, the practicality of utility and top it off with a touch of gratitude and a desire to make fashion matter.
We call it Pret A Gratitude.
It’s a style, an attitude, a view on life. Our thought provoking design aesthetic draws crossovers between technical sportswear, cosmopolitan luxury and confident minimalism to express a narrative that oscillates between bold, attitudinal streetwear and a refined, contemporary urban style. Creating collections that are striking, unmistakable in style and designed for worldly, style conscious individuals, who choose to wear BLSSD for our unexpected detail, fearless, contemporary style and playful contradictions.
Inclusivity is an important and evolving component of our brand’s value system. It drives our ongoing exploration of free size and gender fluid design options. While our trans-seasonal ethos, careful supplier partnerships and smaller batch production process guides our continuous sustainability and ethics journey.
Culminating in a beautiful place where function meets comfort, work becomes play, contemporary acknowledges classic, street embraces sophistication and looking good means doing good. Behind the BLSSD’s bold drive to stand out, make a mark and make fashion matter, is a fierce purpose.
A purpose close to founder and Creative Director, Lama Riachi’s heart. As a cancer survivor Lama was exposed to a need and an opportunity to create a fashion label that went beyond just aesthetics and image. A purpose to provide a means of education, treatment and moral support to disadvantaged migrant workers whose lives have been touched by cancer. A purpose to stand for those often overlooked by the system. A purpose to heal through fashion.
BLSSD’s Spring Summer 20 ready-to-wear collection is a bold expression of reinterpreted sportswear codes, urban utility and inspired luxe. Signature typographic treatments using custom printed fabrics and innovative sports flex applications bring the collections ‘CODE’ theme to life and unlocks the unexpected design crossovers BLSSD is known for. Designed with instinct, flair and masterful fabric combinations, each piece offers an intriguing balance of juxtaposition; classic and contemporary, masculine and feminine, strength and softness, structure and fluidity, street and sophistication - while always embodying the labels characteristic sensuality and ease. Resulting in a distinctive visual language that offers seamless transitions between work and play, elegant and effortless, street and luxe.
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Lys Riachi
lys@blssdfashion.com
Kurt Blanckenberg
kurt@blssdfashion.com
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Amy Denny
amy@mojo-me.com
Lama Riachi
lama@blssdfashion.com
London, United Kingdom
YSI YSU is a London based designer brand specialising in high end womenswear with chic and feminine styles. The meaning of YSI YSU is not only to build up a relationship between 'I' and 'You'- the brand and the customers, but also to discover the possibilities that how customers might be involved in the designs- the functions and the styles.
YSI YSU was established in March, 2018, but our story actually started a long time ago, back to when our designer Yuan Sun was studying MA Fashion Design at Nottingham Trent University in 2007. Yuan developed her interest in combining function with construction of the garments at that time. She graduated with Distinction and her collection Rolling was shown and awarded at International Hempel Fashion Award. In the following years of working in UK luxury fashion industry, Yuan gained invaluable experience. Gradually an idea came to her mind that to establish a brand to express her design concept, and it's for the women who look for creative but wearable products with high quality and reasonable price.
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Yuan Sun
info@ysiysu.com
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Hundred Showroom
Valeria
hello@hundredshowroom.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ARSHYS is a bold, quirky contemporary womenswear brand using fashion as visuals communicating our beliefs and identity through the art of digitally drawn typography and graffiti-print messages of positivism. The brand supports slow fashion creating small modular capsule collection each with its own positive voice, produced ethically in the designer's own home town Dubai. The brand's motto is "Live Peacefully. Dress Beautifully".
ARSHYS is bringing her SS20 collection “Perplexed” to Paris AQ Market. The collection is a reflection of our over consumption and reliance on man-made plastics and the emergence of more ecological organic materials.
The juxtaposition between the two materials, one robust and the other more fragile, is relayed throughout the SS20 collection's soft and fluid silhouettes, that are overlaid with bold contrasts and statement accessories.
Since its launch the brand has received awards and accolades based on the originality, growth potential of the business. Some of the awards and title received are Swarovski Innovations Awards, Black Sheep on NotJustALabel.com. Selected as one of the top 10 local entrepreneurs by Dubai International Financial Center to showcase the brands designs in a designated retail store in Dubai.
Member of Dubai Design & Fashion Council. ARSHYS was recently appointed as a Finalist designer to create and present Dubai Expo 2020 workforce uniform designs led by UAE Minister of State, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Arabia and other respectable industry professionals.
It didn't take long for ARSHYS to receive both local and global recognition in respected publications such as Vogue Italia, Marie Claire Mexico and Condé Nast Traveler Middle East and Elle Arabia to name a few. ARSHYS has also dressed celebrity TV artists like Sonya Cassidy that was featured on the cover of a London based editorial. As well as Hip hop artist Oshun in N.Y featured on the MeFeater magazine.
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Arshia Alam
orders@arshys.com
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Saira or Arshia
info@arshys.com
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London, UK
JUDY WU was founded in London in 2013 by designer Judy Wu who moved to London from Shanghai at the age of 19 to study Fashion Design Womenswear at Central Saint Martins. Reflecting on femininity in a contemporary context, Judy engraved her vision of ‘Feminine Strength – embracing femininity to empower modern women’ to the brand with a strong modern art influence. JUDY WU confirmed its place in fashion industry with catwalk shows and presentations every London Fashion Week on renowned platforms such as Fashion Scout and On|Off, and has been receiving international acclaim from Vogue UK, Vogue China, Vogue Italia, Harper’s Bazaar China, SELF China, Glass Magazine… to name a few. JUDY WU has maintained its independence to preserve its creativity, and successfully opened its first store in 2018 in central London in Hyde Park Estate’s upmarket retail quarter – Connaught Village - providing luxury womenswear, unique accessories and handbags as well as bespoke services at its in-store atelier.
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Judy Wu | sales@judywu.co.uk
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Queena Wei | press@judywu.co.uk
Geneva, Switzerland
DANDY & BROOKS is an artisanal lifestyle and resort wear brand, founded upon a passion for beautiful textiles, a penchant for exquisite design, a respect for authentic craftsmanship and a commitment to ethical trade. Inspired by the rich cultural heritage of timeless crafts such as embroidery, ancient weaving and printing, we seek to celebrate these traditions through our designs and production processes. A unique combination of beauty, colour and individuality, Our collection will transport you from blissful beach havens to bustling concrete jungles – the perfect wardrobe for the effortlessly stylish nomadic woman. By weaving stunning bohemian patterns with city-chic silhouettes, our pieces are an alluring blend of the exotic and the familiar – a contemporary ode to ancient artistic traditions. Over the past decade Dandy & Brooks has assembled an incredible team of like-minded people from communities around the world who share our passion for beauty and our commitment to helping sustain artisanal crafts and the environment. We work with groups who seek to socially and economically empower the artisans, supporting them and their families.
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sally@dandybrooks.com
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paul@dandybrooks.com
London, United Kingdom
Jianhui London focuses on sustainability. Most of the collections are made from recycled or sustainable material.
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Biba
biba@jianhui.co.uk or jianhui@jianhui.co.uk
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Beth
office@jianhui.co.uk
London, United Kingdom
Kausar which means "abundance" founded her eponymous handbag and accessories brand in 2015 which pays homage to female empowerment and the belief that all women should live their lives abundantly. Born and raised in the United Kingdom but grew up in a Kashmiri Pakistani family, Kausar was inspired by the intricate designs found in Kashmiri embroidery and wooden carvings. Coupled with her love for sacred geometry and art deco, and having travelled from an early age, Kausar has been exposed to rich cultural backgrounds which gave her an insight into international design, sustainability, history, and philanthropy. Kausar is a luxury brand which celebrates women through exclusively handcrafted octagonal handbags. A fusion of Kashmiri paisley embroidery and unique geometric shapes which run through each collection representing infinity, renewal and balance. Tucked inside each bag are positive quotes and inspiring printed imagery of pioneering women who have achieved great things from Maria Teresa de Filippis the first woman to race in Formula One in 1958 to members of the Women’s Royal Naval Service inspecting dive bomber equipment in world war two 1943. The brand philosophy is that ‘With self belief anything is possible’ - all products are designed to reinforce confidence, the willingness to go after the impossible, and the belief that it can be achieved.
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Kausar Bibi
info@kausaronline.com
London, United Kingdom
In 2012 Lucy Choi London launched; a forward thinking brand that meets the exact demands of the sophisticated modern woman and reflects the way she shops. The aesthetic appeals to a savvy generation of women; women who look for quality and luxury, but at the best possible price point. Lucy designs every shoe in the Lucy Choi London collection to be unique and playful, to reflect the many different personalities and tastes of these women.
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Will Truman
will@lucychoilondon.com
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Anna Hedman
anna@lucychoilondon.com
