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-Ksubi: The Coolest Brand Must Get to Know!!-

Hey peeps, this week I'm going to show you the coolest brand I found recently-Ksubi. Ksubi was created in 2000 by the surfers: Dan Single, George Gorrow, Gareth Moddy, Oscar Wright and Paul Wilson, who spent most of their time on surfing and playing in the brand. They were unsatisfied with the range of jeans on the market, and also couldn't find  jeans that were fit well. Thus, they started manufacturing their own jeans and denim. 

The inspiration of Ksubi  are integrating of fashion, music, art, and surfing elements in the underground culture and lifestyle. The combination of these elements and original brand spirit makes Ksubi become famous all over the world. 

Ksubi has been always surprised to their audience on the runway show every year. In 2001, they unleashed 200 rats onto the catwalk, and is now known for its rebellious characteristic. Also, the events such as warehouse installations, late-night booty party, and boat fashion shows (where they pushed all of the models into the water) were grabbing attentions from worldwide by its controversial and antics practice. 

                                           Ksubi War look book for Fall 2012:

The project: Burning Man Stills!

                             

                                  

The following below are apparel and eyewear by Ksubi:

-By H.C.C

Brazil - Brazilian Fashion Designers

When it comes to Brazil, carnivals also come in mind!

I happen to love Brazilian culture a lot because of the people and of course soccer! Brazilians are very passionate and hearty. And I love how they have carnivals to celebrate and party all the time.

People may not be familiar with Brazilian fashion. Speaking of Brazilian fashion, everybody would think of bikinis and all those sexy wears. However, Brazilian fashion is somewhat very influential since Brazil is one of the biggest growing economies in the world. Brazil has a huge market for both domestic and international brands.

I am going to introduce Spring/Summer 2012 collections from two internationally famous Brazilian designers/brands, Alexandre Herchovitch and Basso & Brooke, to you today. The designs of these designers are highly influenced by Brazilian heritage.

Alexandre Herchovitch

In this collection, Alexandre Herchovitch was inspired by vintage fabrics. He discovered a trove of fifties-era fabrics at a shop in Brazil.

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Basso & Brooke

They are known for the print and graphic designs. In this collection, many floral and nature prints with abstract and constructive motifs are seen on the garments. The colorfulness and eye-catching looks remind people of the carnivals in Brazil.

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Do you see anything Brazilian in these collections? Hope you enjoyed!

H.C.

Pakistan

Hello everyone! This week, I’ll be talking about an Eastern country: Pakistan! This country has a thriving fashion industry. One of the many well-known designers is Umar Sayeed. He has been in this industry for about twenty years. Sayeed is very versatile with his designs. He often experiments with different styles, fabrics, and embroidery to create unique looks. However, he always gives attention to details with his intricate patterns and bold embroidery styles. Because of his exclusive fashionable designs, he has become very popular not only in Pakistan, but among Pakistanis in the rest of the world as well. I’d like to share some pictures from his latest collection:

 

Another great Pakistani designer is Maria B. She began her company, Maria B. Designs, in 1999. In a very short period of time, Maria has emerged as one of Pakistan’s top designers. She also has a huge amount of clients outside Pakistan. Maria is extremely talented, which shows through her delicate and elegant designing. Here are some pictures to prove it!

I hope you enjoyed this week's post, and I hope you gained new insight regarding Pakistan's fashion!

-FZ

[Sources: umarsayeed.net; mariab.pk]

Thailand

Hi peeps, for this week's post, I am going to talk about the fashion in Thailand. In recent years, due to Thailand's economy beginning to recover, the consumer demand for fashion apparel is increasing. Therefore, Thailand is planning to exchange in different  fashion cultures between Bangkok, Paris and London. Also, in 2004, they started to promote the Bangkok Fashion Project, which organized large-scale fashion show, established fashion week in Thailand to introduce the local brands internationally, and successfully attracted attention from all over the world.   


The reason why Thailand could successfully break into the fashion industry is that the Thai brand can completely combine Western modern style and the ancient Thai tradition, such as textile, printing and dyeing, and Tais. Here, I am going to give an idea about  the Thai fashion, a brand called "Greyhound", which represents the Bangkok lifestyle, as well as the self-consciousness of the middle-class and a spirit of fashion.


Here is the collection of Greyhound in SS 2012

The Following pictures are the Secondary Brand of Greyhound called "Playhound".

Thank you, and hope you like the post for this week

-H.C.C

Tokyo, Japan

Hi all! The biggest news for this week of course is not KONY 2012 but the Japanese earthquake anniversary (3/11/2012). Besides sending out our prayers to those victims, we are going to introduce Japanese fashion so that it may catch some viewers’ interests to visit Japan as tourists to help thriving the economics.

Japan is known for unique and extraordinary fashion. There are so many different fashion styles in different regions of Japan. In different regions, there are also different cultures and subcultures that influence the fashion trends. Those styles change every season in a really fast pace. Trends come and go. Brands are born and die. There is no time for you to catch up with a trend because it will go out of fashion when you notice already.

I am going to focus on Tokyo, which is the heart of Japanese fashion. The three most popular districts that young people and all the fashionistas gather in Tokyo are Harajuku, Sibuya, and Shinjuku. On the streets of these three places, you don’t see only one particular style but variety of them. Some of them are fascinated with western style. Some of them are caught by vintage fever. Some of them are obsessed with subcultural trends. Let’s look at all these street photos and find out how these fashion freaks in Japan pull all the styles together!

@Harajuku

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The famous Lolita style!

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This is a style called Pop-N-Cute.

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 Shibuya's Lolitas

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@Shinjuku 

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Do you see any differences in different districts? There are so many more that I want to post it here but they are just too many! If this caught your interest, you can google, "Japan street fashion". There are tons of them! Hope you enjoyed :D

H.C.

Source: http://tokyofashion.com/