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

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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/

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Fashion Week, Autumn/Winter 2012-2013

Leander's Tower. Istanbul, Turkey

Hello everyone! This week I’m going to be talking about Turkey’s Fashion Week in Istanbul. Turkey is quite an exotic place; it seems to be a mixture of both eastern and western cultures in a way. Many Turkish fashion designers tend to blend traditional wear with modern influences, creating unique looks. One of the many designers is Günseli Türkay. Although she is fairly new as a designer, she has been in the fashion industry for many years. Her pieces at the Istanbul Fashion Week were definitely eye-catching due to the architectural structures combined with reptile patterns. Here are a couple pictures from her Autumn/Winter 2012-13 Collection:

Another well-known designer is Mehtap Elaidi. She prefers to adapt to the current trends in her own distinctive way, rather than following the majority. She likes experimenting and creating her own unique looks. That’s what makes her an exceptional designer with extraordinary talent that she loves experimenting with!

One more designer I would like to mention: Simay Bülbül. She is another extraordinary designer with great talent! She’s known for incorporating leather in her designs. For her Autumn/Winter collection, she combined leather with fabrics like satin and silk to create elegant pieces. See for yourself!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I did!

-FZ

[Sources: www.global-blue.com/destinations/turkey/istanbul/istanbul-fashion-week-trend-report-autumn-winter-2012-13; www.ifw.com.tr/en/designers/mehtap-elaidi; www.ifw.com.tr/en/designers/simay-bulbul; www.citypictures.net; www.gunseliturkay.com]