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Spectators at New Yok fashion show of Turkish fashion designer Atil Kutoglu were amazed by his crations, sources said on Sunday.
'Zeugma' collection of Kutoglu attracted great interest from the guests of the fashion show held within the scope of New York Fashion Week.
Kutoglu said that the fashion show was held within the scope of 'Turqualite' project, a project generated from the words 'Turkey' and 'quality.'
Kutoglu said, "This is the best promotion for Turkish fashion, textile and ready-made clothing business."
Explaining why he chose Zeugma as the theme of his fashion show, Kutoglu said, "I visited Zeugma (ancient site) in (southeastern city of) Gaziantep a few months ago. I was very impressed by what I saw, and wanted to use it in my designs."
Setting his sights his on the US markets, turning out his own brand, Kutoglu said, "I think of opening my first boutique in New York."
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Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has stressed the potential of Thai silk in international haute couture and offered to promote the use of the material in his fashion house’s products.
Having met Her Highness Princess Siriwanwaree Mahidol, Armani commended her on her dress designs during their recent meeting in Milan. The designs were part of a recent fashion show in the Italian city, said Thai Industry Minister Pinij Jarusombat.
Armani went on to praise Princess Siriwanwaree’ ;s unique designs, pointing that she had all potential to be a professional designer. The Princess presented him with silk fabric from the Bang Sai Art and Crafts Centre in Ayutthaya.
The Italian designer described Thai silk as an ‘excellent material’ that could have a place in the fashion world. And Pinij quoted Armani as saying his fashion house would conduct research into the use of Thai silk in its own clothing and furniture products.
Armani and Pinij discussed mutual co-operation to improve the skills of Thai fashion designers. Armani proposed internships of six months to a year for young Thai designers at his fashion house. The trainees would be selected from winners of design contests to be organized by the Industry Ministry early next year, said Pinij.
Thai designers joined their counterparts from Hong Kong, Singapore and India
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The Trusts Trash to Fashion Awards entertain with a highly theatrical spectacle that is a feast for the senses. The two show nights celebrate designers’ flair for transforming the discarded into costumes that blur the boundary between fashion and art. Competing across eight categories, the 200 selected designers have used only recycled or organic materials, as the aim of the Awards is to promote the ‘reduce reuse recycle’ message.
The show takes places at The Trusts Stadium at Central Park Drive, Henderson in West Auckland on 3rd and 4th December. This new state of the art venue will provide all audience members with good seats and sightlines to get the most out of the show. Producer Amanda Wright, creative director Carla Martell and designer John Parker have conceived edgy original staging concepts to bring out the best in the costumes, models and performers.
“We’re weaving together all the elements of multimedia, music, set and performance around the theme of technology,” says Amanda Wright. “The end result will be the visual extravaganza that Trash to Fashion audiences look forward to.”
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Guest entertainers and cast include Xtreme Trampolinists, performance troupe Vivid, Taiko Drummers, musician Russell Walder, actors Madeleine Sami and Jon Brazier - who all play a part in the show’s story set
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe will design the costumes and scenery for an upcoming play based on the fairy tale Thumbelina, written by Hans Christian Andersen.
The popular 64-year-old monarch has done this kind of work before. In 2001, she designed the outfits and scenery for a play inspired by three of Andersen's fairy tales.
"It is a great honour and privilege to be able to work with another show," she said.
Margrethe said she has not yet completed the sketches for Thumbelina, but said she has "more ideas for different characters than there is room for on the stage."
The play will be performed in Copenhagen's Tivoli gardens next year.
Margrethe has also illustrated many books, including a 1977 Danish edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings. In 2003, she did decoupages to illustrate a new edition of Danish writer Karen Blixen's Seven Gothic Tales.
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A middle aged mother scooped top honours in the nation's longest-running fashion awards.
Townsville mother-of-two Hester Jarvis, 47, may not be your typical fashionista or live in a fashion capital but that didn't stop her winning the supreme award at the NRMA Australian Fashion Design Awards at Brisbane's City Hall.
With the Melbourne Cup on her mind, Hester's latte-coloured silk chiffon dress, designed under her Ja Delle Designs label, was a three-time winner on the night in the fashions on the field category, viewers' choice and the supreme award.
"I'm over the moon to think I won three awards with one dress; I can't quite believe it," she said.
Living in north Queensland is no barrier to success for Hester, who says she spends hours on the phone sourcing fabrics.
"For me it is all about the fabric. With this dress (her winning entry) I started with a great piece of fabric and I just knew exactly what I wanted to do with it," she said.
Hester's love of fashion started as a child but it wasn't until her children Jodie, 24, and Jamie, 20, started competitive figure skating that her creative side was set free.
"They had the most elaborate costumes on the rink and when they got a bit older I decided to do something for myself and enrolled at TAFE to study fashion design," she said.
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