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While other little boys were drawing cars and dinosaurs, Terrence O’Brian Henderson was sketching people wearing clothing styles born from his colorful imagination.
“I take it back to almost infancy. It was almost something I couldn’t control – how fascinated I was with how people use the art of uniform and clothing to have a conversation with the world,” said Henderson, a Columbus transplant by way of North Carolina.
“I filled tons and tons of sketchbooks with wedding gowns and evening gowns and started falling in love with colors and textures.”
It was a high school sewing class that moved the needle, as Henderson’s drawings were transformed from dreams on a page to tangible creations – and thus a designer was born.
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“Being a queer Black boy in the South, I didn’t realize people actually did this for a living, he said. “That course just changed my life.”
At 39, Henderson is a technical designer for Kotis Design and also does custom orders for clients in the world of drag, ready-to-wear and evening and bridal apparel.
Now, he can add “reality TV show competitor” to his résumé.
Henderson’s talents landed him a spot as one of eight contestants on the inaugural season of “Sew Fierce,” an OUTtv series showcasing drag-outfit design after his fashions caught the eye of the show’s creator.
“Terrence’s Instagram was brought to our attention well before the first season of ‘Sew Fierce.’ His incredible looks and
Another brand making its Salone del Mobile debut this season was Miu Miu—and in a clever variation on the format employed by its big sister brand, Prada, they unveiled the Miu Miu Literary Club, a two-day program of panels and talks spotlighting the work of a pair of overlooked women authors. The venue couldn’t have been more Miu Miu if it tried: A few blocks over from the Duomo, the event took place in the Circolo Filologico Milanese, a 19th-century library and cultural club straight out of a Wes Anderson movie. At the talk I attended, curator and writer Lou Stoppard led a fascinating and genuinely moving panel with multiple-prize-winning authors Jhumpa Lahiri, Sheila Heti, and Claudia Durastanti, in which they discussed Alba De Céspedes’s pioneering neorealist novel Forbidden Notebook, which acquired a new audience after being republished for the first time in 70 years by Pushkin Press last year.
Across their wide-ranging conversation—which involved Lahiri proudly showcasing a dog-eared paperback copy of one of De Céspedes’s novels she discovered while taking her regular Sunday walks through her local Roman market of Porta Portese, complete with a delightfully cheesy retro cover—the trio discussed everything from keeping diaries, to motherhood, to the paradox of male writers from Dante to Proust putting their inner emotional worlds on the page and being celebrated for it, while women working in a similar mode are sidelined as “confessional” writers. The assembled group of listeners—which included Zawe Ashton, Poppy Delevingne, and Ella Richards, all decked out in head-to-toe Miu Miu—were captivated, and when it came time for the talk to end you could have heard a pin drop. (Until, that is, the room quickly erupted into applause.) Afterwards, guests chatted over canapés and spritzes in the charming book-lined lounge space, with many already beginning to thumb
NEW YORK, NY (WACH) — High-end designers covered the women’s basketball players at Monday night’s WNBA Draft, but for South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso, she shopped local.
“I was like wow,” said Minh Le. “It’s just a big moment for her, and for me it’s like amazing.”
Le is the owner of 831 Minhle in Lexington, South Carolina.
Minh Le is the designer behind the red suit. The Lexington talent was happy to see her art on display.
“Prada, that’s the first time they’re at the WNBA Draft,” said Le. “I’m like that’s my first time too, it’s really amazing!”
Normally, clients meet with Le in person at her shop in Lexington when they need a custom design so that Le can make all her measurements, bu Le never met with Cardoso until the suit was already made.
When Le showed up to give Cardoso the suit, it fit perfectly.
“I have to do my magic thing, meaning I have to pull out each measurement,” said Le. “I have to go online and look at Kamilla’s body-type. I become like a stalker, going online and looking at pictures.”
It’s a remote method Minh Le is used to, as A’ja Wilson was her first Gamecock client. Le designed Wilson’s white suit that she wore at her statue ceremony back in January 2021.
Three years and dozens of designs later, Minh Le’s client- list is full of stars.
From Dawn Staley to Bam Adebayo, Le’s magic has been felt.
For Wilson, Staley, and now Cardoso, a fan through fashion has been found.
“I pay attention,” said Le. “When A’ja’s playing, when South Carolina women’s basketball is playing. It’s become my thing now.”
New York — Brooklyn-based clothing designer, Daniel Silverstein is a pioneer in the fashion industry with his innovative and genderless zero-waste brand “Zero Waste Daniel” which utilizes textile scraps and pre-consumer, post-production materials to create one-of-a-kind garments. With the growing concerns about mass waste and pollution in the fashion industry, Daniel is proof that the fashion industry can reduce waste, one scrap at a time.
According to Earth.org, in America alone, an estimated 11.3 million tons of textile waste equivalent to 85% of all textiles end up in landfills on a yearly basis. As there is more demand for the latest trends and fast fashion, the industry is producing more garments to keep up, which increases the amount of waste. Of the 100 billion garments produced each year, 92 million metric tons end up in landfills.
At the age of 5, Daniel Silverstein was already eco-conscious, recycling and buying fabric scraps for $1 at his local craft store to create doll clothes. After attending fashion school in New York and working in the industry, Daniel realized there were many widespread practices that did not align with his personal values.
“I wanted to bring my ethics into the conversation and make things that I believed in. And I believe in zero-waste. So that’s just what I set out to do,” says Silverstein. Thus, Zero Waste Daniel was born, paving the way for a new generation of designers to create sustainable garments.
His eye-catching signature designs and geometric patchwork are created from a process he dubbed “re-rolling”. Rerolling is described as joining pre-consumer scraps and sewing them together to create brand new fabric. With this process, Daniel creates unique patterns and, after production, reuses the fabric waste.
“Clothing is a powerful form of nonverbal communication and what my clothes say to
Sustainable fashion continues to be on the forefront of Colorado fashion and because of that, is a very important part of Denver Fashion Week (DFW).
The emphasis on eco-friendly style has become a critical yet trendy movement. For another year, Denver Fashion Week’s Sustainability night will once again celebrate the return of eco-conscious fashion.
This Fashion Week welcomes 10 sustainable designers who come bearing their latest eco-friendly fashionable collections. With each designer bringing their special touches and distinctive styles out — there truly will be a design for everyone.
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Arianne Burback, designer of Garms 1 of 1,challenges the conventional notion that success is solely tied to obtaining a Master’s degree and working tirelessly. With a deep-rooted passion for creativity that stemmed from her early days of sewing for her dolls with her grandmother, Burback is determined to redefine success through alternative paths.
“Designing is what excites me. Inspiration is exhilarating,” Burback said. “Working in fashion design has been so fulfilling in so many ways, from waking up curious to see what I will create that day, to meeting the flourishing community of creatives in the western United States.”
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Through her commitment to eco-conscious creations, she unveils her latest collection, inspired by the essence of Garms 1 of 1 and the individuality that each person embodies.
“My 16 look collection for Denver Fashion Week’s sustainability night is inspired by the end of my brand name, Garms 1 of 1,” she said. “Fashion is an expression of self, and being ‘1 of 1’ highlights the unique internal and external traits that each of us radiate.”
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That’s because legendary designer Rebecca Minkoff is joining season 15 of the Bravo series, a source close to production confirmed to E! News.
While it’s unclear if the fashion industry veteran will be a full-time Housewife or just appear in the background as a friend of the cast, Minkoff has filmed scenes with several of the ladies as of late.
The 43-year-old is the first fresh face to join RHONY since the reality show was rebooted for season 14 last year with new castmembers Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank, Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Lichy and Brynn Whitfield, all of whom are returning next season the network confirmed earlier this month.
Minkoff—who shares kids Luca, 12, Bowie, 9, Nico, 5, and Leonardo, 15 months, with husband Gavin Bellour—is no stranger to Bravo. She has previously appeared as a guest judge on Project Runway.
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News of Minkoff’s filming comes on the heels of Whitfield recently teasing several new additions to season 15.
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“One’s Jenna’s friend, one is Erin’s friend,” she revealed during an Amazon Live April 15. “Mind you, too, last year, I had two friends film with us. Nothing’s ever official, we just all invite friends to film. Everyone brings in people.”
Whitfield added that the new ladies are “really, really cool, but it is a real show, so those relationships and friendships have to form.”
And the communications professional promised the group’s sophomore season will definitely be “interesting”
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Rebecca founded her self-titled American fashion brand alongside her brother, Uri Minkoff, in 2005. It specializes in a wide range of apparel, such as jewellery and handbags. Rebecca Minkoff retail stores are scattered around the world, from New York, to Tokyo, and the brand is distributed in over 900 stores separately.
While Rebecca’s name and Real Housewives hadn’t been mentioned in the same sentence publicly ahead of this week, she might be a natural new addition. Jenna Lyons is, after all, entering her sophomore season. She quickly became a fan favorite after debuting in Season 14. Could the same happen with Rebecca?
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Fashion designer Rachel Maguire now dresses A-list celebrities including Doja Cat, Megan Fox, and Megan Thee Stallion but before she started her fashion brand Rashhiiid, she was feeling a bit lost.
“I’d done a lot of living,” she reflects. “I’d been partying a lot. I needed to feel passion. Being a workaholic now is a blessing. I’ve found something productive that I love.”
The Dubliner had tried to apply herself to a number of college courses but found herself bored and uninspired.
“I did social science, psychology, marketing — all those things that I thought were expected of me to get a conventional career.”
Rachel had been customising clothes all the way back to her school years where she would annoy the teachers for altering her uniform.
She was chatting to her mum’s friend one day — an art teacher — who took one look at Rachel’s unique ensemble and suggested doing fashion design.
“Back then, fashion wasn’t really an option for college. It was only after that conversation I re-characterised what at that point I viewed as a hobby.”
Rachel weighed up the various outlets, including the more conceptual design course at NCAD and courses that focused on illustration and Photoshop. She gravitated toward something far more hands-on.
“I really needed something that I enjoyed to apply myself to. The Grafton Academy was seven hours a day on sewing machines or pattern construction — it was entirely practical.”
Continuing on to do her Masters was a rite of passage, but, again, she found herself itching to kick-start her career and leave the textbooks behind.
“It was the societal pressure of what’s expected of you — a degree isn’t enough. I knew well I didn’t want to be there,” Rachel explains.
Bag Bunch, a popular online fashion magazine devoted to hand bag styles and trends, has released new reviews of some of this year’s trending new and vintage designer handbags.
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The team of fashion writers and handbag devotees behind Bag Bunch has road-tested and reviewed new and vintage designer bags by big high-fashion brands like Miu Miu, Prada, Guess, Stella McCartney, Chloé, Valentino, Balenciaga, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, and more. In their new comprehensive reviews, they offer interested readers the industry low down on each bag, discuss its style, color and material, outline its price, and give their honest review of value-for-money, style, versatility, practicality, and more.
The team behind Bag Bunch appreciates that a high-fashion handbag represents a big investment for most shoppers, with Teen Vogue revealing that the average cost for a luxury handbag is now $3,800.
That’s why Bag Bunch is pleased to be going behind the hype and behind the brand image to give their readers the honest opinions of people who know the industry well and have spent their professional lives working in the fashion and design spheres.
Because they believe there is a right bag out there for everyone, the Bag Bunch team is now also reviewing high-street bags made by stores and labels like Nine West, Coach, Kate Spade, and Fossil.
In addition to reviews, Bag Bunch also offers readers their insights into current style trends, their predictions for future style evolutions, their tips on which vintage designer handbags are tipped for a resurgence, and how readers can best use and wear different bag types -including clutches, satchels, totes, and more. Bag Bunch also features news from worldwide design houses.
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The Guadalupe Fashion Show, presented by the Family Service Agency and the city of Guadalupe in partnership with The Community Changers, is inviting local fashion designers and makers to participate in an open call.
Models are also wanted for the show and no experience is needed.
The community fashion show is set for April 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Guadalupe City Hall. The free event is open to all local fashion designers/creators and models.
“We look forward to this event that we believe is the first of its kind in our community,” said spokesman Arnulfo Navarro.
The event aims to highlight local talent, said Navarro. He said most people don’t or won’t categorize their personal work, regardless of simplicity, as something creative or worth displaying in such a manner as a fashion show.
“What’s challenging is broadening people’s ideas of fashion, beauty, and who gets to be included within those concepts,” said Navarro. “I strongly encourage anyone and everyone who has garments they have made in any fashion and would like to display them, as well as literally anyone who’d like to model, to please register or just email me saying you’d like to be a part of our community’s fashion show. At the end of the day we are doing this for us, all of us, these are our stories told by us.”
April Chavez is the Santa Maria City Reporter for the Santa Maria Times. If you have information, or a story idea that you would like to share, send her an email at [email protected].
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