An Ode to My Role Models
One morning I woke up to the news that Ryuichi Sakamoto had passed away. In his last performance aired on 22nd of December, the man often referred to as Sakamoto-sensei was visibly thinner; his...
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On the Rising Homogeneity of Textiles in Fashion Industry
For all its talks about diversity and inclusivity, fashion is losing sight of its primary imperative – a vehicle for independent creativity that the human minds can offer in materiality. As the world...
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ROSEN: NOON
Part I: A Wandering Noon Part II: A Descending Noon Part III: A Homeward-Bound Noon Part I: A Wandering Noon Noon is walking home. Like any other night, his mind is blank, his steps are heavy, his...
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By The Grace of Miyake
Humans are strange creatures. We pin our self-esteem on our beliefs. When our beliefs are validated, we feel good about ourselves. When they’re being contradicted, we often take it as a personal...
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A Deeper Look into ROSEN’s NOON Collection
Noon started with outlines of garments in my head. They were enormous creatures; giants looming in the background with the angularity of a Modernist sculpture yet is all-enveloping like a fluffy...
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Notes from The Tea Plantation
Fashion is an industry that is obnoxious, loud and extroverted. To do well, one must discard one’s shame and fear of rejection. This is because the business of fashion is not about making clothes, but...
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The Evolution of A Garment and The Importance of Obsession in Design
To present a piece of creative work to the world is to throw away a piece of yourself. Once it has been seen, it no longer belongs to you, for you have granted the world license to rip it apart, chew...
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The Birth of Amur
Protection for life in the frontier. That was what Amur eventually evolved into. In the beginning, there were belts and shawls. Not content with accessories however, we dreamt of bigger things. What...
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Weihai – One of China’s Hidden Gems
This is an essay about the place and the people who had inspired the story of Amur. To create a cohesive storyline with the garments, I decided to eschew modern Chinese metropolises. I did not want to...
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Slow Fashion – An Impossible Goal?
A few days ago, Business of Fashion posted an op-ed on the difficulties faced by companies operating a slow-fashion model. The term was first coined as the answer to the problems of fast fashion....
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