Brand: Address
Designer: Bitten Morthorst & Hera Hardardottir
Contact Info:
Email: info@theaddress.dk
Official Website: www.thisisouraddress.com
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Country: Denmark (In Circus)
Brand: In Circus
Designer: Rene Gurskov
Contact Info:
In Circus Showroom
Dyrkob 5
1166 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone: +45-3391-3392
Email: incircus@incircus.dk
Official Website: http://www.incircus.dk/
Designer: Rene Gurskov
Contact Info:
In Circus Showroom
Dyrkob 5
1166 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone: +45-3391-3392
Email: incircus@incircus.dk
Official Website: http://www.incircus.dk/
Friday, January 26, 2007
Country: Belgium (Walter Van Beirendonck)
Designer: Walter Van Beirendonck
Official Website: http://www.waltervanbeirendonck.com/index.html
Collection: Autumn-Winter 2006
Link to Photos from same collection:
Collection: Spring-Summer 2006
Link to Photos from same collection:
Collection: Winter 2005
Link to Photos from same collection:
http://www.waltervanbeirendonck.com/HTML/COLLECTIONS/WINTER2006/overview.aspx
Collection: Summer 2005
Link to Photos from same collection:
Link to Photos from same collection:
Collection: Winter 2004
Link to Photos from same collection:
Collection: Summer 2004
Link to Photos from same collection:
http://www.waltervanbeirendonck.com/HTML/COLLECTIONS/SS2004/overview.aspxervanbeirendonck.com/HTML/COLLECTIONS/SS2004/overview.aspx
Collection: Winter 2003
Link to Photos from same collection:
http://www.waltervanbeirendonck.com/HTML/COLLECTIONS/WINTER2003-2004/overview.aspx
Country: Japan (Ato)
Country: Japan (Dress Camp)
Brand: Dress Camp
Designer: Toshikazu Iwaya
Contact Info:
AT ONE'S INC.
705 Villa Bianca, 2-33-12 Jingumae,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Tel 03-3423-1279
Fax 03-3423-0826
Press: Discipline / Reiko Terada
Tel 03-3466-7761
Fax 03-3466-7796
Link to Sample Photos (2007):
http://www.jfw.jp/en/photo_tokyo.html
Link to Sample Photos (2006):
http://www.jfw.jp/archive/2006/en/collection/photos/photo04.html
Taken from website of Japan Fashion Week (2005)
http://www.jfw.jp/archive/2005/en/collection/photo/designer07.html
Designer: Toshikazu Iwaya
Contact Info:
AT ONE'S INC.
705 Villa Bianca, 2-33-12 Jingumae,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Tel 03-3423-1279
Fax 03-3423-0826
Press: Discipline / Reiko Terada
Tel 03-3466-7761
Fax 03-3466-7796
Link to Sample Photos (2007):
http://www.jfw.jp/en/photo_tokyo.html
Link to Sample Photos (2006):
http://www.jfw.jp/archive/2006/en/collection/photos/photo04.html
Taken from website of Japan Fashion Week (2005)
http://www.jfw.jp/archive/2005/en/collection/photo/designer07.html
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Why Noah?
Well, I really love the name.
My mom did not give me a second name.
Would have been great if it was Noah.
Then, I started thinking about Noah further.
Associating it with the story of the Great Flood and eventually Noah's Ark.
If I were Noah... and God told me to build an Ark... making me panic with news of a Great Flood... factor in my natural love for menswear design... I seriously would not know what to pack in my suitcase. And maybe, instead of gathering examples of each animal on the planet, I will probably gather pieces from each creative designer's collection per season, from the blog list... from all over the world.
And because God asked me about the animals first... to be professional, I will delegate this task to an extremely talented event organizer, create another Ark for him and all the animals in the world.
I am not sure if it makes sense.
But all these thoughts led to the blog's name... Noah's Suitcase.
My mom did not give me a second name.
Would have been great if it was Noah.
Then, I started thinking about Noah further.
Associating it with the story of the Great Flood and eventually Noah's Ark.
If I were Noah... and God told me to build an Ark... making me panic with news of a Great Flood... factor in my natural love for menswear design... I seriously would not know what to pack in my suitcase. And maybe, instead of gathering examples of each animal on the planet, I will probably gather pieces from each creative designer's collection per season, from the blog list... from all over the world.
And because God asked me about the animals first... to be professional, I will delegate this task to an extremely talented event organizer, create another Ark for him and all the animals in the world.
I am not sure if it makes sense.
But all these thoughts led to the blog's name... Noah's Suitcase.
Why start a blog?
I've always imagined myself ending up as the last person on earth not starting a blog.
And today, I am starting one.
It all began with search engines... enabling me to type 'Japanese fashion' and see names of designers that I've never even heard of before.
I love creative menswear.
I love the aesthetic.
I love the art and creative philosophy behind it.
And ultimately how it provokes me into new ways of dressing.
There is nothing like menswear design assembled in such a way that makes you see what else is possible in the everyday limited permutations of a man's wardrobe.
But scouring the search engines for extremely creative (but maybe still under-the-radar) designers proved to be difficult. For one, there is not one website out there that comprehensively lists creative or avant-garde menswear designers (or maybe I just missed it). Even if one exists, I am not sure if it lists designers and creations per country. Not having travelled much, I was always curious how the men in Japan dress up. Equally curious about men's fashion in places like Turkey, Antwerp and many others.
I do look at Men.Style.com and love the site.
Their list of popular designers per season is comprehensive enough and duly appreciated. Perhaps for the purpose of brevity or focus, they could not really list every menswear designer on the planet. And to be fair, they do include up and coming designers in their list and in their features.
I have nothing against big names and labels.
Just because they are commercial does not mean that they are less creative than the under-the-radar ones.
The purpose of this blog is to see what else is out there.
Focusing on creative menswear designers that are not normally included in other popular sites.
Hopefully it will grow into a resource that lists these designers per country and feature photos of their collections per season. So that one can click on a country that he/she likes. Find a designer. Click on a sample of his work. And then easily go back to the blog and see his future collections.
The world of menswear is vast.
But scattered.
This blog is my way of making my own search easier.
At the same time, perhaps this blog can help others who search the same way.
And today, I am starting one.
It all began with search engines... enabling me to type 'Japanese fashion' and see names of designers that I've never even heard of before.
I love creative menswear.
I love the aesthetic.
I love the art and creative philosophy behind it.
And ultimately how it provokes me into new ways of dressing.
There is nothing like menswear design assembled in such a way that makes you see what else is possible in the everyday limited permutations of a man's wardrobe.
But scouring the search engines for extremely creative (but maybe still under-the-radar) designers proved to be difficult. For one, there is not one website out there that comprehensively lists creative or avant-garde menswear designers (or maybe I just missed it). Even if one exists, I am not sure if it lists designers and creations per country. Not having travelled much, I was always curious how the men in Japan dress up. Equally curious about men's fashion in places like Turkey, Antwerp and many others.
I do look at Men.Style.com and love the site.
Their list of popular designers per season is comprehensive enough and duly appreciated. Perhaps for the purpose of brevity or focus, they could not really list every menswear designer on the planet. And to be fair, they do include up and coming designers in their list and in their features.
I have nothing against big names and labels.
Just because they are commercial does not mean that they are less creative than the under-the-radar ones.
The purpose of this blog is to see what else is out there.
Focusing on creative menswear designers that are not normally included in other popular sites.
Hopefully it will grow into a resource that lists these designers per country and feature photos of their collections per season. So that one can click on a country that he/she likes. Find a designer. Click on a sample of his work. And then easily go back to the blog and see his future collections.
The world of menswear is vast.
But scattered.
This blog is my way of making my own search easier.
At the same time, perhaps this blog can help others who search the same way.
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