The Indie / Emerging Designers mega thread

[rockitgirl]

boyformusic, those are incredibly innovative, I really really love them. Wow.

 

[mimmy]

Swedish VOND

I saw their fashion show fw05 but then I couldn't find any pictures of the collection. They have a homepage; www.vond.se but there are just old pictures there. Does anybody have the new ones or know where I can find them?

I know there are a lot of swedish members out there, so come on guys - help me!! Thanks....

 

[mimmy]

never mind, I found them...

 

[mjk]

New men's and women's designer...

Hello all,

I thought I would post a couple pictures of our first collection for board members to see. We are Michael J Krell and we manufacture men's and women's clothing. If you want to check out some more pics, please visit www.michaeljkrell.com

Let me know what you think...

Regards,
Michael

 

[DosViolines]

An article from villagevoice.com

Here Today, More Expensive Tomorrow
Three young indie designers to check out now
by Corina Zappia
September 1st, 2005 6:25 PM

Laurie Loo, Spring 2006
photo: Laurie Loo
On the cusp of New York's Spring 2006 Fashion Week, we check in with three talented young designers aspiring to those hallowed fashion-show tents—discussing the concepts behind their clothing lines, where to buy their collections, and what inspires them now.

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"It's really funny, 'cause since I launched the line, people will call me and ask, "is this Laurie Loo?" says designer Laurel Wells. "It always throws me off." If her line continues to do well, she'll have to get used to it. Her mom's personal nickname for her is pretty evocative of the Southern romanticism the 26-year-old designer flirts with each season. The spring 2006 collection is no different. "I was inspired by the main character in Kate Chopin's The Awakening. The book was banned when it was published because it seemed dangerous that women were starting to admit that they weren't happy with their roles as mothers." Beyond what she imagined the clothing in the book to look like, Wells said she also tried "a symbolic, visual representation of the characters, so I used a lot of leather straps and buckles, a theme of restraint. But then I used a lot of sheer, light fabrics. So it's a juxtaposition of restraint and ebullience at the same time." The Atlanta, Georgia, native favors the demure and stiff collars, pastels, and Victorian corsetry of the 19th century, but only if she can combine that ruffles-and-lace vision with one of the sharp-tongued future. For this past spring, "I did a photo shoot with a photographer who, when we were looking at the model, said 'she looks like she's ready to jump on a white horse—only the horse is made of chrome, and she's going to outerspace.' " Wells was ecstatic. "That's exactly what I was going for." Laurie Loo sells at Emerge NYC and online at mightyflirt.com, pieces range from $90 to $400.

Wooden Mustache, Fall 2005
Courtesy of Wooden Mustache

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Ah, if only a degree at a prestigious art school made all our Flashdance dreams come true, but for furniture-design major Chuck Stolarek, it wasn't so easy: Life after Rhode Island School of Design was a sh*tty minimum-wage job at a Michael's craft megastore, where he'd break down bawling in the puff-paint aisle. Perhaps all Stolarek needed was a change of field. After switching to fashion, the 26-year-old's playfully twisted line of clothing was picked as part of Gen Art's Fresh Faces fashion show in Los Angeles its first year out. Humorously entitled "Wooden Mustache," Stolarek's apparel for adults indulges the inner, slightly perturbed child. It's a charming youth cut short in a wash of reverse stiching, off-kilter color pairings, and curiously unfinished appearances. In a coat dress from his Fall 2005 collection, one side of a kid's Peter Pan collar gets stretched out larger than the other; Spring 2005 featured a skirt with a button-up sailor front in grey, brown, and pea-soup green fabric—paired with a surgical-scrub-colored top. Though his more recent Spring 2006 line abandons this Hansel-and-Gretel dystopia for a more grownup, body-conscious fit, the aesthetic remains the same—contrasting the mundane with the bold to simultaneously unsettle and enchant. What kind of woman is he looking to dress, we wonder? A brave one, with "no understanding of the concept ugly," Stolarek asserts on his website. Well, that is a child—albeit, one who stands apart from the rest. Wooden Mustache is sold at Sodafine and Nypull, with pieces ranging between $100 to $400.

Safe Clothes 2005
Alix Winsby (alixwinsby.com); Makeup: Jenny Brown

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Given the current political and environmental climate, we'd all like to feel a little more secure these days—but unlike Rebecca Turbow, few of us set to creating our own clothes with that in mind. Her Courregès-inspired line of apparel, "Safe Clothes," purportedly protects the wearer both physically and emotionally—even though that claim might be interpreted with tongue planted in cheek. This interest in safety sprouted while Turbow was still a senior at the Massachusetts College of Art, working on her final project. In her 2004 collection of space-age-reminiscent ensembles, Turbow attached soft, astronaut-like helmets to coat dresses, and tunics and dresses with impressively stuffed torsos or circle-shaped pads of fabric to provide extra cushioning around the stomach, heart, and other vital organs—all, in white and green. "A lot of products that are for sensitive skin use that color," says Turbow. "It fits with my idea of safe, because it's supposed to be a very soothing color. That's why they use it for hospital scrubs." For her 2005 collection, "I got into more wearable clothing, but the [feeling safe] concept is still there. It's supposed to be very comfortable, soft, very durable, and make you feel really good." Seems like less a line of bullsh*t from a designer who actually wears the clothing she makes every day. Which means spotting her on the street can't be too hard—just look for a green-and-white lady hurtling down Clinton Street. We imagine she looks minty-fresh. Rebecca Turbow's current line for Gigantic Brand is in its Tribeca store and online, prices ranging from $40 to $65 for shirts and dresses; other pieces of hers are available through customer order on her website, rebeccaturbow.com.

 

[fugfashion]

Hello all,

I thought I would post a couple pictures of our first collection for board members to see. We are Michael J Krell and we manufacture men's and women's clothing. If you want to check out some more pics, please visit www.michaeljkrell.com

Let me know what you think...

Regards,
Michael

welcome mjk on TFS
my opinion : I really like everything for the women !! They all look great in the campaign pictures on your site.

 

[mjk]

Thank you for the kind words. I would like to post more on this board, but i rarely seem to have time...

Regards, Michael

 

[oStelios]

cycle - be sure with pure - made in italy

 

[susie_bubble]

I love Kulture, a London label. Can't seem to find any pics tho. It's similar to Robert Cary Williams, another designer I love.

 

[Zazie]

Any more info about Cycle? I like what I've seen.

 

[oStelios]

Started as an italian denim label they produce a complete men's and women's line now. I'm not sure but I think Andrea Bertin and Elena Boaretto - Cycle's stylists used to work for "replay" before.
www.cycleonweb.com

 

[Zazie]

Thank you..though can't see any of their collections on their site, just a few photos which you've posted.

 

[sea of stitches]

mjk, It's a little bit too plain for my taste, but great for basics. I think it's fantastic that you are using only organic cotton. What are your prices like?

 

[susie_bubble]

Osvomode

I'm loving osvomode atm. They're environmentally friendly coz they only use organic fairtrade cotton and they make some interesting pieces:
From the S/S 05 collection:

From www.osvomode.com

 

[i_<3_chanel]

rebecca turbow !
just love her work . . .

Spotted on the streets of Williamsburg (where else? Brooklyn-based designer Rebecca Turbow. Wearing an outfit entirely of her own creation, Turbow designs a line which sells under the label "Safe Clothes" and "Made Safe."

Her highly idiosyncratic clothes, featuring modish inflections most directly evocative of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, wouldn’t seem out of place in the kogaru-dominated environs of late 90s Shibuya. Turbow herself eschews all other colors from her own wardrobe save white and turquoise and apparently owns nothing that isn't one color or the other, but she widens her palette when creating clothes for her line. With a spring line arriving soon, Safe Clothes is currently stocked by both Apollo Braun in Manhattan and the MiniMini Market in Brooklyn. Two more stores are slated to carry the line: Piece, which recently opened in Manhattan, and most fittingly, at Sheep in the famed Laforet building in Tokyo’s Harajuku district.

Rebecca Turbow makes fantastically superfuturistic, cocoon-like designs inspired by comic books and television shows. They are the kind of clothes a superhero would feel comfortable in, especially if that superhero were a Powerpuff Girl or a character on Star Blazers. But even superheroes need protection sometimes and that’s the idea behind Turbow’s Safe Clothes label (www.safeclothes.com The right clothes for your body can make a person feel not just comfortable, but safe and secure. Whether you buy into her premise or not, Turbow herself has plenty of reasons to feel safe. The recent Williamsburg transplant and Massachusetts College of Art graduate has lately designed a dress for Miho Hatori from Cibo Matto, as well as stage clothes for Katie Eastburn of the Young People. If that weren’t enough, she has a line going to a store called Sheep in Tokyo next month and she’s been tapped to design some clothes for Tilly and The Wall (the band on Conor Oberst’s new label, Team Love) for some photo shoots and a video this spring. But then again, what else would she be doing? Making clothes isn’t so much a job for Turbow but rather a passion. “My clothing is basically my life,” she explains. “Making clothes for me is what keeps me sane. I feel weird if I am wearing someone else’s clothes. It’s the same as a painter who needs to paint or a musician who needs to write songs.” Initially at least, Turbow’s desire to design clothes was more of pragmatic solution to a sartorial problem than an expression of her creative muse. Frustrated by the clothes she found on store shelves when she was in high school, Turbow says she wanted to change everything she bought. Eventually, she reached a point where she couldn’t buy clothes anymore and had to make them all herself. But there was another reason as well: therapy. Self-described as “sort of a depressed person,” Turbow says making clothes is what has helped to ground her and make her feel better. “I believe this is where my color scheme comes into play,” says the sprightly designer. “Turquoise is the color that I have found for now that keeps me the most safe and comfortable in this crazy world.” Crazed is probably a good way to describe the frantic pace of Turbow’s life just five months removed from her college graduation. In addition to hand-making all of her designs herself, Turbow also models all of the clothes on her website, which gets a bit tiring, she admits. As for the future, Turbow is content to see what’s in store. “One of my favorite things to do is custom-made clothing. I would love to make clothing for movies, music videos, live performances and have my own shows.”

rebecca turbow: safe clothes

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[mjk]

mjk, It's a little bit too plain for my taste, but great for basics. I think it's fantastic that you are using only organic cotton. What are your prices like?

Hello sea of stiches

Our whole goal isn't to be too flashy, but to give people wearable clothes that will last more than a few seasons. The construction, fit and durability of our clothing is superb. I'm wearing one of our men's t-shirts right now, and I must have washed it close to 20 or 25 times, and unless you compared it side by side with a new shirt, you really couldn't tell a difference between the first time you washed it and the twentieth time you washed it. Our prints and dyes last longer than any t-shirt we have seen.

Not all of our fabric is organic cotton. All of our t-shirts are made out of organic cotton, as well as some of our men's and women's jackets, hoodies and trousers. Some people still give organic fabric a bad rap, but the fabric we have purchased has been great. We had one customer say that she thought our women's t-shirts were a cashmere blend because they are so soft If we could get a hold of more variety when it came to organic fabric, we would be using it exclusively.

Right now our prices are very competetive, or at least we think they are. Our women's t-shrits run $30-$35, women's jacket run $135-$160(all but our denim jacket is lined, and the lining in the sleeves is put in by hand), jeans are $115, hoodies are $65. Our men's clothing is about the same except our printed t-shirts go up to $60 and the jackets and blazers go up to $295.

Thanks again for taking time to check out the website...

Regards,
Michael

 

[cerfas]

I'm really digging osvomode thanks susie...any more information on them?

 

[.francesca]

rebecca turbow !
just love her work . . .

yay! she's my absolute favorite designer. she was already mentioned here so i didn't bring anything in, but that was a long time ago so i'm glad we have this here now. i want to try and get her clothes carried here because there is nothing in canada. i LOVE that she only uses white and mint green..it makes me really happy!

thanks chanel!

 

[iperlchen]

Chanel it's funny you post that, we often seem to have the same things on our eye! I love that she always uses turquoise.

 

[susie_bubble]

I'm really digging osvomode thanks susie...any more information on them?

They're only stocked in some places in Holland but in UK, you have to order the pieces from them directly. The prices are not unreasonable. About £100 for a dress. I have one of the S/S 05 dresses and I'm gonna get something from their A/W 05 collection as well.