3/02/2025

List of the Brands I followed on the Vogue app (w/ pics)


Altuzarra

Ashley Williams


Baum und Pferdgarten








Founded in Copenhagen in 1999, Baum und Pferdgarten is a Danish fashion house founded by y Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave.


David Koma


Di Petsa


Di Petsa was established in London in 2019 by Greek designer Dimitra Petsa.


Elene Velez


Elena Velez (b. 1994) is an American fashion designer and creative from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, based in New York City. She is the winner of the 2022 CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund, the 2022 CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year, and a semi finalist for the 2024 LVMH Prize.



Emilio Pucci



Fetico

Fetico is a Tokyo-based fashion label founded by Emi Funayama in 2020. Graduating from ESMOD Tokyo in 2009, she worked as a patternmaker at Hysteric Glamor for three years and as womenswear designer for Christian Dada for five before launching Fetico.



Kim Shui


Knwls






Knwls is a south London-based brand founded by designers and life partners Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault in 2017.




Loveshackfancy


Maisei Wilen


Maison Rabih Kayrouz


Rabih Kayrouz is a Lebanese fashion designer who launched his brand in Paris in 2008.


Manish Arora


Marquez'Almeida


Mithridate







Mithridate is a Chinese brand launched in 2018 under Chinese creative director Demon Zhang.



No. 21


Olmos & Flores

Olmos y Flores is a Mexican clothing brand, led by the designer duo Victor Olmos and Ali Flores, founded in 2009 in Guadalajara.



Ottolinger


Palomo Spain


Peter Do


Sacai


Sandy Liang


Simon Miller


Sonia Carrasco


Supriya Lele

Supriya Lele is an Indian-British designer whose brand founded in 2016. Lele was a finalist of the LVMH Prize 2020. 



Talia Byre

Talia Byre launched her womenswear brand in 2020 in her hometown of Manchester, UK.



Tolu Coker

British-Nigerian designer and multi-disciplinary artist Tolu Coker launched their brand in 2018.



Viktor & Rolf

Vivetta

Y/Project


Yuhan Wang

16Arlington


2/24/2025

SUITS.


I don't know what it is about this day and age, but it is Really easy to come across a Beautiful, unusual suit lately. Here are a few of my favourites.





A.W.A.K.E. MODE is a London-based womenswear and accessories brand founded by 
Natalia Alaverdian in 2012. She was raised in Belgium. What Else is new for me??! (see previous post)








Ami was est. 2011 by Alexandre Mattiussi in Paris.








Peter Do (born 1990) is a Vietnamese fashion designer. He worked at Celine and then Derek Lam, before starting his own label in 2018. He was also the creative director of Helmut Lang until November 2024.










A favourite brand of mine, under the design Julien Dossena.








Marques'Almeida is a fashion label which debuted in London in 2011. The label was founded by Portuguese designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida.







Alessandro Dell'Acqua (born 21 December 1962 in Naples) is an Italian fashion designer. In 2003, the Arpels family bought 70 percent of Dell’Acqua’s business. Since losing the use of his namesake brand in 2009, Dell’Acqua has been operating his own label, N°21.

















AREA is a fashion label founded in 2014 in NYC by Beckett Fogg and Piotrek Panszczyk. 















The Attico is designed by Italian streetstyle stars Giorgia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosio.








A really special collection for Rochas, designed by Italian designer Alessandra Vigilante.
Vigilante previously worked at  Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, and Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini. 






Rok Hwang is the founder of Korean brand Rokh since 2016.












London-based Chinese designer Yuhan Wang debuted her namesake label with talent incubator Fashion East in 2018.









NYC brand Honor is designed by Giovanna Randall.







2/17/2025

My 2025 Designer Collections Inspo

 Before I cancel my $40 glitchy Vogue app subscription, I wanted to memorialize some of my Saved images from the app.

These are from my " '25 Inspo" Board



SUCH a beautiful collection by designer Julien Dossena for Rabanne.
(minus the footwear of course, though I know, I know, it's "realistic")
Julien Dossena is a French fashion designer. He has been artistic director at Paco Rabanne since 2013.





After receiving his diploma from the Ecole de la Cambre in Brussels, Julien begins working for Chloé and Alexander McQueen. In 2008 he spent 5 years on Nicolas Ghesquière’s team at Balenciaga. 

(I feel I must visit Belgium before I die as I Always like fashion either from there or taught there, and then my Only "celebrity crush" also happens to be Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts).







Ermanno Scervino is an Italian fashion house headquartered in Florence, Italy. 
I just love crocheted shorts. I think I would one day like to commission a wardrobe a different coloured crocheted miniskirts / mini wrapskirts.






Sia Arnika is a Danish designer originally from the island Mors in Denmark.
She is now based in Berlin.

I love the idea of layering hosiery with strategic holes on the outer layer.






Mexican-American designer Jonathan Cohen grew up in San Diego and launched his brand in 2011. 
He is based in NYC.

Tie-dyed soft knitted items, thin leather corset, boxing sneaker boots



Namilia launched in London in 2015 by Emilia Pfohl and Nan Li.
It is extremely Dolls Kill/fast fashion & the prices are similar. But they ended up on Vogue.com
I say any competitor to Dolls Kill (with their fake sales etc) is a-ok, until we start regulating or caring about the treatment of garment makers, of course.


Namilia - Shredded Mini Skirt
Sale price $160.00 USD

I would wear these miniskirts Every day.





David Koma is one of my favourite brands.
David Koma is a London-based fashion designer born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His brand launched in 2009.
From 2013-17 he worked for Mugler.
As of 2024, Koma also designs for another brand I love, Blumarine.
The previous Blumarine designer, Nicola Brognano, was also incredible.

Both of these designers' looks, akin to Namilia, can sometimes appear like "fast fashion" or "costumey."  i.e. trendy with details, materials, or colours found on Shein etc. In my view, fashion/art is a free-for-all. All are welcome. Whatever inspires and makes you happy. Our generation will make the long-reigning elitism in artistic realms read dull and insecure.




Blumarine - fall 2023
By Nicola Brognano.











Speaking of "luxury fast fashion," case in point.

Dsquared is the brand of Canadian designers Dean and Dan Caten, based in Italy.
They debuted their men's collection in 1994, and in 2003, they launched a women's collection.



























Not sure why these quirky ones made it into my 2025 Inspo folder.












Always loved printed tights though. And bring back the arm sleeves!

Not much info on this designer online, other than that she is British.
Her site does not list where items are made either.
In my experience, when brands do this, it is because they are made in China exactly where fast fashion is made, and then marked up 5000%. 
Maybe the opposite of elitist fashion is merchandising.
We find a trendy, niche symbol, font, branding partner i.e. Playboy, and pump out a collection of it.
It's like your old favourite band getting back together and releasing merch. Who can Not love it?




I am wrapping up this post with the simplest and biggest inspiration to me right now: 
the boxer brief mini skirt.
(I know he just cut the crotches out last minute, but this isn't about him)

The cut, the length, the material, the elastic waist ---it has all the details that I need
for just throwing something over top of leggings to get out the door. I don't want it to so obviously be boxers though. Obviously. And this is not something you can gather vintage (yeeeeach!)
So I will be on the hunt for Black, New, maybe Youth boxer briefs that I can cut and see who catches on. Maybe I'll stitch a meshy material over top to disguise their true use.







2/09/2025

Zara's relaxed & refined Housewares + kid's stuff

 Zara really know what they're doing.

Time & time again they reinvent but maintain a core identity. It's like a reliable partner who never bores you but never lets you down. How rare.




ALABASTER TABLE LAMP. $ 299.00

White alabaster lamp. Oval design with a round base, all in white alabaster.




approx 8" x 6 " 6"






TALL IRON CANDLEHOLDER. $ 19.90




OUTER SHELL - 100% iron










TABLE WITH CEMENT FINISH - $ 199.00


ACACIA TOWEL RACK - $ 169.00

63" t x 17.7" w








RATTAN STORAGE UNIT - $ 189.00
Woven rattan storage unit with three compartments at different heights.









BATHROOM TRASH CAN WITH REMOVABLE LID $ 45.90
Bathroom trash can with a removable lid, which allows a bag to be attached.





LOW SHINY GLASS VASE $ 49.90 CAD



Small shiny glass vase with an irregular neck.

May be filled with water.



 FLOR DE NOVIEMBRE SCENTED CANDLE $ 149.00 (!)

approx 6" x 9" x 9"




OAK ENTRY UNIT WITH A SHELF AND HOOKS $ 549.00

Entrance unit made of oak wood, including a shelf and 6 hooks.

68" x 33"

Requires anchoring to the wall.


+ + +

And their children's line is wonderful....





PEANUTS™ CHILDREN’S FITTED SHEET

$ 39.90 - $ 69.90

Children’s fitted sheet in 200-thread-count faded cotton, with Peanuts™ character motifs.




PEANUTS™ CHILDREN’S CERAMIC MUG - $ 19.90

Children’s ceramic mug with a contrast colored interior






PAW SLIPPERS - $ 39.90

Claw slippers. Cotton lining.






CHILDREN'S PEANUTS™ TRAINING CHOPSTICKS $ 9.90

Children's colored training chopsticks with a silicone support in the shape of Snoopy





CHILDREN'S FLATWARE SET WITH PASTEL COLORED HANDLE (SET OF 3) $ 22.90

Children’s stainless steel flatware set with colored handles.