Tomorrow’s Chanels And McQueens
Our Fashion & Shopping Editor introduces you to the fashion stars of tomorrow & reveals her catwalk highlights from ITS#2012
Marius Janusauskas, winner of ITS#2012 Diesel Award
and ITS#2012 D-La Repubblica Award
Studied: MA at Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: Candy-whipped hues, delicate appliqué detailing and sexy laser-cut elements marry the naughty and the nice into one catwalk look.
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A close up of Marius Janusauskas' award-winning piece.
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Shengwei Wang, winner of ITS#2012 Modateca Award
Studied: MA Fashion Knitwear, Central St. Martins, London
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: With a Chanel-esque quality to the knit and with a touch of metallic embroidery, Wang struck the balance between cosy geek and ultra chic.
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Isabel Vollrath, winner of ITS#2012 La Febbre del Sabato Sera / Saturday Night Fever Award
Studied: MA at Berlin Weißensee School of Art, Fashion Department, Berlin
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: From the ballet-inspired vision to the junk-yard silhouettes, Vollrath’s clothes belong in the museum of our stylish youth.
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Ichiro Suzuki, winner of ITS#2012 Fashion Collection of the Year
Studied: MA in Menswear, Fashion Department, Royal College of Art, London
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: You know a designer has nailed it when the entire FROW has a momentary pause, gasps at the passing garment and makes a mental note of how much they have in their savings. Suzuki made all his models look hot under geometric collars and truly deserved the plum prize.
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Ichiro Suzuki will no doubt be dressing the style-savvy front row journalists for Men’s Fashion Week. Our brothers at GQ would lose their cool and salivate over this plaid suit.
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Mark Goldenberg, winner of ITS#2012 Avery Denninson Brand Innovation Award and
ITS#2012 Vogue Talents Award for Fashion
Studied: B.Des in Fashion Design, Shenkar College, Israel
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: Oh, Mark. Shall we compare thine collection to a summer’s day?
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Chiaki Moronaga was a firm favourite of jury member and designer Mark Fast
Studied: Fashion in Fukuoka, Japan
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: This collection transported us into a little girl's high octane fancy dress box. Moronaga’s fashion fairytale had an eerie melancholic edge to it.
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Xiao Zi Yang, winner at ITS#2012 Swarovski Elements Jewelry Award
Studied: MA in Fashion Artefact, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: Less jewellery, more installation contemporary architecture for the décolletage.
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Ana Rajcevic, winner of ITS#2012 Accessories Collection of the Year
Studied: MA fashion in Belgrade
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: Unsettling but beautiful. This collection of accessories oozed other-worldly craftsmanship and sent a chill down my Manolos. A great statement for shoots and, if you dare, life.
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Victoria Spruce, winner of ITS#2012 Vogue Talents Award for Accessories
Studied: MA in Womenswear Footwear, Fashion Department, Royal College of Art, London
Fashion Editor’s Catwalk Notes: Taking fancy footwear design to deep space, Spruce demonstrated an extraordinary ability to make wearable art. OK, they are colossally high but with a little practice...
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