The last week of April, Hong Kong played host to Liberatum, a cultural event that gathers artists, musicians, filmmakers and visionaries from a menagerie of disparate creative disciplines for three days of enlightening conversations and performances. The festival, founded 11 years ago by Pablo Ganguli, has previously been held in Turkey, Morocco and India, and [...]
Author Archives: Katharine Zarrella
A Moment with Glenn Martens
March 20, 2012 – 6:17 am
Designer Glenn Martens, with his scruffy beard, antique earring and piercing stare, seems quite the curious character. So it’s no surprise that his debut presentation, held in a stone cavern in Le Marais during Paris Fashion Week, was an eerie Gothic extravaganza. The Belgian designer, who graduated from Antwerp’s prestigious Royal Academy of Fine Arts [...]
In Conversation with Nasir Mazhar
February 7, 2012 – 7:50 pm
Images by Oskar Gyllenswärd Nasir Mazhar is not your mother’s milliner. When he launched his line of eccentric cranial accouterments in 2008, the hairstylist turned truly mad hatter presented a unique aesthetic that fused the grungy East London look with dark, seemingly medieval sentiments. His first presentation, which featured everything from a clear, cranium-engulfing bulb [...]
A Moment with Tze Goh
November 14, 2011 – 6:12 am
Stills from Tze Goh’s Spring 2012 Film After graduating from the Central Saint Martins MA program in 2010, 32-year old Tze Goh captured London with his clean, minimalist approach to womenswear. Since, the Singapore-born, London-based designer has furthered his quietly elegant aesthetic through at once stark and delicate collections that explore garment construction. Case in [...]
A Moment with Maria Francesca Pepe
October 3, 2011 – 7:21 pm
Images by Cara Stricker Maria Francesca Pepe is one wicked chick. The Italian-born, London-based jewelry designer has made her mark with sometimes Goth, sometimes punk, sometimes fetish, but always feminine tubular necklaces, hammered metals, charm-rings and studded everything. This season, Maria looked to love potions and snakes for inspiration. Titled “Poison,” her spring collection combined [...]
