Daily Gems & other musings — LVMH

We recently discovered an article on the Elle Magazine website that featured some of our current favorite (and recently featured in our Designer Spotlight series!) designers, as well as some new (to us) creators.  We love discovering new names, and this installment features the talented Kika Vargas - read on to learn more about her!  The Colombian born designer was born in Bogotá and currently calls it, Madrid and New York home.  She studied fine arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and fashion design at the the Istituto Marangoni in Milano, Graduating in 2008.  She's an award-winning designer, was the first...

Image via Hong Kong Tatler   We're so excited to share our newest discovery in the fashion world in this installment of our Designer Spotlight - meet Caroline Hu, an emerging designer that we know you'll love as much as we do! Caroline Hu was interested in the arts from an early age, studying oil paintings eventually led to a passion for fabrics and, in adulthood, fashion design.  Caroline now has her own namesake line, with a collection of romantic dresses that quickly gained a following that included celebrities like Jemima Kirk and Julie Gilheart. Currently based in New York,...

Ever since we created our Diversity in Design Style Board series, we've been excited to discover so many new female designers and share them with you!  This week's Designer Spotlight features Yuhan Wang, a London-based womenswear designer and brand launched in 2018 by it's namesake.  Formally trained with a Bachelor's and Masters degree in womenswear, she has worked for Marni, showcased three collections and been in contention for the prestigious LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers.   With a self-described rebellious aesthetic, Who What Wear has described the line as modern Marie Antoinette gone weird (in a good way).  Yuhan's designs...

In creating our Diversity in Design Style Board series, we set out to find and feature established and emerging designers that we both loved for their work on the runway as well as for how and why it's all created.  In discovering the line Maki Oh, founded by Amaka Osakwe, we were inspired not only by beautiful design, but also by the brand's vision to extend "beyond physical beauty to a textured, layered, and three-dimensional aesthetic, embodying the philosophies of sustainability, preservation, strength and complex simplicity."  The brand is centred in a strong sense of identity and culture, creating narrative pieces...