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Designing in a Recession : Kazuo AW 09 CollectionDespite all feelings of fear or industry recession KZO continues to build on its aesthetic in a very aggressive way. Better fabrics, more tailoring, and a deeper range. There are no signs of uncertainty in this Joel K’s collection for AW09. Full throttle development is what I like to call it…
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K.Z.O Spring 09 ” Manzanar “Jumping ahead I would also like to give you a preview of the SS09 presentation. Joel’s multimedia background always come into play when its time to introduce a new collection. For Spring/Summer 09 Joel traveled to Manzanar, most widely known as the site of one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II…
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Brett Westfalls for Comme des Garcons SS09Designer of Unholy Matrimony, Brett Westfalls was invited by Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons to Japan and given his own studio to create 16 full looks for the SS09 Collection which hit the Paris Runway the last week of June. Although the aesthetic of the pieces shown on the runway carried a CDG aura…