
Young designers and fashion graduates were given a chance to show off their creations at last week’s Bangkok International Fashion Week 2017”.
Siam Center provided the runway for the new talents, who included Kanapot Anusorn, and Vinn Chokkhatiwat and Patararin Pongprasit, co-founders of Vinnpatararin. They were joined by students from eight leading universities for a show that won praise and widespread acclaim.
Kanapot presented “Sail Away”, a collection, inspired by the heavily tattooed Captain Elvy. The collection mixes the cultures, traditional art, new lands, creatures and even captain’s girlfriend. Combining a variety of materials, the outfits boasted patchwork, embroidered flowers and sequins.
The design duo at Vinnapatararin presented a luxury street-smart collection that boasted original, cutting-edge ideas and inspired by Postmodern-age handicrafts. Interesting graphic patterns combined modernity and traditional methods.
Another fashion show, Runway Road Fashion Show No 2 Curated by Jitsing Somboon, showcased the creations by fourth-year students from Chulalongkorn, Thammasat, Srinakharinwirot, Kasetsart, Silpakorn, Bangkok, Rangsit and Suan Sunandha Rajabhat universities. This fashion show featured a range of collections created by the 20 students during their third-year of study.
FASH by Srinakharinwirot University presented 14 collections by third-year students majoring in Fashion Design for Visual Design. Their works developed Thai wisdom into clothes with a creative and contemporary design.