Angie Backsocky

By Roshannah Bagley VIRGINIA, United States of America:: It isn't everyday that as a young student one is given the opportunity to display their talent at Paris Fashion Week, however for Angie Backsocky this was exactly the case. Digital prints Backsocky had produced whilst an intern for Alexander McQueen were chosen to feature in the then Spring Summer 2009 collection. Despite already having…

Yuima Nakazato

By Roshannah Bagley TOKYO, Japan:: Yuima Nakazato's origami and structural elements merge into otherworldly creations. This avant-garde aesthetic has seen Nakazato win numerous awards (namely the ITS#7 'Vertice Award' and ITS#8 Accessory YKK Award), showcase in Paris, and most recently design costumes for Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas; and all in only a few short years - he merely graduated…

Eudon Choi

Interview with Eudon Choi By Laura Beaney In 2009 a senior designer walked out of the prestigious doors of Twenty8Twelve. The decision was spurred by a desire to create his own label and with the help of Vauxhall Fashion Scout he did just that. Almost a year on Korean-born, Eudon Choi can list Sienna Miller and Jade Jagger among the devotees to his eponymous label. With his dynamic fusion of…

Gareth Pugh

At 14, Pugh began working as a costume designer for the English National Youth Theatre.[4] He started his fashion education at City of Sunderland College and finished his degree in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins in 2003 He interned with Rich Owens in Paris.[2] His final collection at St. Martins, which used balloons to accentuate models' joints and limbs (a technique that would become…

Roxanna Zamani

By Roshannah Bagley INVERCARGILL, New Zealand:: Haute Couture's comeback as a major force in mainstream fashion is upon us. Originally disregarded in the sixties by the fashion industry, a new take on "high sewing" has appeared - ready to wear designer Erdem Moralioglu for instance has been hailed as "London's answer to Christian Lacroix." This resurgence has now reached the southern island of…

DAVID Lynch & FAULT Magazine

Photograph: Chris Saunders David Keith Lynch was born on January 20th, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, in the U.S. He is one of the most interesting film directors of all time. There’s always the danger that I’ll be forever labelled resolutely odd. Because these days there is no time for shading in people, and you’re put in a little box. I’m always put in the category of strange, which I find a…