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Vancouver Fashion Week Day Two is complete! The crowd roared with excitement as the international and local designers took the runway on Friday night. Designers from France, Switzerland, the USA, Japan, and Korea showcased their latest collections for the Fall/Winter Season. Congratulations to all of the designers for their handwork and dedication. Check out the styles and collections from Vancouver Fashion Week Day 1 here.
LaSalle College presents six of their talented student designers atVancouver Fashion Week who explore their inner intuition and expression. The designers presenting at 22FW are Haby Camera, Elie Jesmani, Jackson Lee, Eduardo Lozano Ramos, Renda Pei, and Yichi Zhang. Young designers stunned the runway with pieces featuring a broad range of details including brown accents, asymmetrical buckles, layered ruffles, and gradient fabrics. A notable moment on the runway displayed a daring oversized black knotted puffer jacket. Throughout LaSalle’s collections’, themes of asymmetry, earth tones, and industrialism were featured.
French Cameroonian designer Aline carries on the family business name Couleurs d’Afrique, through her garment collection developed by sewing teams based in Reunion Island, Madagascar, Cameroon, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Her ready-to-wear brand actively engages in humanitarian work offering those opportunities for a better quality of life. Couleurs d’Afrique made bold statements with their FW22 collection through rope accents, puffed sleeves, halter necklines, shimmered material, and tribal and floral patterns. The brand impressed the audience with its ability to utilize orange, blues, greens, reds, and peacock hues in a playfully tropical yet business casual collection.
Native to Chile, Guido Vera has managed to establish a new perspective on the clothing of Chilean men by re-wiring the sustainable fashion industry, highlighting the textile rescue, traditions, and culture of Patagonia. He has worked for more than four years in fashion and creates content for local and international brands, writing tips and articles on his personal street style. This season’s pieces took the runaway by storm exhibiting neutral tones alongside accents of green leather, embroidered hats, fringe, and mesh.
The collection, Pursuit of Happiness at Vancouver Fashion Week, suggests making dreams a reality over time by pulling inspiration from the 70s through to the 90s eras passing from the 80s to 00s. L’Amour Brut creates its unique pieces by mixing materials and colors while staying ecologically responsible through upcycling and utilizing ends of rolls. The audience praised the designer as their bright pinks, greens, and denim patchwork accents were showcased on the runway. Each piece was complemented with a beautiful accent bag, belts, and gloves.
Soraya Creations at Vancouver Fashion Week is an exclusive brand created by Homayra Kardan in Geneva. Designing the models herself, Homayra is inspired by traditional Afghan clothing. She regularly travels to Turkey, India, and Afghanistan to visit the production workshops of carefully crafted garments she imports. The brand showcases Aari embroidery inspired by nature: birds, flowers, and maple leaves (chinar). Soraya Creations had gold and silver accents, mirrors embellished with the embroidered patches, and beautiful accessories to match it all. The traditional afghan patterns covered the pieces focusing on the sleeve cuffs and down the front of the jackets.
Saba & Co brings soft, tailored silhouettes crafted to embrace women’s shapes, style, and inner power. This fall collection inspired by earthy neutral tones makes it effortless for women to comfortably “wear” and “embrace” her/their true power within. This collection brings an embodiment of all-day comfort and easy elegance suited to all fits, curves, silhouettes, and budgets. Every piece of the collection is versatile and polished so you can embrace any outfit casually or professionally. The audience praised the collection as this versatile collection matched perfectly with the fashion in Vancouver.
L’eternel Paris found its beginnings in Seoul, Korea where design partners found a mutual love of classical music and fashion. L’eternal carries a unique design philosophy that integrates the beauty of the East and the West. The collection finds itself suited to fit any body type while remaining practical, comfortable, lively, and sometimes calming and dynamic. Playing off French elegance with a twist of sensibility, their garments have a refined oriental feel that blurs lines. L’eternel Paris plays their artistic melody through their instrument of choice – clothes. The neutral and pastel tones were evident in all pieces of the collection with asymmetry and gold accents pairing perfectly.
Soseisoudou, originating from Bifuka-cho, a northern area of Hokkaido, Reika Hemmi noticed the gap between large amounts of sheep’s hair being disposed of at a local farm. This ignited the brand’s journey in collecting wool from all over the world to create clothes with sustainable, natural materials. The calming collection from Soseisoudou captivated the audience with a variety of different pieces all made out of sheep’s wool. The elegant collection featured a blend of black, white, and gray sheep fur. All pieces were matched with hats, earrings, and scarves.
Founded in 2019 #whysocerealz! has developed its brand identity to focus on serious topics while keeping its expression lighthearted. Taking inspiration from the bible verse, “When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.” #whysocerealz!’s Fall Winter Collection encompasses the good side and the bad side of human nature. #whysocerealz took the audience by surprise with the dark and evil pieces matched with the contrasting light and bright. The collection features patchwork, zippers, and plaid in a variety of colors. Dark reds, blues, and grays were used to symbolize evil, and white, light blue, and beige colors represented the good.
All photos taken by Arun Nevader
