Syndicated from The Black Renaissance
FIDE is the Singaporean events and media company who has been responsible for the appearances of the fashion weeks in Singapore. Their impressive portfolio include women’s fashion week, men’s fashion week, and most notably, haute couture fashion week. The later part of last year saw FIDE partner up with esteemed fashion destination Siam Paragon in Thailand for another couture fashion week. Designers include mavericks from France, Japan, Singapore, Korea and Thailand. The move comes as part of a popularizing trend of haute couture in Asia, including the not too distant election of Chinese couturier Yiqing Yin to the ranks of Paris’ much esteemed Chambre syndicale de la Haute Couture. This documentary outlines some of the latest happenings during that time. For a more detailed report, feel free to read Showstudio’s report of the event, and an essay on the emerging evolution of Thailand’s cultural and design identity.