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Ada Zanditon, born and based in London, is a first class graduate of the London College of Fashion. Zanditon made her London Fashion Week catwalk debut in September 2009 (Vauxhall Fashion Scout, Ones to Watch). Zanditon presented her Spring Summer 12 collection Poseisus on the London Fashion Week Digital Schedule at Somerset House.

The vision of the brand is to create elegant, sculptural womenswear embellished with Zanditon’s original illustrations. The silhouettes are strong, confident and geometrically cut, featuring origami inspired engineered details. Each season this is combined with a unique conceptual narrative that explores and evolves Zanditon’s signature. The narratives of Zanditon’s work come from a scientific perspective on the environment, modern architectural forms and a blending of historical journeys with future fantasy. Zanditon is particularly inspired by the process of evolution and the concept of biomimicry, creating innovation through mimicking a process that has evolved in nature. Ada Zanditon is passionate about the subjects which inspire her. Each collection aims to bring awareness to the source of its inspiration and support charities who work in conservation. She has worked with various charities including The Bat Conservation Trust & The Seahorse Trust.

Core to the brand philosophy is a sustainable business practise which Zanditon is constantly refining and seeking to improve. A wide range of sustainable textiles are sourced. This is part of her design philosophy, a belief in the strength of diverse systems. The entire collection is currently manufactured in London.

In 2009 Zanditon received the Masters of Linen – Creativity award in Paris enabling her to produce her first ready to wear collection, following this Zanditon was selected for the British Fashion Council’s eco-fashion mentoring programme – working with mentor Bev Malik (Browns, Harvey Nichols). In September 2010, her SS11 collection was featured in the first LFW on schedule sustainable catwalk show, part of an event organised by Prince Charles and Anna Wintour at Clarence House. At Somerset House Zanditon won the EFF & Fairtrade Foundation’s, Innovation award which lead to some exciting Fairtrade collaborations. In 2011 Zanditon was one of fifteen high profile designers to be part of the Fairtrade Collective, designing a scarf in Fairtrade Cotton that is being retailed on Asos.com.  In February 2011 fine jewellers Ingle and Rhode asked Zanditon to design the first ever Fairtrade Fairmined Gold Necklace which was featured in a competition on Vogue.com.

Zanditon was one of five internationally successful designers chosen to be part of the first Stylesight Young Designer’s Council. This has given the brand access to Stylesight’s global visionary reports and trend forecasts.

Zanditon’s collections have been showcased on the catwalk internationally in several cities including Shanghai, Zagreb and Kiev. Ada Zanditon’s customers are diverse and unique yet all share a passion for her confident elegant pieces that allow the wearer to express their beauty, intelligence and individuality. This is reflected by the celebrities who have chosen to wear her designs, amongst them, Lily Cole, Katie Melua, Leah Weller & Jameela Jamil.

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It is not every day that a fashion designer credits biomimicry expert Janine Benyus and architect Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio as “heroic” influences, but ethical fashion visionary Ada Zanditon is very outspoken about her mission of seamlessly fusing organic construction and environmental activism.  Zanditon’s Poseisus Spring/Summer 2012 collection, which debuted as a film presentation at Somerset House during London Fashion Week, demonstrated yet again that sustainably produced collections can indeed illustrate cutting-edge design tinged with the deep mysteries of nature.

Ada, the fashion-creative, describes her pieces as high end, desirable ready-to-wear garments that are sculptural, innovative and artfully printed with her unique illustrations.  Ada, the eco-minded, will in the same breath make it known that research for Poseius S/S 2012 included the non-stop viewing of nature documentaries as well as regular trips to the London Zoo to observe and photograph seahorses for her digital fabric prints.  Add to this her announcement that two species of seahorses actually inhabit the south coast on England and are severely threatened by ships dropping anchor and decimating the seafloor and waters, and well, you begin to get the point.

Zanditon has been featured in a wide range of press globally including Grazia, Vogue, The Observer magazine, Elle & Elle Collections, Marie Claire, Schon, Vision, Vogue Russia, Italian Vogue, The Word, Sunday Times Style, Stella, Glamour, Sublime, Times Luxx, Metro, Dazed Digital, Style Bubble and many more.

Zanditon is currently stocked in high end boutiques, in the UK, Europe, America and Asia.

Bad Spirit brand was born 1994 by Massimo Sabbadin. Massimo is a graphic designer and he moves what he studied, in the fashion field. He becomes a fashion designer just for passion and his own fun that associates with his biggest passions: snowboard, basket and skateboard.For 10 years the brand remains in underground version: just for friends and staff. In 2005 the first collection and immediately a collaboration with Tonello, Cruciani and Commerce. What defines the first collections is that all the production is handmade and this makes the brand unique and very important. Since the beginning the brabd Bad Spirit is positioned in a very high target and is still the only brand that keep having a musical inspiration.

The DNA rock of Bad Spirit is manteined from year to year and strenghtens with collaborations among artists, singers, sportsman and motorcycles company (such as a cooperation between Bad Spirit and Kawasaki exposed now in Milan during EICMA Fair), all the ones that embrace Bad Spirit philosophy: Rock'n'roll never dies.

About collection:

Regarding the actual collection Spring Summer 2012 the inspiration is punk classic rock. That means Massimo has been inspired by the great names of Classic Music reinterpreting them through a modern rock key. The graphic used for t-shirts and sweatshirt is inspired by the vintage one used for Metallica, Iron Maiden... but the names are the exponents of classic music like Mozart, Bach, Chopin and Beethoven. The shape and the cut of jackets and frac is inspired from the classical music world too. All the production has been made, as usual, entirely in Italy.

Bruno Basso & Christopher Brooke are the pioneers of the digital print process in fashion.  They made history with their groundbreaking 100% digitally printed collection, earning them the prestigious Fashion Fringe award in 2004. Soon after winning the prize, Basso & Brooke entered a production and distribution agreement with the Aeffe Group.  Vogue championed them as ones to watch in their annual Vogue list, and they won best new designer at the Elle Style Awards. In May 2009, Michelle Obama made headlines by wearing one of the label’s pieces, making them one of the very first UK designers to be worn by the first lady.  Again in 2009, London’s design museum short-listed the label’s Spring/Summer 2009 collection for ‘designs of the year’.  They also have a piece archived in the Metropolitan museum of New York’s Costume Institute – the first digitally printed piece in their collection. Basso & Brooke have collaborated with high profile brands Coca-Cola, Converse, Swarovski, SkyHD, L’Oreal Paris and the Dorchester Collection hotel group.  Their label is stocked worldwide.

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“It’s the night that makes the dawning.

It’s the depths that make the heights.

It’s the roots that make the branches.

It’s the darkness that gives birth to light.”

– Anon

At first glance, this latest collection from Basso & Brooke bears many of the hallmarks for which the duo are renowned. Super-sharp-end technology and technique: check. Luscious, joyous, riotous colour: check. Sumptuous, elegant tailoring: check. Ultra-modern yet classic wearability: check. Upon closer inspection, however, this collection also marks a subtle-yet-significant shift in the duo’s modus operandi.As the pioneers of digital print, Basso & Brooke were the first to explore and enjoy its many benefits – not least its unprecedented potential for precise placement of specific prints on specific areas of the garment. But what began as a blessing – the bringing together of surface and structure – has now become, if not a curse, rather the defining feature that has come to typify the wider fashion aesthetic of digital print itself. The symmetry, the precision, the wedded togetherness has become a cage, a trope, and with this collection, one the duo have sought to break free from.  How? By engaging with asymmetry, by humanising the digital, by exploring still further, and by working in tandem, but at one step removed.

For Bruno Basso, the graphic artiste, the print-meister, the journey to freedom was a literal one – an expedition by car, from London to Beijing. Driving for weeks in the relentless Siberian twilight, amidst its bleak and brutal landscape, the formal foundations for this collection’s prints were laid: hard, angular lines, sharp contrasts, strong structures – the constructivist essence. And for relief from this daily monochrome reality, he found himself imagining ever-more impossible and colourful alien interjections: put the two together and we have constructivism Basso & Brooke style – a ‘tropical constructivism’, if you will, where hard-edged foliage clashes with distorted seascapes, and man-made textures explode over fading sunlight. Going further still, a second idea emerged, one that questions the idea of what defines ‘a collection’ – rather than produce a politely related set of prints, why not have them evolve from garment to garment? So here we see each print carrying within it the seeds of the next one, on and on, a journey through clothes…

In contrast, for Chris Brooke, the garment architect, the newfound freedom was an internal one, an excursion into drapery, an exploration de l’atelier. Furnished with the printed fabrics, he has in places transformed flat graphic prints into deft drapes, whilst in others accentuated the printed trompe l’oeil effects to create further spatial play. A range of complex construction techniques are deployed, and jacket and lapel lengths juxtapose extended with cropped, yet at all times the finished feel is one of effortless simplicity and elegance, creating a loosely structured, flowing silhouette.

The collection is complemented perfectly by a fresh beauty look by M.A.C with emphasis on the eyes, and effortlessly and confidently just-so hair with natural textures by ghd.

Sisters Vera and Olivera Capara founded Capara in Antwerp, Belgium in 2009.Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, raised in Ludwigsburg, Germany, they both came to Antwerp, Belgium and graduated in fashion in 2000 from the Royal Academy of fine arts.After graduation from the academy they both went on to work as design assistants for dries van noten in Antwerp, Belgium.In 2002 they participated in the renomated competition for young designers, at the festival de hyeres, and presented this collection in paris during women’s fashion week in october.In 2003 they started working together as designers for maison martin margiela in paris, where they developed the artisanal line. This collection was presented during the paris haute couture shows from summer 2006. After working for maison martin margiela vera and olivera seperated and worked for different brands, for Delvaux in Brussels, Belgium, Europe’s oldest leather goods company and for Raf Simons and Jil Sander in Milan, Italy.The aspiration of the label capara is to communicate a coexistence of words, stories and statements accompanied by a designed visual world, an atmosphere. The visual part contains clothing and accessories, embracing the principles of progress and constant transformation whilst respecting the need to take the time to stand still, to inhale the Zeitgeist. Other pieces can be added like furniture, objects and art, which are developed in collaboration with different artists. The statement is referring to social anthropological themes, inspired by literature, poetry and topicality. The product is shown either in video format, photography or installation and is presented during women’s fashion week in paris.

About collection:

The concept of the CAPARA S/S 2012 collection was to work around horizontal lines. horizontal lines which cut one piece of clothing or a silhouette in two pieces or horizontally placed prints which were inspired by artist Olafur Eliasson. Also important was the play of organic elements like layering in silks and jersey in wave forms and on the other side geometric forms and graphics in print and leather laser cut forms inspired by french couturier Madame Gres. The jewellery was inspired by artist Erwin Wurm who works around recognizable objects and deforms them starting from geometric forms which melt into organic shapes. The colors were a mix of bright colors, like bright green, orange, red and next to it warm colors, like camel, ochre or different grey tones and sand. The material choice varied from light silks, silk georgettes, transparent polyester mix and jerseys to heavy jacquard silks, cotton mix and calf leathers.

Straddling between Classicism and modernism, the delight of the extravagant finery and modern simplicity of the Breton, Karim Bonnet, creator of the fashion mark Impasse de la Défense, whose creations are sold today in the whole world and whose dresses have been exhibited in the Palais Galliera, the Museum of Fashion and Costume, presents a combination of discipline and imagination, purity and indulgence, all in tune with the mood of the millenium.  Certainly a fashion designer of the future ! Born forty years ago in Paris, Karim Bonnet, who launched his mark ‘Impasse de la défense’ in 1996 was part of the new wave of young designers who by nature mix their reference points and by whose freshness bring new perspectives to the Paris fashion.

Each one of his collections bring to live another epoque, its atmosphere and particular mood.  Karim has thus created a collection centred around the theme of ‘Art Menagers’, another evoking the ‘Mechanical Ballet’ of Fernand Léger and another conjuring the anti-establishment world of the ‘Kalikuto Republic’ of Fela, who, opposing military junta, the Nigerian saxophist had installed in the suburbs of Lagos, a free space dedicated to music and dance. His collection of summer 2001, presented in the category of ‘young talent’, supported by Galerie Lafayet at the Museum of Historic Monuments, showed a very personal theme of the spirit of the 50s.

It is not that Karim tries to be eclectic for the sake of being eclectic.  The fashion defined by him is evokative of a moment of time, instilling a dream, bringing alive a fantasy ; and in daily aesthetics it shows the beauty of ordinary objects.  The forms of his clothes heed the great traditions and Karim is fond of natural materials, simple cuts and the pure line of clothing that takes us back to those of 1920-30 when fashion was emancipated from those impractical clothes of the 19th century bourgeois baroque.   But Karim doesn’t just stop here and only using this simplicity as a basis on which to adorn and embellish with his own individual touch.

If his clothes attract attention, it is because Karim takes care to always add a human touch to his work.  He is faithful to his artistic vision, even as a craftsman and in his fashion he brings in young artists who put their mark on SNCF sheets, cut and washed beforehand, artists free to put on their own artistic touch: plenty of geometric images, primary colours, graffiti for some and dripping Pollockiens for others.  He also uses silk screening to print his own photos onto clothes and provokative and symbolic phrases.  His creations are, in this way, unique examples, because even when Karim is commissioned to do a set of clothes, it is never a simple copy of the original but it always takes on its own new identity.

Nino Bollag was born in Switzerland and grew up among garment production as his grandfather’s company was one of Switzerland’s most known manufactuers of women’s clothing. After some years of studying in the field of product and innovation design he studied at the Institute Fashion Design, Academy of Art and Design, FHNW in Basel. His studies also brought him to New York where he had the chance to work with threeASFOUR. Immediately after he finished the university in 2010 he was invited to show his diploma collection at the Graduate Fashion Week in London. Afterwards Nino started his own label. 

Nino Bollag honors high quality materials and precise craftsmanship through his clothes. Similar to his previous two seasons, the individual looks appear direct, modern and above norm without rising to the incomprehensible. 

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Finally COOL IS BACK. Nino Bollag’s S/S Collection 2012 is an homage to the early 80's Hip Hop generation. Showing in his third season, the collection is transpiring the fusion of attitude, beat, move and uniqueness. Those elements are brought to life by, mixing them into a versatile collection, celebrating the freshness, power and attitude of those days. The styles are dominated by subtle and vibrant blue tones and yellows on white ground fabrics. Using a variety of printing techniques and fabric treatments novelty and freshness are induced. A natural tension is created through Nino Bollag's casual yet pragmatic tailoring reminding of work clothing.

The Rodnik Band was created by Scottish born Designer Philip Colbert as s a satirical mix of Fashion/music/art. Philip writes and produces songs to go with each collection. Described by Andre Leon Talley as "The God child of Andy Warhol". Fans include: Karl Lagerfeld, Lady Gaga, Anna Piaggi, Sienna Miller, Lily Cole.  

About collection:

The collection is titled "Cod Save the Sea" and was designed in support of the environmental Justice Foundation, and will be sold through ASOS.com. " I have always liked the aesthetic of the sea, from Fisherman's outfits to sailors uniforms, and i wanted to create a collection to promote Life at Sea. My designs often playfully reference nostalgic and sentimental ideas, and i wanted the designs to support protecting the environment that inspired them. The collection has a trademark twist of Rodnik Humour and surrealism. "

The collection will be sold in Croatia through ASOS.COM

" As a young label I am very excited to be working with ASOS, they are a very modern company who provide a great support for young designers and helping them grow. They are the leading online retailer, with such an amazing reach to people all across the world, i believe fashion is one of the most democratic art forms that brings people together, something we are all related to, and to have the opportunity to reach people far and wide and bring positive ideas forward is a very exciting opportunity."  

Why support the work of the charity? 

As fish become scarcer, illegal ‘pirate’ fishing has become one of the greatest threats to our oceans. By ignoring fisheries laws and often using destructive fishing gear, pirate fishing operators cause massive damage to the marine environment. Many species such as dolphins, turtles and seabirds are caught and discarded as bycatch, dead or dying.

Healthy fish stocks provide income, livelihoods and food security for coastal fishing communities. In turn these contribute to improved health, education and standards of living. Fishing is crucial to both local and national economies in many countries, particularly in the developing world.

Philip Colbert  the designer says “the collaboration has allowed me to create a strong message behind the clothes. EJF are a leading environmental charity, and have done amazing work to reduce pirate fishing, which has greatly affected the world’s  fish stocks, causing massive damage to the wider marine ecosystem and the food security and livelihoods of poor coastal communities in developing  countries”

EJF Director Steve Trent says “This creative and dynamic project by The Rodnik Band is connecting consumers to the plight of coastal communities in West Africa. In Sierra Leone, for example, one of the poorest countries on the planet fish is being stolen from people who rely on it as a vital source of protein and employment.” 

www.therodnikband.com