December 23, 2018

TRUST YOUR EYE: AMANI AZLIN BY XIA YI

Contributor December 23, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ah, Urbanscapes. The festival to connect with creatives you fangirl via social media. Without a doubt, Amani Azlin is one of them. Here, Xia Yi talks to the young photographer. Amani Azlin is a visual artist, and the creative eye behind some of the highly anticipated campaign of Malaysian fashion labels such as Nelissa Hilman, SHALS, Thavia, Anaabu, and more. You probably saved one of her photos already.

MAYBE, A WORK IN PROGRESS BY ROISIN MAYA

Contributor December 23, 2018

Reading Time: 5 minutes Flying back to Malaysia a month ago, I was in a complete daze. The goodbyes at Heathrow were like something out of a movie. There have been a few times now in my life I have physically felt the moment my heart broke and that was definitely one of them. Leaving behind all that I had known for over a year now – yes over a year that I had been that I had not been home to Malaysia.

WHO AM I: JAMILA HARDY

Contributor December 23, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute “Who am I” is a short fashion film directed by Jamila Hardy, a fashion photography student in London College Of Fashion. The clothes seen were all looks from designer Aminat Damilola’s Spring Summer ’18. Aminat is a menswear designer that’s currently studying in Central Saint Martins. Together with Fashion Photographer Jamila Hardy, they have created a one minute film.

“THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL” by Georgie Fenny

Contributor December 23, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute ‘The Devil’s Punchbowl’ is a surreal and eerie fashion film for designer Xenia Telunts who creates work-wear style garments with sustainability being of upmost importance to her. Fashion photographer Georgie Fenny’s aim through this film was to combine sustainability with youth culture by contrasting nature with underground, urban scenes, to overall create clashing and engaging imagery.

Directed and creative direction by Georgie Fenny. Designer: Xenia Telunts. Model: Edward Walker.

The Girl In The Batik Dress: Nadir Nahdi by Xia Yi

Contributor December 23, 2018

Reading Time: 6 minutes Born and raised in London, growing up as a Muslim is never a breeze. Born from a Pakistani, Indonesian, Yemeni, and Kenyan ethnic heritage, “Go back to where you’re from”, is a phrase that Nadir Taher Nahdi is familiar with while growing up in the West. A conversation with Nadir Nahdi by Xia Yi

ITS AN EMOTIONAL THING

Natasha Pea December 23, 2018

Reading Time: 5 minutes The memories from my childhood are pretty foggy but I think that was the first time I really felt the gravity of corporal punishment. I didn’t understand why I received those beatings because after all, it was an accident, and to top that off I was a traumatized 5-year-old who didn’t know any better. Natasha Pea talks about the dynamics of Asian parents in showing their love or concern in their own way.

IDOLATRY IN FASHION; CREATIVE DIRECTORS AND STAR POWER by Benjamin Wong

Contributor December 23, 2018

Reading Time: 5 minutes There was once a time, believe it or not when Maisons and ateliers took upon a more utilitarian function. A period when the name of a label was synonymous with the pedigree of products that were being offered on sale, and the unsurpassed finesse by which these products were created. Benjamin Wong gives you a school on the big names of fashion houses in the past

ilū by Monisha Chippada

Contributor December 23, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Veera and Shobha Chippada talks about being an Asian diaspora and how little representations on Indian culture in western media. A video by Monisha Chippada, exhibited at B.T.W exhibition at Freda’s Down Under Space 30th May 2018

December 23, 2018

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