2021 is a transitional year for Mark Gong. After living in the US since a teenager, at 23 years old and at its 5th MARKGONG collection, Mark decided to move back to Shanghai to settle and anchor his business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJ1LcedwzM&ab_channel=REPAgency A departure from his previous 5 projects, Chapter 6 combines a celebration of the past with a transition to the new. MARKGONG presents a Fall/Winter 2021 Collection dedicated to re-exploring design elements from previous works and maturing them into novel codes. Like Mark himself, the Gong Girl is maturing. Over the past five seasons, she has camped in the wilderness,…
Author: FABUK Magazine
“I was inspired by the beauty of spring, and the colours of the tropics. I love travelling and this collection transported me to a land far away where colours, smells and textures come together to create a place of beauty.” Martin Crean, MODE Hair, Chipping Campden Hair: Martin Crean at MODE, Chipping Campden Make-up: Roseanna Velin Styling: Magdelena Jacobs Photographs: Richard Miles Martin Crean is the owner of award-winning MODE Hair in Chipping Campden. He has won Wales & South West three times and is a member of the British Hairdressing Hall of Fame. He most recently won Artistic Team…
The Graduate Fashion Foundation are delighted to announce that they are evolving their support of FACE, Fashion Academics Creating Equality, to include a new prize that will make visible, the spectrum of Black excellence within a framework of diverse Black and Brown creativity. The aim of the Black Excellence Prize is to amplify Black creativity as a broad and limitless possibility and inspire all young Black and Brown creatives to find belonging in a prize that recognises their unique contribution to style, culture, fashion and society. The award is open to all Black and Brown final year students in any…
Shows of the new season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia are scheduled on April 20-24 at the Museum of Moscow. Besides the main program in Moscow, the shows will take place in Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, and Sochi. The united MBFW Russia’s program will include live-streamed shows by designers from Italy, Spain, France, and other countries. 50+ designers are expected to join MBFW Russia this time. New collections will be presented by /SELFÉTUDE, N. LEGENDA, NASTYA NEKRASOVA, ÓNOMA, SERGEY SYSOEV, Yana Besfamilnaya, ELENA SOUPROUN, HARD BY HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, JULIA DALAKIAN, ALENA NEGA, Lena Karnauhova, Mercedes De…
The Mousetrap Prepares to Lead the West End Out of Lockdown Iconic show to resume record-breaking run on 17 May, in accordance with Stage 3 of the Government’s Road Map Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap – the longest running show in the world, which has been suspended since the pandemic resulted in the closure of UK theatres in March 2020 – is to re-open in the West End on Monday 17 May 2021. Two sets of casts – comprising Olivier Award winners and highly acclaimed stars of TV and film – will come together for the iconic thriller as it re-opens at…
Director Mazen Khaled, who was born in Beirut, Lebanon, has shot a film in his hometown that deals with the importance of friendship, in a film that resonates powerfully in its short 85 minutes. Hassane (Hamza Mekdad) lives with his parents in a small apartment in a not so wealthy area of Beirut. He has no job to go to, and his parents keep on nagging him to get one. He is a procrastinator – and he enjoys spending days hanging out with his friends along the rocky city coastline along the Mediterranean Sea. Him and all his friends share…
TODAY (1st April) sees the launch of a month-long health and wellbeing challenge by the UK’s leading childcare provider, Bright Horizons. Its entire community begins pledging distances to walk, run, swim, cycle, toddle, or crawl in a bid to reach the goal of half a million miles during April. Ros Marshall, Managing Director, at Bright Horizons UK said: “A healthy body and emotional wellbeing are essential conditions for learning. These values are at the heart of our curriculum, enabling children to learn to become confident, capable individuals with a positive disposition and strong self-esteem. “Over the past 12 months playing…
It’s Evolution Time Sustainability Is the New Sexy !!! 3D 360-degree experience by Adam and Alice STUDIOS fuels the Evolution of the fashion industry STUDIOS, a project launched by the luxury fashion label Adam and Alice London, is setting out to revolutionise the future of fashion shopping and the events industry with a new initiative, a 3D 360-degree fashion show which will debut at “Evolution Fashion Week 2021” which runs April 5th to 10th. The innovative event will demonstrate that the new digital age promises to offer an improved brand experience through art and technology. The 3D virtual studio experience,…
Would you spend £500,000 to get your hands on a suit worn by one of your favourite celebrities? It may seem like a lot of cash to splash but fans of the world’s biggest names are willing to spend a small fortune to own a piece of celebrity fashion history. From John Lennon’s 1960s Douglas Millings suit to Daniel Craig’s custom-made suit from 2015’s James Bond: Spectre, luxury menswear tailor and retailer, Savile Row Company, has analysed suit sales from the world’s leading auction houses to reveal the 10 most expensive celebrity suits to ever sell under the hammer. 10.…
Ruben Gonzales is Luz, a young man sent to prison for causing the death of a young woman he was driving, a young woman he was smitten with. The film, ‘Luz,’ has stayed on my mind ever since I watched it a couple weeks ago. It’s a very memorable love story. Luz has ties to the mafioso, and the woman he was driving in the car was his cousin’s partner. Luz is thrown into prison for causing her death (he also had been drinking when he crashed), and he also has to worry about the wrath of his cousin when…