Aissata Ibrahima is a London based ready-to-wear brand focused on breaking down traditional boundaries in a gendered appeal. After working on design teams for various London brands, combined with her experience in Luxury fashion, Aisssata launched her namesake label in November 2019 with the debut collection entitled “Lovers”. For Collection II entitled ‘The Beginning’, Aissata takes inspiration from old family photos centring around her mother’s 90’s wardrobe and combining this with her continuous exploration of elevating classic pieces, adding a contemporary twist and playing with contrast through a variety of elements. “My mother’s wardrobe was mainly tailoring, and it was…
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Inspired by Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time, SVENCUM SS21 advocates a philosophical approach to design. Dedicated to a fresh form on linen fabric and tailored form-fitting styles to sense the psychology of space exploration between crafts, human body and contemporary human relations. SVENCUM, founded in Paris by Junyan XU in 2020, is a conceptual menswear fashion lable which seeks to maintain a balanced outlook on life and purse the radical romanticism. Moving between the words of art and design, the designer uses philosophical narrative of the common ward robes as the starting point for each collection, through its exclusive pattern language with woodblock print and…
Middle-aged Magdalena (Mercedes Hernandez) has lost contact with her son after he took off with a friend from their town of Guanajuato, Mexico to cross the border into the U.S., hopeful to find work. But he seems to have disappeared so Magdalena desperately goes to look for him, no matter what. Desperate to find out what happened to her son Jesus (Juan Jesus Varela) – and to know whether or not he’s even alive – Magdalena embarks on an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous journey to discover her sons fate. At the same time, a young man named Miguel (David Illescas)…
Hakuyo Miya is a Founder & Lead Fashion Designer. He was born in Tokyo and after studying in Japan he moved to Paris where in 2016 started his own sustainable brand. When I saw his collection for the first time at Paris Fashion Week, I directly noticed and was impressed by the amazing combination of volumes, unusual cut, crazy combination of colours and textures. FabUK Magazine had the chance to visit Hakuyo Miya at his showroom in Paris and ask him a few questions. Can you in few words describe your brand? My name is Hakuyo Miya. I am…
After receiving sensational reviews and due to overwhelming public demand new British musical ‘PUBLIC DOMAIN’ gets 2 weeks of encore streaming at Southwark Playhouse from today to Sunday 31 January! ‘Public Domain’, a dark, verbatim musical about ‘authenticity’ online, written and performed by Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke, is produced and directed by Adam Lenson. It takes words spoken and typed on the internet in the past year to build a unique portrait of the digital world that is every bit as mesmerising as it is terrifying. This high-adrenaline, electronic thrill ride is made entirely from the words of…
It started as a fairy-tale romance, Adrian and Hampus were destined to be together, but do fairy-tales last? One morning Hampus declares that their relationship is over, instantly ending their engagement. Moving on from the life they built together, Hampus and Adrian begin to navigate the Gothenburg dating scene and discover who they might be without each other. As the finality of the situation dawns upon them they have to ask themselves, can this ending lead to new beginnings, or “Are We Lost Forever”? After their relationship ends, they move on to new partners, but are they really happy with…
In Ryuhei Kitamura’s The Doorman, acting legend Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional, Ronin) is a ruthless criminal who squares off against hard-hitting Ruby Rose (John Wick: Chapter 2) in a fast-paced and punishing action thriller. https://youtu.be/Z3IrGA-hKCk Following an assignment gone wrong, traumatized ex-Marine Ali (Ruby Rose) takes a job as the doorman in a luxury New York City high-rise where her estranged family live. However, she’s soon called back into action in order to outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader (Jean Reno) while struggling to protect her loved ones. Growing increasingly desperate, the criminal…
From acclaimed writer-director Gerard Johnson (Hyena, Tony) comes a psychological thriller that’s dripping in sweat, tears and testosterone… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeyGCFlX5us&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Dazzler Muscle is the story of Simon (Cavan Clerkin, The Last Kingdom, The Capture) an unhappy, unambitious office worker whose life is gradually taken over by Terry (Craig Fairbrass, Villain, Rise of the Footsoldier) his new, hands-on personal trainer who reveals himself to be more committed, and more dangerous, than Simon could have ever imagined. Simon isn’t living the life he wants. He’s tired of his dead-end job at a call centre – and he isn’t even any good at it. He…
Hyve Group is proud to be relaunching Fashion Together taking place virtually 23rd February 2021. In place of February’s physical editions of Moda, Pure London, Pure Origin, and Scoop, Hyve Group’s fashion portfolio will be going virtual. Designed to bring the industry together, even when we remain apart, Fashion Together will provide a key hub for industry professionals in the UK and around the world. Bringing together the key elements of what makes shows Pure London, Pure Origin, Moda and Scoop special, Fashion Together will provide key industry insights, as well as a first-hand look at the latest styles, trends…
MY NAME IS PEDRO is an essential and timely reminder of the importance of great educators that exist within the infrastructure of our country’s public education system. This award-winning film, from first time director Lillian LaSalle, explores the seemingly impossible journey of South Bronx Latino educator and maverick, Pedro Santana, a former “special ed” student, whose mantra is – every kid can learn despite their circumstances. . A New York Times profile of his “Out Of The Box” teaching techniques, thrusts him into the spotlight, which creates great opportunities for change but also has its downside – public school politics which, despite the cries of…