ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase
ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase is an independent Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), all partners, selected models and volunteers are on a pro-bono bases (i.e. all professional work undertaken are voluntarily and without payment.) This is to show support for the group of designers who are involved in this initiative, and to promote young talents and designers around the region.
INTRODUCING ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase latest
#modelambassador, พีระวัฒน์ รฐาธนัตมหัตสิน
Simply known as Pure to his friends, this up and coming Professional model + fitness trainer comes from Yasothon and is currently residing in Bangkok, Thailand.
INTRODUCING ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase #new#fashionambassador Malaysia – Ranong Peru – Ran & Nong Creations.
Designer Profile
An ethnic Lun Bawang, Nur Rahmah Ranong Abdullah grew up in a close-knit community in the mountainous village of Ba’Kalalan in Sarawak. A small tribal community by most standards, it was one that fostered a strong sense of family bonding and, as it happens, artistic flair.
Known to her friends and family simply as Ranong Peru, the industrious artisan grew up watching her mother beading her ethnic headgear and traditional costumes at the end of a long day working in the paddy field.
“I came from a rural community and grew up with a family background of hard toil,” shares Ranong.
“I never knew then that I had the capacity for handicrafts in my motor skills, but it became a more dominant trait after I left my career in the hospitality industry.”
While accompanying her husband on an overseas posting to Jakarta, Ranong earned her certification in Spa Management from Mustika Ratu Indonesia.
It was later, during similar travels to Cape Town in South Africa, that she would truly discover the uplifting potential of arts and crafts.
“In Cape Town, I networked and developed a very close relationship with the motherly ‘Big Black Mamas’ – as they’re fondly called for their cheerfulness and hospitality – and we’d gather together to knit.
“The cost of knitting yarns was relatively cheaper there and the choices of types and colours were in abundance! I realised that being in a conducive environment like this and surrounded by friendly people helped me to express my creativity.”
One after another came hand-knitted bedspreads, cushion covers, table placemats and crocheted baby apparel from this fortuitous stay in Cape Town.
Upon her return to Sarawak in late 2009, Ranong’s third daughter gifted her mother with the creation of a simple blog. It wasn’t long before Ranong began uploading photos of her kitschy creations online – a compilation of baby and toddlers’ clothes, mittens and other adorable crocheted items.
“My passion then grew into a commercial commitment when I received my very first online order from Mexico for an adult knitted shawl through this same blog!” says Ranong.
With the conception of her proprietorship, Nadinmas Enterprise in 2010 came the start of Ran & Nong Creations, a brand that would first focus on equipping more artisans from her homeland in Sarawak and second, showcase Ranong’s artistic wares to the world.
“I’m aware that womenfolk need to be self-reliant, economically independent and financially stable to face the challenges of today’s social environment, be they from the rural or urban communities,” she says.
“That’s why my focus is very much towards empowering women – particularly single mothers and underprivileged women – nevertheless, there are already intakes of male artisans and craftsmen participating in my Skills Training Courses!”
Ranong is an esteem member and fashion ambassador of the ASEAN Fashion Designer Showcase representing Malaysia.
INTRODUCING ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase latest #modelambassador, Azzaya, Аззаяа Заяа
Azzaya come from Inner Mongolia and is Miss Asia 2018.
INTRODUCING ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase latest #modelambassador, Peerawat Sareewong.
Affectionately known as Wayo to his fans, this up and coming Thai model + actor is Mister ChiangMai Thailand 2018 1st Runner Up crowned last December.
INTRODUCING ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase #new#fashionambassador China – Fan Yan Yan – The Art Silk by Fan Yanyan.
Designer Profile
An icon of sophistication and graceful style, Yan Yan is a renowned China fashion designer, best known for a unique creations of silk scarves.
The fine-arts graduate believes many artistic treasures scattered along the ancient international trade route harbor “authentic” inspirations from humanity, religion and nature, rather than modern commercialism.
Unlike her classmates, Fan did not look for jobs after graduating from college in Xi’an in 2000. She went to Dunhuang, Gansu province, to create facsimiles of frescoes in the Mogao Grottoes for two years.
Dunhuang’s tourism boom after 2002 made her feel uncomfortable. So, she left for Beijing to work as a designer for a scarf import-export company. She quit in 2008, eager for a less commercial opportunity and outlet for her talent. Before that, she got married and became a mother. She spent a whole year at home in Beijing, resting and contemplating her future.
Fan started her studio to paint on silk－the “best and irreplaceable material”－crystallizing ancient China’s wisdom and beauty. She painted her memories of Dunhuang on silk for 40 days straight.
Some of the paintings created in those 40 days are exhibited in her studio in Xi’an. She believes those, which she has titled Dream Dunhuang, are her best works.
Fan and her family returned to Xi’an in 2009, which she thinks is more suitable for her creation because of the city’s historical connection with the Silk Road and the Tang Dynasty－a peak in China’s ancient art and literature.
Yan Yan launched her eponymous brand “Fan YanYan” in 2009. She integrate tradition with fashion, life with art to tell Chinese stories, and form Fan Yanyan’s silk art with unique concepts and value systems, so that the world can reinterpret the beauty of Chinese silk art and make the world understand and love Chinese traditional culture more.
Fan Yan Yan has more than 400 patent designs with silk road culture as the theme, forming several major product areas with silk artwork, silk cultural gifts and silk art decoration as the main line, involving products are silk scarves, silk purses, umbrellas, clothing, household goods, etc. Among them, “Freedom”, “Zodiac”, “Pure Land”, “EAWC”, “Pelden Lhamo”, “Encounter” and “Phoenix Comes from the East” and other silk artistic works have been collected by international dignitaries and celebrities or entered the world stage as diplomatic gifts. They have won wide praise from the international community.
Yan Yan is the first Chinese woman to win the “Artemis Goddess Award” for two consecutive terms, who was honored by the Global Women’s Forum in the US Congress. She was also titled as “the first person in Chinese silk art”. Her works have been collected by former US President Barack Obama, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, former US Secretary of State and former US First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, former Bhutanese Prime Minister Kenzan Dodge, Greek Minister of Tourism Elena Kountoura, former Japanese First Lady Keiko Fukuda, Assistant Director General of UNESCO Hans Doveller, Director of the Silk Road Department of the UN World Tourism Organization Ella Peleva, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce Jean Guy Carriere and other dignitaries.
Yan Yan is an esteem member and fashion ambassador of the ASEAN Fashion Designer Showcase representing China.
ASEAN FASHION DESIGNERS SHOWCASE joined hands with PENANG FASHION WEEK 2019 at Gurney Paragon Mall on 4th May 2019.
Thank you Mr CJ Tan of CJ BUG PRODUCTION for the amazing video!
● Hayden Ng – HAYDEN BOUTIQUE – SINGAPORE
● Micheal Ooi – MOfactory – MALAYSIA
● Lenny Agustin – Lenny Agustin – INDONESIA
● Natacha Van – Natacha Van Collection – CAMBODIA
● Fadzil Hadin – #CHANTIQUEBRUNEI, BRUNEI
● #LIZHEN – #THEZRSH – CHINA
● Zin Myat Myat Win – #ZIN – MYANMAR
● Ho Tran Da Thao – Tsafari by HO TRAN DA THAO – VIETNAM
● Bandid Lasavong – MEN folder – LAOS
● Pitnapat Yotinratanachai – Pitnapat – THAILAND
● Pat Santos – Pat Santos – Fashion Designer – PHILIPPINES
● Sylvia Lim + Jennifer – The Emporium Group – SINGAPORE
AFDS Model Ambassadors and Guest Models –
● Bee Bee Biebee – Miss tourism Laos 2018
● Mumee – MISS TOURISM QUEEN OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL, Laos 2018
● Yui – Miss Supranational Laos ມີສຊຸບປຣາເນຊັນແນລລາວ 2018 – Laos
● Wern Duangthip – Miss World Laos 2018, 1st Runner Up – Lao
● Jan V – Pinay Beauty Queen Academy Reality TV Show, 2nd Runner up and Philippine Next Top Model , Top 10
● Cherry – Professional Model – Philippines
● Hannah -Mutya Ng Pilipinas Top Model of the World 2017 and AMA Asian International Supermodel 2017, 1st Runner Up – Philippines
● Pauline – World’s Best Models – Philippines 2018 Female Winner, and Miss Supermodel globe 2019,1st Runner-up – Philippines
● Rodina – Ford Models Supermodel of the World 2008, 1st Runner Up – Philippines
● Ali – World’s Best Models – Philippines 2017,1st Runner Up – Philippines
● Hano- Professional Model – Malaysia
● Jeff – Professional Model – Philippines
● Teler – Top actor, singer and presenter – Laos
● Willy – Top actor and singer – Laos
● CoCo – Professional Model and Fashion Influencer – Myanmar
● Meena – Mrs Singapore World 2015/16 – Singapore
GUEST MODELS –
● Jess Cayrrezah Tan – Professional Model – Penang, Malaysia
● Poupay – Winner of WOW Laos Reality TV Show – Laos
● May Nelamith – Miss World Laos 2018, Miss Popular
● Dominic – Professional Model – Malaysia
● Bryan – Profressional Model – Malaysia
● Richie – Professional Model – Thailand
● Danny – Professional Model – Malaysia
● Ming – Professional Model – China
#afds #pgfw2019 #afdspgfw2019 #fashiondesigner #aseanfashiondesigners#aseanmodels #gurneyparagonmall #doubletreebyhiltonpg #thenortham#becoursefashionmatters #demicouture #readytowear #supportasean#supportlocal
HAYDEN NG – SINGAPORE
FADZIL HARDIN – BRUNEI
NATACHA VAN – CAMBODIA
PITNAPAT YOTINRATANACHAI – THAILAND
Press releases from Guang Ming Daily on AFDS x PGFW2019 from 26th April to 1st May 2019 featuring designers – Hayden Ng of Singapore, Fadzil Hardin of Brunei, Natacha Van of Cambodia and Pitnapat Yotinratanachai of Thailand.
GUANG MING DAILY – 5th MAY 2019
SIN CHEW DAILY – 5th MAY 2019
THE STAR – 14th MAY 2019
Wishing you and family a warm and blessed Aidilfitri, showered with love and happiness, with laughters and joy!
Selamat Hari Raya from all at ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase!
NEXT STOP for ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase will be Kuching, Malaysia!
Save the dates 6th – 8th September 2019!
#afds #boad2019 #visitsarawak#bringingkuchingtotheworld #fashiondesigner#aseanfashiondesigners #aseanmodels#becoursefashionmatters #demicouture#readytowear #couture #supportasean #supportlocal#supportlocaldesigners
ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase is proud to is announce that Yogofi – Global Mobile WiFi Hotspots – www.yogofi.com is on board with us, as the Official Travel Companion Partner for 2019/20.
The innovative “Yogofi” pocket Wi-Fi device provides international data connectivity to customers at a competitive price point in over 100 countries using a unique virtual SIM solutions.
While giving brands insights to unique business and social users travel behaviors by building user movement patterns, heat maps and identifying unique points of interests.
This helps provide airlines, hotels, on-line/traditional, travel agencies, attractions with unique perspectives to travelers that embrace the possibility of learning more about their customers and allowing them and their partners to build unique experiences around their targeted customers.
Yogofi is also able to provide location-based targeting of customers providing the ability to push in destination/locations with tailored suggestions and up-selling possibilities.
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ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase collaborates with PENANG FASHION WEEK at Gurney Paragon Mall.
Presenting AFDS Model Ambassadors –
● Elizabeth
● Biebee
● Cherry
● Hano
● CoCo
● Jan
● Jennie Tonkham
● Jeff
● Malee Nobphalat
● Meena
● Mumee
● Teler
● Pauline
● Yui
● TiikNam
● Ali
● Hannah
● Rodina
● Willy
● AFDS SHOWCASE – 4th May 2019 – 7PM ●
● AFDS POP UP STORE – 3rd to 5th May 2019 ●
#PGFW2019 #gurneyparagonmall #readytowear #resort #couture #bridal#menswear #womenswear #designers #aseandesigners#modelambassador #modelambassadors #yogofi #followjanetravels
INTRODUCING
ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase latest #modelambassador, Ali David.
Philippines based professional model, Ali is 1.87mts tall
and is the 1st Runner Up of World’s Best Models – Philippines 2017.
INTRODUCING
ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase latest #modelambassador, Jan Villanueva.
This Philippines professional model is Pinay Beauty Queen Academy Reality TV Show 2nd Runner up and Top 10 in Philippines’ Next Top Model.
ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase collaborates with PENANG FASHION WEEK at Gurney Paragon Mall.
● AFDS POP UP STORE – 3rd to 5th May 2019 ●
● AFDS SHOWCASE – 4th May 2019 – 7PM ●
Presenting AFDS Fashion Ambassadors –
● Micheal Ooi – MOfactory – MALAYSIA
● Hayden Ng – HAYDEN BOUTIQUE – SINGAPORE
● Lenny Agustin – Butik Lenny Agustin – INDONESIA
● Natacha Van – Natacha Van Collection – CAMBODIA
● Fadzil Hadinl – #CHANTIQUEBRUNEI – BRUNEI
● #LIZHEN – #THEZRSH – CHINA
● Zin – #ZIN – www.facebook.com/ZIN-366440517425089 – MYANMAR
● Ho Tran Da Thao – Tsafari by HO TRAN DA THAO – VIETNAM
● Bandid Lasavong – MEN folder – LAOS
● Pitnapat Yotinratanachai – Pitnapat – THAILAND
● Pat Santos – Pat Santos – Fashion Designer – PHILIPPINES
● Sylvia + Jennifer – #TRIOLOGIE, The Emporium Group – SINGAPORE
#PGFW2019 #gurneyparagonmall #readytowear #resort #couture #bridal#menswear #womenswear #designers #aseandesigners #yogofi#fellowjanetravels
INTRODUCING ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase latest #modelambassador, Raymund Rosiller De Veyra Jr.
Philippines Mister United Continents 2017, Raymund 6′, hails from Tacloban City. He is a marine transportation graduate at the University of Cebu-Maritime Education Training Center.
INTRODUCING ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase latest #modelambassador, Cherry.
Cherry is a profession model and she hails from the Philippines.
All at ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase wishes you to have a fun-filled and enjoyable this Women’s Day! 💖
