The Rise of Telfar Clemens: Re-writing the Blueprint for Luxury Fashion Eve Rowena August 15, 2021 Artists, Creativity, Designers, Designers, Fashion Weeks, Features, History, Lifestyle, News, Shows, Style, Sustainablefashion, Trends Telfar has been taking the luxury world by storm. The last few years have seen the brand grow exponentially in popularity. All his bags are handmade out of vegan leather and they sell out within minutes of eve...
Meet Raena Lim and Chris Halim, the Singaporean couple who are changing the fashion rental game Alexandra Wagner August 13, 2021 Designers, Features, Lifestyle, MESSFashion, News, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion As many major fashion brands move into (or try to, anyway) a more sustainable stage of their lifespans, fashion rental brands are slowly but steadily catching up. One particular start-up called Style Theory is...
Send Nudes: would you be shy if it was art? Alexandra Wagner July 23, 2021 Be Featured, Beauty, Community, Designers, Features, MESSFashion, News, Photographers, Style, Trends, Women FFFACE.ME x Anabel Arto FFFACE.ME, the geniuses behind the ‘Instagram filters that hype the internet’, have recently announced their collaboration and giveaway with Ukrainian lingerie brand Anabel Arto. Thi...
‘What a MESS!’ Podcast episode 7: Interview with Stephanie Benedetto, the ‘Queen of Raw’ Alexandra Wagner July 19, 2021 Be Featured, Creativity, Features, Interview, MESSFashion, News, Podcast, Stories, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends, Women We had the amazing opportunity to sit down with New York City native Stephanie, entrepreneur and CEO of 'Queen of Raw', a global marketplace that helps brands manage and reduce their deadstock. Having won the ...
Serotoninn – Lena Stepanenko Eve Rowena July 10, 2021 Designers, Designers, Features, MESSFashion, News, Style, Trends, Women Serotoninn is a young womenswear brand based in Ukraine. The brand was launched in 2018 by young designer Lena Stepanenko. She was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. After studying medicine she moved to Germ...
The Art of The Virtual Human Bethany Chandler July 7, 2021 Artists, Creativity, Designers, Features, MESSFashion Often the thought of digitalised, heavily filtered, reality-altered figures can lend way to a discussion on self-imaging issues and body dysmorphic tendencies. After all, we live in a world dictated by the likes of Instagram where Photoshop and beauty filters are rife. Surely encouraging another, heightened, level of digital humanisation will only further this issue? Perhaps, this argument is too simplistic.
Chatting With XFEMINADESIGNS: The Small Business Starting Its Own Sustainable Fashion Revolution Bethany Chandler June 8, 2021 Artists, Community, Creativity, Designers, Designers, Features, Fresh Mess, Interview, MESSFashion, MESSFeature, MESSsubmissions, News, Stories, Style, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends, Women "Positive representation and love for colour is my inspiration. Growing up a plus sized, mixed race girl in Britain, I felt out of place. I never wore bright colours or patterns in fear of being called out, and assumed that fashion like that wasn't meant for me. I mean, where do you see chubby brown girls in cool clothes in the 90's fashion scene?"
Eco-Anxiety: The Psychological Impact of Climate Change Bethany Chandler June 6, 2021 Be Featured, Community, Features, Lifestyle, MESSFashion, MESSFeature, MESSHealth, MESSMedia, Sustainability It’s a common phenomenon now, particularly when the news bombards us with soul-crushing statistics and images of the climate emergency. That helpless feeling of wanting help change the world for the better, yet having no idea where to even start.
Dopamine Dressing: The Truth Behind the Feel-Good Fashion Trend Natalia Reppas June 5, 2021 Features, MESSFashion As lockdown starts to ease and we emerge from a very difficult year, a new sartorial trend is taking over: dopamine dressing. Dopamine dressing is the trend of dressing in bright colours to optimise your curre...
