L’éclat Design Contest – Round 2

L’éclat is a monthly fashion design contest from modaCYCLE and Johnny Wu Designs. Each month we are giving away two vouchers for free custom manufacturing patterns from master pattern-maker Johnny Wu, valued at $200 each, to an emerging designer in the tri-state area.

Round 2 deadline: midnight on March 25, 2011

L’éclat is a monthly fashion design contest from modaCYCLE and Johnny Wu Designs. Each month we are giving away two vouchers for free custom manufacturing patterns from master pattern-maker Johnny Wu, valued at $200 each, to an emerging designer in the tri-state area. Not only that, but Johnny Wu will spend a few hours personally teaching the winner how to make their own patterns and how to design garments that are easier to mass produce without sacrificing quality.

Johnny Wu Designs is a Full Service Garment Manufacturer located in the fashion district of New York City. They support new and emerging designers to launch and grow their labels by providing precise patterns, high-quality samples, and flexible small production runs.

If you are a fashion designer living in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut, at least 24 years old, your own label is not yet carried by a major retail chain, and you are otherwise fully qualified under the contest rules

  1. using our submission form upload at least 3 photos in which you show us a garment or accessory design you’re working on or that you recently created
  2. via the submission form, tell us about the fabric, the lining, the stitching, and other construction details, and why that piece represents you as a designer
  3. send it in before midnight on the last Friday of the month
  4. you may only submit two entries per round
  5. follow the contest here on modaCYCLE.com and on the modaCYCLE Facebook Fan Page and the Johnny Wu Designs Facebook Group.

Go to the [contest entry page] now.

10 Designers To Watch In 2011

modaCYCLE recently hosted a showcase party for a group of emerging designers whom we believe showed the most promise during the most recent New York Fashion Week back in September.

story by Charles Beckwith
photos by John Pringle and Adrianna Favero

modaCYCLE recently hosted a showcase party for a group of emerging designers whom we believe showed the most promise during the most recent New York Fashion Week back in September. It was a chill vibe affair held in the beautiful Italian furniture showroom Natuzzi Soho (101 Greene Street). Each designer who participated showed three looks throughout the evening. Our intention was to put emerging designers with viable collections in the same room with boutique owners and buyers from retail chains, and it seemed to go quite well. Continue reading “10 Designers To Watch In 2011”

L’éclat Design Contest – Round 1

L’éclat is a monthly fashion design contest from modaCYCLE and Johnny Wu Designs. Each month we are giving away two vouchers for free custom manufacturing patterns from master pattern-maker Johnny Wu, valued at $200 each, to an emerging designer in the tri-state area.

Round 1 deadline: midnight on January 28, 2011

L’éclat is a monthly fashion design contest from modaCYCLE and Johnny Wu Designs. Each month we are giving away two vouchers for free custom manufacturing patterns from master pattern-maker Johnny Wu, valued at $200 each, to an emerging designer in the tri-state area. Not only that, but Johnny Wu will spend a few hours personally teaching the winner how to make their own patterns and how to design garments that are easier to mass produce without sacrificing quality.

Johnny Wu Designs is a Full Service Garment Manufacturer located in the fashion district of New York City. They support new and emerging designers to launch and grow their labels by providing precise patterns, high-quality samples, and flexible small production runs.

If you are a fashion designer living in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut, at least 24 years old, your own label is not yet carried by a major retail chain, and you are otherwise fully qualified under the contest rules

  1. upload a video clip to YouTube or Vimeo in which you show us a garment or accessory design you’re working on or that you recently created
  2. in the video, tell us about the fabric, the lining, the stitching, and other construction details, and why that piece represents you as a designer
  3. use the form on the [contest page] to send us a link to the video before midnight on the last Friday of the month
  4. you may only submit one entry per round
  5. follow the contest here on modaCYCLE.com and on the modaCYCLE Facebook Fan Page and the Johnny Wu Designs Facebook Group.

Go to the [contest entry page] now.

All Keyed Up – October 2010

What follows is simply a recap of my favorite non-garment-related moments from the Spring-Summer 2011 New York Fashion Week.

from the desk of Seth Friedermann, Managing Editor

What follows is simply a recap of my favorite non-garment-related moments from the Spring-Summer 2011 New York Fashion Week. Continue reading “All Keyed Up – October 2010”

Natur Gala – Basel, Switzerland

It was nearly impossible to identify individual collections in the rest of the show, due to the wild mixture and diversity in styling. The focal point of this fashion show was not to present a single fashion label or their garments, but to present the audience with a variety of organic and fair trade fashion-savvy garments.

story by Boris Marberg and Alexandra Dawes
photos by Boris Marberg and Wolfgang Wöhrle

Parallel to the running of New York Fashion Week, the modaCYCLE Europe team covered the Swiss trade fair “Natur” in Basel. The highlight of that event was the big gala on February 12th, a platform for the “Schweizer Prix NATURE”, which is honoring sustainable projects. Continue reading “Natur Gala – Basel, Switzerland”

Milan, Umbrellas, and The Color Yellow

So here I am, sitting in my Italian hotel room in Milan’s Piazza Diaz, two blocks from Il Duomo, flipping through a book on French fashion by an American, and thinking about my green German umbrella that I bought to take to India, its black British replacement, and their tie to the color yellow.

by Charles Beckwith

So here I am, sitting in my Italian hotel room in Milan’s Piazza Diaz, two blocks from Il Duomo, flipping through a book on French fashion by an American, and thinking about my green German umbrella that I bought to take to India, its black British replacement, and their tie to the color yellow. Continue reading “Milan, Umbrellas, and The Color Yellow”