Designer Dossier: Zoe Twitt

Australian-born but certainly a child of the world, 26 year-old fashion designer Zoe Twitt has been garnering a steadily growing number of eyes for her designs each season.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero

Australian-born but certainly a child of the world, 26 year-old fashion designer Zoe Twitt has been garnering a steadily growing number of eyes for her designs each season. What draws us to Zoe, even though it is so early in her career, is difficult to pin down. It’s partially because the leap in sophistication of concept and execution between her Fall 2010 and her Spring 2011 collections was so great, but that’s not entirely it. She designs what she’s feeling at the time. Her work mirrors her with an intimate closeness that creates a vulnerability to her as a designer that makes her very engaging. This also makes her collections vary greatly from season to season, which is a very special kind of fashion daring, but perhaps sound because the core of each collection is Zoe herself. The collection you see in this shoot is from a romantic young woman touched by romance. It is an artistic expression of her heart and mind. Zoe has a powerful combination of imagination and technical skills.  She does all of the unique touches and shows the kind of quality workmanship that makes her a designer to be taken seriously. Continue reading “Designer Dossier: Zoe Twitt”

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”

Zoe Twitt – Spring 2011 – New York

Warrior priestess, meet summer goddess of sun and sand.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero

Zoe Twitt had unfinished business. The sexy warrior “high priestess” concept which inspired her Fall 2010 collection hadn’t packed up and left her imagination. She felt that collection only told half the story. Her solution? Finish the job with the Spring 2011 line. Warrior priestess, meet summer goddess of sun and sand. A softer and very sensual style pervaded the collection. “The aesthetic has changed in the way that now I’m using all light colors and pastels, where as last season I was all dark and very linear.” That wasn’t the only way that Ms. Twitt had grown, however. With the move from rawness to sophistication came a definite increase in complexity, and her talent appears to have elevated her work significantly. Continue reading “Zoe Twitt – Spring 2011 – New York”