Saturday, April 17, 2010

Fashion ratbags, ksubi, return to the fold for upcoming Fashion Week . . .

George Gorrow & Dan Single with model Erin Wasson (pic courtesy: SMH)

Ksubi's Rosemount Australian fashion week comeback, according to their media release . . . .


'KSUBI TURNS TEN AT “ONE VIA ZERO” RAFW SHOW
This May ksubi returns to Rosemount Australian Fashion Week. ksubi’s first show in three years will be offsite at the Royal Hall of Industries in Moore Park and celebrates its 10th birthday with their new collection titled “One Via Zero”.
For ten years, ideas, individuality and authenticity has developed the Australian brand into an underground subculture, a lifestyle—an international presence with a cult following. Dan Single and George Gorrow, co-founders and directors of the brand, created ksubi as a culture of fashion, music and art, and are now thrilled to celebrate ten years of the collective with the finale show at RAFW, to be styled by Australia’s international fashion icon, Brana Wolf.
Wolf has lent a strong and defining vision to the fashion industry for over 20 years. A top-tier freelance stylist & design
consultant, Brana was named one of Forbes Magazines’ eight most powerful fashion editors in America, sitting alongside the likes of Ana (sic)Wintour & Grace Coddington from Vogue. Her repertoire features an impressive selection of titles such as Editor at Large to Harper’s Bazaar USA & contributing editor to Italian Vogue— regularly collaborating with
photographers such as Craig McDean, Steven Meisel and Patrick Demarchelier.
Wolf also acts as Chief Fashion Consultant to the Versace Women’s Collection & more recently style directed Brazilian fashion prodigy, Pedro Lourenco’s debut catwalk show at Paris Fashion Week, where her contribution led to rave reviews for the young designer.
George and Dan first met Brana in New York three years ago, and as Australians with mutual admiration, they discussed working together. Three years later, the relationship has finally come to fruition as Brana mentors a collaboration with ksubi’s design team.
Her years of experience will bring a confident and concise editing style, realising a collection that celebrates ksubi’s signature aesthetic along with brand new designs.
“The opportunity to work with Brana is an honour as she has been somewhat of an idol of ours for many years. As a person she is humble and grounded and as one of the most powerful women in fashion, you know her business aesthetic is unsurpassed. We are really pushing ourselves to a new level to impress her, and relishing the challenges this brings.
We have certainly had some challenges recently, its been an emotional and physical roller coaster of late, but with all the set backs we have been able to regroup & are excited to celebrate our 10th anniversary back on the stage where it all started, the closing show of Sydney Fashion Week.”— George Gorrow.
Also joining the team is internationally reputed Australian casting agent, Kannon Rajah. Kannon works with some of the biggest names in the fashion business, casting for Victoria’s Secret, Fendi, Donna Karan, Michael Kors & Miu Miu as well as producing Chanel, Lanvin, YSL, Dior & Margiela shows. He comes on board as casting director and show caller for
ksubi’s RAFW finale show.'
By the way, the ksubi “One Via Zero” RAFW show will be on Friday, May 7 at 8pm at the Royal Hall of Industries, Driver Ave, Moore Park.

2 comments:

marloperry said...

This is very exciting! I hope they keep a bit of that ol' Ksubi quirkiness and give a different show.
They've always been unforgettable in the past.
Nice to see them back.

ebnarcisse said...

Sounds like a big production... looking forward to seeing what they deliver.