BESPOKE SHOES

Hello lovelies,

I am so excited and proud to say that my wonderful boss is now the founder of the charity Atma which helps children and adults in India find the right education they need and deserve.
I read some shocking statistics

-20% of India’s poor have no access to education
-86% have no access to technical and vocal training
-45% drop out before 8th grade
-By 2015, 65% of the Indian population will be youth
-By 2050, 50% of the worlds illiterate will be in India.

So Kanch and I have organised some events to help raise awareness for the charity and in the coming week we will be hosting a Bespoke Shoes Workshop where you can learn how to customise, fit, measure and learn what goes into making your ideal shoe over some wine and nibbles. Talk to founders of Shoe Artistry and their shoe master with 30 years of experience behind his belt.

Please check out the invite and RSVP to reserve your spot. Any press that would like to come please email me directly at Petra@KanchanCouture.com

Date: AUGUST 31st
Time: 6:30pm
Your help: $200HKD with 50% going to Atma
RSVP: Kit@hndmeco-op.com
2788-2870

**I went a few weeks ago to Shoe Artistry in Mong Kok and was suprised to hear that Kanch was getting me a pair of Bespoke shoes for my birthday!!! So when we had our little brain storming meeting, we both had our feet measured for our new shoes. Can’t wait to see what they look like!

LOVE, p

Miele Forever Better Fashion Show

Kanchan Couture has been prepping now for over one month for the ReDress: Forever Better with Miele Fashion Show.

What was it? Well it was a fashion show featuring 15 Hong Kong designers’ reconstructed creations using second-hand clothing sourced from local clothing banks.

We were lucky to be part of this event and create 4 dresses, 2 walked down the runway at Watermark, Upper Deck in Central and 2 will be displayed at Harvey Nichols, Hong Kong next week.

All day we were rushing to get things ready, sewing and putting the finishing touches on our accessories to go with the outfits.
Kanch and Shivani left at about 6pm to prep the dressers while I had to rush to Kwun Tong to pick up some posters and be back at the office before 7 so Annie and I could leave together. It was a race against time, but I made it. All the power walking has lead me to believe I have dropped 10 pounds-ha!

It was 7:15pm and we just made it on time. We got out of the lift and walked towards Watermark, a HUGE; 6 metre mountain of second hand clothes greeted us at the front entrance. When our outfits came down the runway there was a gush of excitement.

Hardly any of the dresses that night looked like they were made of second hand clothes. The construction was impeccable and definitely gave a new meaning to second hand clothes.

We are always interested to participate in events like this because it really works to educate the consumer on how much of a wasteful society we really are. When I talk to Kanch about this she said:

“As a designer I really quite enjoyed the design process of the two deconstructed garments – it seems almost like a game/ puzzle taking of you have and making something new. Taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary.

On sustainability…I think the world is getting more aware that we really do have a problem and we are an over consuming existence, and it needs to change. A lot of designers are getting more conscientious about how they produce their lines and what kind of carbon footprint they are leaving behind. The eco market has developed substantially at a speedy rate and will continue to do this. It is here to stay.”

Thank you to all the wonderful people that came and made it such a special evening, I only hope the future brings an increased eco friendly existence.

(As seen on FashionKanch.Blogspot.com)

LOVE-p

Kanchan Couture for Coco Perez

We were really excited to hear that Perez Hilton was looking for young designers to showcase on his CocoPerez site.

After seeing this on his oh-so famous CocoPerez website, I reported back to the team and we got started on planning our short film for his site.

We're really excited about it and we're hoping that he will put us on his site, fingers crossed

LOVE, p