UBUNTU

#6 UBUNTU
An African humanist philosophy: The essence of being human
I am who I am because of who we all are.

We think of ourselves too frequently as individuals. We as a global community would have much greater success in bettering humanity as a whole.

We are part of one big family, a global family, the family of mankind.Nelson Mandela: A traveller through a country would stop at a village and he didn't have to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food, entertain him. That is one aspect of Ubuntu, but it will have various aspects. Ubuntu does not mean that people should not enrich themselves. The question therefore is: Are you going to do so in order to enable the community around you to be able to improve?

Get in contact with the artist (Nic ) HERE

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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!

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WOODEN HEART

I recently purchase a large amount on Asos.com and I had seen a wooden heart necklace by Gogo Philip which i fell in love with, plus it was on sale so bonus!
I loved the idea of having a wood pendant, never seen anything like that before so i had to get it!

Hat- H&M
Top- Asos
Jeans- H&M
Flip Flops- Mong Kok
Bag- Zara
Jewellery- Gogo Philip & Cotton On

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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)

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PRODUCTS

Day 1, Shooting with Kanchan Couture

Lately it seems our hours at work have been endless and result of almost living in our second home (AKA the office) has rendered us absolutely delighted.

Kanchan Couture has been super busy developing, testing, planning, brainstorming and researching as we’ve developed our very first line of jewellery and a new collection of scarves and belts.
As this has been in the making for a couple of months now, it’s so exciting seeing our vision come to life.

Today was just another busy day with the KC team at a shoot for our new products.
We all got up extra early to prepare everything for the shoot and pack everything up ready to go to our shoot location in Ap Lei Chau which was kindly lent to us for 3 days by a friend of Kanch’s.
We unpacked all of our products and equipment and got straight into shooting. We started with our Heart Earrings which we previously launched on Groupon Hong Kong which created a Santa’s workshop if you will, with all the packing and wrapping we did for all of our fabulous customers!

We got some great shots for our new look book and the colours of all our products are so fun and playful we can’t wait to start shooting them tomorrow, and on Friday on our gorgeous models!

The day was a great success and we accomplished a lot on day 1! We were super tired but so ready for day 2! Bring it!

As seen on FashionKanch.Blogspot.com

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