Tailored in Thailand: One Night in Bangkok
Four emerging designers landed in midtown Manhattan to give us a taste of what Thai indie fashion is all about.
Photography by Randy Brooke
The space at Ideal Glass Studios hosted a four-in-one runway presentation featuring contemporary Thai brands Matter Makers, Merge, Vickteerut, and Vinn Patararin (together with an overworked Anna Delvey, who walked each of the four finale looks). Each of them presented a total of eight to ten looks. On a “flight” chartered by the Thai Trade Center and Future Treasure New York, we landed in a fresh, cool, elegant, and experimental Bangkok.
Photography by Randy Brooke
Matter Makers opened the show with an innovative streetwear look. Designer Bordin Aphimarn mixed sartorial shapes with relaxed T-shirts and oversized hoodies, composing creative structures on the classic white shirt and blazer-and-pants suit combo. Those big star-shaped shoulder bags were fun, too.
Photography by Randy Brooke
Merge, or “how to master the denim game,” came second. No wonder designer Pnpavee Danmingyenvong is said to be reigning in the land of this textile. She has a way of playing with intricate and sexy cut-outs while also offering sharp and body-shaping options on a more traditional approach to presenting denim silhouettes. The 10-piece sample of the collection also included more urban, metallic chained, textured, and loose patterned frames.
Photography by Randy Brooke
Quite a drastic turn of events when “Pang” Sudhinaraset’s designs appeared on the runway. Her brand, Vickteerut, presented a minimalist path to tailoring that felt so, so elegant. Her design lines are solid but translate delicately into a calm array of pieces that give an effortless sense of luxury.
Photography by Randy Brooke
Closing the presentation was the architectural vision of Vinn Patararin. Through what is now a signature motif of the designer duo formed by Vinn Chokkhatiwat and Patararin Pongprasit, they displayed a set of two-piece looks (jacket+mini skirt, shirt+pants, bomber+pants) plus trench coat and dresses; all marked via this textile manipulation that experiments with laser-cutting techniques and that gives an entirely different aura to the initial fabric material. It’s inventive; it’s forward-looking.
A taste of what contemporary Thai fashion is all about, which left us wanting more.
