Tag: Asian fashion
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$130 T-Shirt
I am not typically brand loyal and I hardly ever pay attention to designer labels. I watch fashion shows as the colors and silhouettes are usually good indicators of what will be trending in the optical industry, but I never watch for a specific designer. This search for aesthetics over designer labels is a practice…
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What’s Behind a Designer Brand?
I often question what it really means to be a designer. Take the fashion industry for example: for the last few decades, most of the runway-worthy designers package their latest whims and ideas with dramatic theatrical elements tailored for the media hoping to make headlines and glossy magazine covers. But the more regarded the fashion…
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Media Frenzy at Vision Expo East, New York By Alexandra Peng
We are always excited to be part of Vision Expo East (VEE) the largest optical show here in the Big Apple every March, drawing over 30,000 eye care professionals, the movers and shakers of the optical industry. This year VEE was not different but yet, it was, since Asian in New York hosted a media…
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Why A Black American Model?
By Alexandra Peng Founder of Prolouge Vision / Designer of TC CHARTON & Alexandra Peng Collections When I first envisioned the TC CHARTON collection, I had only one simple mission in mind — I wanted to offer beautiful and chic eyewear products to Asian Americans. More precisely, all Asian people who reside in this great…
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The A-Style, Asian American Reality Show Debuts Tonight!
Asians all across the land, I know you’ve probably got a happening thing going on tonight for the 4th…but while you’re resting your feet somewhere drinking a spritzer, tune into the debut of the A-Style, a reality show shot in NYC featuring Asian Americans who didn’t listen to their moms and dads to become lawyers…
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My First NYU ACE Fashion Show
NYU’s ACE (Asian Cultural Expressions) Fashion Show concluded last night. Sadly, I had to miss it due to family obligations but from what I hear from our model Danielle Yu, (yeah, you remember her! She modeled for us at Style360 at the TC Charton booth) who was in the show, it went off without a…