Two of my favourite American designers are the 'newbies' Thakoon Panichgul and Jason Wu. Ironically neither was born in America (Thakoon was born in Thailand, Jason in Taiwan) but along with Alexander Wang they've become three of the most promising faces in American fashion.
Type "Thakoon" into Google and you get 468,000 results. His clothes have been worn by Michelle Obama, he stared in The September Issue (loved his shaky hand story) and he's created collections for Gap and Target.
For S/S 2010 his collection was filled with pretty printed day-dresses and slinky draping - which reminds me of the Balenciaga A/W 09 collection.
And I'm still in love with his S/S 09 collection. Especially the Shibari shift dress.
Jason Wu is leading the way online - with 1,410,000 Google results - likely due to the fact Michelle Obama wore one of his designs to the inaugural ball. Now even non-fashion people recognise his name.
His S/S 2010 collection is one of my favourites, because I can't resist a colourful cocktail dress. His green polka-dot number is one of the standouts of the collection - especially now that Diane Kruger has worn it. I see a lot of Oscar de la Renta's timeless elegance in his work.
What do you think of Thakoon and Jason Wu's designs?
images from style.com
17 comments:
God, I still haven't seen the september issue yet!
I love all the feather in Jason Wu's collection...delicious.
love the prints*°*°*
Have a wonderful week*°*°
Theyre both really exceptional designers- i enjoy Thakoon more though, Wu is a little too girls for my liking!
I love them both! Thakoon in the september issue was so sweet he genuinely cares about fashion so much, that was such a funny story!
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Jason Wu's one shoulder dresses are beautiful and flattering on a range of body types.
Love them both, but Jason Wu's feathered dresses are to dieee
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Thakoon's work is bloody marvellous. Love those manic textiles.
I like the first collection very much, Beautiful, vivid colors and shapes!
They're both so incredibly talented! It just blows my mind!
juliet xxx
I like both. Thakoon´s prints especially.
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Thakoon's 2010 collection was one of my favorites!! The floral patterns and all that draping... so lovely.
everything looks sooooo stunning!
really love thakoon!
not so much jason wu
They're pretty cocktail collections-- I would say Thakoon is more to my taste, although I have wanted to like Jason Wu, something lacks in his collection for me. I will definitely keep an eye on his next few collections, however, maybe he'll win me over then.
both amazing!! Love them.
why is it that the asian men always know exactly what everybody wants to wear these days? i love it! and jason wu's collection that you posted is amazing. i love the red dress.
I prefer Jason Wu's designs to Thakoons but he was so adorable on The September Issue so that gives him a few bonus points haha.
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