We end off 2010 with a massive bash by getting this party published and relaunching and expanding our site to make it mobile friendly [yum]. After Hours, in collaboration with Puma, is Chew’s inaugural, limited-edition print publication.
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Get your fashion fix while meeting top local and international designers
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Chew goes underground to meet the street elite and individual ground breakers
me&oli produces fashion, textiles and illustrations with a whole lot of RAH! Chew teleported Down Under to chat to the delightful Lalita Lu and discover what makes a successful textile print, why she would want to be the incredible robotic cat Doraemon and what her fave thing to do is on a warm summer’s arvie…
Chinese-Malaysian sisters Angela, Juliana and Rowena Foong are the design collaboration behind High Tea With Mrs Woo. Fascinated with weaving memory into clothing, they explore the ability of fashion to unfold great stories. Chew had a little chat with the sisters…
Kudakwashe Maradzika investigates why most girlie girls try to hide their true colours, while the ‘bad’ girls don’t shy from theirs.
Fiona Snyckers’ fiction story Crush is pretty damn shocking – like a punch to the gut. You expect something like, oh yeah, okay, she’s going to put a fresh twist on the Twilight vampire thing or she’s going to turn out to be an eight-year-old cougar, but woah! It’s controversial, well-handled and eye-opening. Inspired by Elena Bofill’s photographic shoot, Crush is conversation-starting stuff.
It’s taken blood, sweat and tears to bring your brainchild into the world, now make sure it’s got the protection it deserves. Robyn Hey (Robyn Hey& Associates) addresses your copyright concerns.
You know who you are, the love child of David Bowie and Frida Kahlo with a half teaspoon dash of jungle rock ‘n’ roll and a pinch of ‘F’ off’. By Kudakwashe Maradzika