In Real Life: Angelys Balek on Her Sustainable Swimwear Label Share
We talk to the Thailand-based swimwear label Founder & Creative Director Angelys Balek about how a jetset lifestyle inspired her glamorous designs, creative cuts, artful prints and eco-fabrics, all supported by manufacturing with a #HealthySeas initiative factory.
What inspired starting your brand and the latest collections?
At a very young age, I was always fascinated by the unity between art and fashion. Art has always been part of my brand ethos and at the forefront when it comes to designing every collection. The thrilling challenge of designing for “all women” – women that are from different cultural backgrounds, lifestyles and free-will inspires the creative work to create clothing that caters to differences while at the same time expresses the inner self of a woman’s DNA. In my most recent collection, I was inspired by the cakes I used to bake when I was a child. The collection brings me back t
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Dello Russo shouted to camera, neatly capturing the excitement of the entire fashion industry over the return of Alber Elbaz. While seemingly lost for words, the usually erudite fashion critic Suzy Menkes simply yelled: Yippeeee.
After being unceremoniously ousted from Lanvin in 2015, Elbaz has made his return to fashion. When he announced his new venture in 2020, entitled AZ Factory (using letters that top and tail my name ), he declared it would offer a completely different approach. At the launch on Tuesday he stayed true to his word. Designer Alber Elbaz added a gold chain pull to dress zips, to make them easier to reach. Courtesy AZ Factory