With over 50 years of experience, tailor Thomas Wong, who heads the menswear specialism at LASALLE College of the Arts, now owns a well-regarded boutique, which will serve as an atelier-cum-workshop to train a new generation of bespoke tailors - most of whom have graduated from his menswear course at LASALLE.

He shared that his current passion is to nurture and mentor the younger generation of tailors, as he believes that "the sun is just rising for them" and sees the importance in providing learning opportunities for them to hone their skills and grow.

Curated by BA(Hons) Fashion Media and Industries Level 2 students, Shanghai 3.0 featured contemporary Asian fashion photography housed at The Deck art space.

Ranging from fashion images, to films and installations, the exhibition adapted Shanghai 1930s’ narratives, using visual cues from the era and moulding them into a contemporary fashion language to depict the story of how fashion and visual culture evolved in Shanghai in the 21st century.

Jerome Lim was the valedictorian at LASALLE’s 31st Convocation, and this came by no mean feat. In an interview with TODAY, he shared how besides juggling school work, he also took the time to represent LASALLE at competitions, and undertake internships during semester breaks. When asked how he did it all, passion was his answer.

Exotic Tropicana, Flight, Heaven on Earth, Gloria and Flight of Fantasy. These are names of intricately designed kaftans created by LASALLE’s BA(Hons) Fashion Design & Textiles students: Leong Yaowen, Edward Chan, Vikas Dayal, Edison Wong, Ivanna Cinora Kuswara and Herlianti Iskandar Setiawan. The kaftans are on display at DFS Galleria Singapore as part of its spring/summer theme ‘Passage to Paradise’.

One of the official shows of Audi Fashion Festival 2014, LASALLE Degree Fashion Show 2014 will showcase the works of the selected 20 graduating BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles students. Held at the Tent@Orchard, Saturday 17th May 2014, at 1:30pm, this is the second time LASALLE is taking its annual graduate fashion show to such a prestigious event.

LASALLE College of the Arts is the first arts college to grace Singapore’s most prestigious fashion runway at the Audi Fashion Festival 2014, with its annual Degree Fashion Show.

Featuring the most innovative collections by emerging graduate designers, the Asian Fashion Graduate Showcase 2013 (AF/GS) is set to pave the way for a more vibrant fashion design scene in the region.

Fashion graduand Hafizah Ghazali showcases Muslim fashionwear at the Audi Fashion Festival 2014.

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