Paris, France– September 25, 2024 – Prepare to be wowed as we unveil a night of fashion, food, and fabulousness. Get ready to experience a global fashion phenomenon as Fashion Forward® presents a spectacular show featuring four of the world’s talented designers. From the avant-garde creations of Gavel Paris to the timeless elegance of Amor Emel, this event promises to be a feast for the senses.
Fashion Forward® is thrilled to announce our 9th anniversary by bringing together four upraising designers from around the globe for an exclusive fashion show in the heart of Paris. This year, we’re taking our event to new heights with a special collaboration, combining the runway with a glamorous gala dinner.
«As a fashion platform, our vision and mission remain the same: to help talented designers get more exposure to the International fashion scene” As founder Wulan S. Haryono eloquently stated, ‘Our goal remains steadfast—to connect exceptional designers with the international fashion scene and amplify their creative voices.”
The brand GAVEL, founded by the designer himself, was established in 2010 in Poland. He studied fashion design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. For over 10 years, his unique and mysterious creations, made primarily of Italian silk, alpaca, and leather, have quickly become recognizable among Polish fashionistas and celebrities. GAVEL, often invited to collaborate with the press and media, boasts publications of his designs in fashion magazines and numerous TV programs. His projects have been appreciated and recognized by personalities in the fashion world, bloggers, actors, journalists, and singers.
In the spring summer of 2025 season, relaunches his own brand under the name GAVEL Paris. Staying true to his inspirations from nature and contemporary fashion, he blends contrasting fabrics and materials, combining modern plastics, soft linings, delicate feathers, and metal studs with his imagination. The first collection is always crucial for a designer as it sets the foundation for the brand and its style. This is why it is meticulously presented at Paris Fashion Week, a major event where every aspect must be flawless. During this event, every detail matters: creativity in design, the quality of collection production, meticulous organization of the shows, collaborations with other designers and brands, as well as managing critical feedback. Reviews, publications, and communication about the collections play a vital role in shaping the brand’s perception and can influence its success or failure. A successful first collection can thus propel a designer toward international recognition and establish their credibility in the fashion world.
The success of a designer depends on their ability to create collections that meet clients’ expectations while reflecting their imagination and personal universe. It is essential for a designer to craft pieces that resonate with the audience and capture the essence of their artistic vision. Today, GAVEL is recognized not only among globally renowned Polish stars but also with an international clientele. He continues to strive for global recognition by innovating in design and garment structure, adopting bolder, stronger, and more pragmatic approaches.
AMOR EMEL
Fashion should be seen as wearable art and not labeled simply as pieces of clothing. This is the impact fashion designer and owner of the brand Amor Emel wishes to make in the industry.Amor Knight-Miller is inspired by nature and the mysteries of the universe; while adopting a very classy, chic and sophisticated style in her work. Amor also receives a lot of inspiration for her work from herself and life experiences. Art and design have always been a part of Amor however, she does not view it as a career skill rather she views designing and creating as a natural compulsion. Amor is a very open artist and is quite resistant to structure, she prefers for things to flow, carrying their own shape and integrity.
Amor Emel’s new spring/summer 2025 collection is a masterful blend of fashion and elegance, staying true to the brand’s distinctive style. The collection features a neutral color palette, allowing the dramatic silhouettes to take center stage. With 10 unique high fashion looks, each piece captures the essence of sophistication and modernity. This highly anticipated collection will be showcased in Paris, France, in September 2024, promising to leave a lasting impression on the global fashion scene.
My collection showcased in Paris, my design process begins with a strong focus on drama and unconventional uses of fashion components. I love to experiment with texture, silhouettes, prints, and styling to create something truly unique. Before sourcing materials, I enter a focused creative mode, sketching multiple ideas. These sketches are then carefully refined through an elimination process, ensuring that only the best designs make it into the final collection. This allows me to bring bold, captivating looks to life.
The main inspiration for my collection at Paris Fashion Week was pure glamor. I’m drawn to the bold, dramatic, and sexy aspects of glamor, and I wanted to reflect that in every piece. My goal was to merge the unconventional elements of my designs with a sophisticated approach to fashion, creating a seamless blend of audacity and elegance.
The color palette for my collection stays true to my natural inclination toward neutral tones. I’ve never been one to gravitate toward vibrant colors; instead, I allow the other elements of my designs—such as texture, silhouette, and structure—to take center stage. The neutral colors provide a timeless foundation, allowing the drama and sophistication of each piece to truly shine.
My target audience consists of stylists and buyers who appreciate both high fashion and everyday accessibility. The collection is a blend of ready-to-wear pieces and avant-garde designs, offering versatility that can cater to high editorials or more simple, yet stylish, everyday looks. This balance makes the collection ideal for those seeking both bold statements and practical elegance.
ZELOVVA
Putri, a renowned Indonesian designer, made a triumphant return to the prestigious Paris Fashion Week, captivating audiences with her latest collection. This marks the designer’s second appearance at the global fashion event, solidifying her status as one of Indonesia’s leading fashion talents.
Zelovva Returns to Paris Fashion Week with a Grander and More Luxurious Showcase. Building upon the success of last year’s event, this year’s showcase promises to be even more spectacular, featuring an extraordinary collection that has been meticulously crafted over an extended period.
The collections for Spring Summer 2025 showcase in Paris process a little bit of time because of some of our designs with breastplates. This is caused by the sketching process, color selection, materials and production. This is my second year showing a collection in Paris, so I want this year to be more spectacular than the previous year. The main inspiration behind my collection for Paris Fashion Week is from inspiration lisa blackpink rockstar, star, and wonder woman movie. The materials I use in creating this collection are specific materials, I use mostly satin material and breastplate with plastic . I combined special colors in this collection like gold, black, and red. So this collection will look very luxurious and elegant by using this color. Another reason I use these materials and colors is because of the target market. My target for women who are confident, classy, and bold.
SPARKLE BY KAREN CHAN
Our brand’s motto is “Be Playful, Be Bold, Be Sparkle”, so our color palette is always the colors of the rainbow. Sharp, funky neon colors are our signature colors, and we always contrast the colors with black to make the colors pop. Then, for our signature “HK SPIRIT” denim collections, we always go with red-white-blue. This year, we added a lot of gold. Gold hued soft pastels, bright gold foiled lambskin, gold fragrant cloud gauze, because this season we want to emphasize the diversity and richness of Hong Kong’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, and gold is the color that naturally comes to mind when one thinks of richness. Gold is a color rich in history, for thousands of years, gold has always symbolized inheritance, luxury, prosperity and power. So the use of gold in this year’s collection is very fitting.
This year, SPARKLE COLLECTION – SPARKLE by KAREN CHAN goes wild on «Intangible Cultural Heritage x Art x Fashion», using «Hong Kong» as the core theme to weave together Hong Kong’s art, culture, Intangible Cultural Heritage and the red-white-blue Hong Kong spirit, creating original fabric designs and avant-garde qipaos that tell the story of Hong Kong to the world through New HK-Chinese Style fashion.
The main inspiration behind our collection for Paris Fashion Week is to pay homage to women, to encourage all women to live their lives to the fullest, to tell them they can be whatever they want to be, to believe in themselves, and that every woman is a super lady. That’s why this year, our main theme is “Super Lady Wears SPARKLE”. At the same time, one of our collections this year is LA VIE EN ROSE Collection. We pick this collection in red, white and blue, the colors of our brand-signature “Hong Kong Spirit” theme and also the colors of the French flag, to celebrate SPARKLE COLLECTION – SPARKLE by KAREN CHAN’s debut in France at Paris Fashion Week SS25, and also pay homage to the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France which also is the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism. In LA VIE EN ROSE Collection, the rose, a symbol of love and beauty in both Chinese and French cultures, takes center stage as the main pattern theme throughout this collection of modern east-meets-west cheongsams made of red-blue-white silk, eco-denim and voile, creating a captivating «La Vie en Rose» experience, where life is viewed through rose-colored lenses, symbolizing a bright and beautiful future in both our personal lives and the friendship between China and France.
Fashion Forward® is excited to announce our commitment to propelling talented designers onto the international fashion scene. Following our successful Paris Fashion Week showcase, we are thrilled to reveal that selected designers will have the exclusive opportunity to dress celebrities for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2025.
This unparalleled journey from Paris to the French Riviera marks a significant milestone in our mission to provide designers with global exposure and elevate their brands to new heights.
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