INDIA – Raffles Mumbai held its graduation show on the 10th October 2015 at The Lalit, Mumbai. Close to 600 guests including parents, students, and a range of esteemed guests including industry partners and diplomats attended the event, to mark the completion of a beautiful journey of our design students. Encompassing both a student exhibition and a fashion show, ‘Bright … Read More
THE ISKANDAR APPRENTICE
MALAYSIA – The first week of October proved to be an exciting one, as our very own Raffles Iskandar students and staff finally got the chance to showcase the fruits of their hard work for the RUI Apprentice Project at Komtar JBCC. A collaboration between the ‘Students Enhancement, Enrichment, and Development Committee’ (SEED) and Centre of Professional Development (CPD), the RUI … Read More
JEWELLERY OF ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA – The pursuit of elegance and beauty is a time-honoured tradition, one fuelled even further in this day and age by tremendous growth of new media, in particular the various digital platforms featuring instantaneous sharing of content and trends such as Facebook, Instagram and Vine. One such field which has seen an explosion of interest here in recent … Read More
SHINING AT SURABAYA FASHION WEEK
INDONESIA – An amazing array of creative talent was once again showcased by Raffles Surabaya, this time at the Surabaya Fashion Week 2015, held at the Grand City Mall on the 10th of October, in celebration of the city’s 722nd anniversary. As one of the largest cities in the country, Surabaya holds a crucial role in the development of Indonesia’s … Read More
TAKING CENTRE-STAGE AT SHANGHAI FASHION WEEK
CHINA – 12 of Raffles Shanghai’s latest batch of outstanding designers recently got a valuable international platform to showcase their talents at the 2016SS Shanghai Fashion Week, held at the Shanghai Town & Country Community on the 16th of October. Doubling up as the college’s graduate fashion show, Raffles Designers Moon (Zhao Yue’er) and Doris (Zhu Ying) would even bag the … Read More
AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF GLITTER AND GLAMOUR
SINGAPORE – The creative talents of our Raffles Designers and Creative Practitioner Sandra FIE were shining brightly once more at Singapore’s largest fine jewellery fair the Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair (SJGF), which was held at Marina Bay Sands in October this year. Featuring a stunning array of exquisite jewellery and finely crafted designs, a diverse range of seminars, workshops … Read More
A DAZZLING AFTERNOON WITH CARTIER
SINGAPORE – Regular exposure to key industry events and exhibitions has always been a priority for Raffles Singapore, and when Cartier rolled into town for their special Étourdissan exhibition, it was the perfect inspirational opportunity for our budding Raffles Jewellery Designers to get an eye-opening glimpse into the world of high-end jewellery. Specially presented by Cartier in commemoration of Singapore’s 50th … Read More
Raw to brilliant: The Art Of Fashion
SINGAPORE – In another brilliant showing by our budding designers, Raffles Designer Laurensia SALIM has emerged as one of the top eight candidates awarded the Masterclass Award by the internationally-renowned The Arts of Fashion Foundation, which brings together emerging fashion designers from around the world in a celebration of creativity and fashion. Praised for her exceptional creative work and vision … Read More
Breaking Through Boundaries At The Spade Awards
SINGAPORE – Combining elements across various traditional design fields, Spatial Design is a relatively new design discipline which has rose to prominence in recent years. Breaking through conventional boundaries has always been a forte of Raffles however, and we’re proud to announce an outstanding slate of achievements by our Raffles Designers at the Spatial Design (SPADE) Awards this year! Held … Read More
Ushering In SG50 At Digital Fashion Week
SINGAPORE – It was invaluable high-profile, international exposure of the highest order for several Raffles Designers past and present, as they took centre-stage at the iconic Capitol Theatre for Digital Fashion Week’s (DFW) SG50 Fashion Show in October this year. Specially themed in celebration of Singapore’s 50th anniversary this year, DFW 2015’s fashion show would feature some of Singapore’s hottest … Read More