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Friday, 24 February 2012
Can't get enough of Zang Toi Fall 2012 Collection and introduction to the brands he worked with
I have been a Zang Toi fan for a long time, but this Zang Toi Fall 2012 Collection just blew my mind away. It is simply exquisite! I can watch the video over and over again and still see details that I missed the last time. I am also excited with the brand that the maestro work with such as Amazing Cosmetics, Zoya Nail Polish. Skin care by Vbeaute and Jewellery by Amee Philip. Definitely wants to know about the brands. I love the black packaging of Vbeaute skincare and love the jewellery the most. Can't wait for it to come to our shores. Congratulations again Zang Toi!
Saturday, 18 February 2012
My personal favourites from the Zang Toi Fall 2012 Collection
After feasting my eyes on the Mercedes Fashion Week 2012, Zang Toi Fall 2012 Collection, I have came out with my faves!
The master colorist playing with different shades of red.
Love the doctor bag
Subtle elegance. Love the bag and the waist details
Elegant and again love the bag.
Love the lace details and silhouette
Jewelry is exquisite.
Friday, 17 February 2012
Zang Toi Fall 2012: The Subtlety of Elegance
NEW YORK, Feb 13, 2012/ FW/ — “It’s another standing ovation,” commented two socialites who were sitting front row at the Zang Toi Fall 2012 show this afternoon at the Lincoln Center.
Indeed it was! Having followed Zang Toi’s career since 2000, the New York-based designer continuously received kudos from the fashion flock season after season. And, it is not just at the fashion show, mind you. When Zang Toi brings his collections to his famous trunk shows, he always wows the ladies, mind you.
So, what is Zang Toi’s magic? His Fall 2012 collection easily answers that – the subtle elegance of fine workmanship and attention to details.
To Zang Toi, clothes are about the woman, not the other way around. Hence, when a woman wears a Zang Toi creation, she is the center of attention; her grace and beauty enhanced by the masterfully tailored garment and beautifully designed clothes that fit her like a second skin.
Always exuberant in his designs, Zang Toi has found the perfect pitch between silhouette and embellishments. A born colorist, he has even found the balance between using black, gray, white and the brilliant color red.
This season, while black, gray and white dominated, red was the highlight as the Malaysian-born designer sent different shades of red. In fact, the original graphic print of reds that graced the runway summed up all the colors in the collection.
Also, a happy note this season – everything shown on the runway was designed by Zang Toi. From the clothes to the shoes, the jewelry and the make-up, all of them bear the Zang Toi brand.
The cosmetics line had been out in Asia for the past two years and it is expected to hit U.S. stores in September 2012!
Taken from http://www.fashionwindows.net/
Zang Toi pours in glamour at NY fashion week
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| Zang with actress Kirstie Alley. A standing ovation for the Malaysian designer. |
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
NEW YORK: Malaysia's Zang Toi and Lebanon's Reem Acra won strong applause for their red-carpet looks at New York fashion week Monday while Carlos Miele drew inspiration from the pampas of his native Brazil.
With Grammy-winner Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" as his soundtrack, Toi kicked off his fall-winter collection with white mini coats and black trouser suits, before making an abrupt shift to bright red silk.
His fans -- more mature, ethnically diverse and outgoing than the usual jaded New York fashion crowd -- lapped it up, breaking into applause for elegant gowns in fetching scarlet hues and then honouring him with a standing ovation.
Backstage, the 50-year-old designer with an unbridled sense of fun said he wanted to see women make a real effort to look really beautiful for themselves, their husbands, their boyfriends, their lovers.
"I wanted the clothes to be very, very glamourous," he added. "It's about glamour and gorgeous clothes for gorgeous girls."
Front-row guests included Saudi entrepreneur and film producer Mohammed Al Turki, US reality TV star Alex McCord and towering Czech model Petra Nemcova, with whom the diminutive Toi hammed it up for the cameras.
Acra, who in January dressed Madonna in an pewter gown for the Golden Globes awards, similarly poured on the glamour with a finely-balanced collection of crisp daytime suits, glittering cocktail mini-dresses and fluid chiffon gowns.
Her looks ranged effortlessly from a leather sheath dress in hunter green and a cable-knit sweater over a leather pencil skirt to a metallic tweed skirt and jacket combination and a embroidered one-shoulder gown in silk crepe and tulle.
Hot on the heels of Nicholas K's urban cowboys on day one of fashion week, Miele put a cosmopolitan spin on the traditional outfits of the gauchas of the Rio Grande do Sul region of Brazil.
While the silhouettes were most definitely urban, there was no mistaking the rustic rural origins of Miele's colorful ponchos with gold tassels, which he matched with authentic broad-rim hats and sashes.
Backstage, Miele, who is based in Sao Paulo and sells in 38 countries, said he felt that after frequent visits to a friend's farm in southern Brazil, it was time to introduce that region's unique style to an international audience.
"They are natural girls," he said, referring to the gauchas of the wide-open pampas. "There is freedom... I thought this was time to bring this part of the culture of Brazil, of the pampas and the gauchas, to the catwalk."
In other shows Monday, Olivier Theyskens took over the Park Avenue Armory to send out the latest city-savvy basics from his growing Theyskens' Theory collection, including a dark boxy overcoat and supple leather jumpsuit.
"I was looking to complete the wardrobe on which I've been working for the past year and a half," the Brussels-born designer, formerly at Rochas and now happily settled in New York, told AFP backstage.
Several looks featured short shorts. Odd perhaps in a fall-winter collection, but Theyskens, 35, said they fit right into his vision of a contemporary tomboy. "It's something cute that goes with the overall look."
Earlier, with Hollywood star Renee Zellweger in the front row, Carolina Herrera delivered a classical feminine collection that ran the gamut of colors from indigo to purple to pink, with wool and silk her favored fabrics.
Many of the 40 looks -- seen on as many top models with severely backcombed hairstyles -- were paired with black wedge shoes designed for Herrera by Manolo Blahnik.
Article taken from http://www.mole.my/
Thursday, 1 December 2011
A meeting with the World famous New York Designer, Zang Toi
I have been a Zang Toi fan and loyal customer for a long time, so this time I made it a point to come prepared to meet the maestro. My preparation...Kz my photographer! After enjoying the front row seat at the Malaysia International Fashion Week at Zebra Square we braved the traffic to meet him. Rushing into Pavilion with my charming friend, Genevie, the Miss Universe Malaysia Finalist 2012 and Kz in tow, we reached Zang Toi Cafe in Parkson Grand.
There we saw him, as usual busy at work taking measurements for a dear friend, Yue Yii. It was such a breath-taking sight of the brothers at work, See Loun was looking very tired due to the hectic schedule that day. They were at the KL International Trade Forum where Zang Toi was one of the speakers on the subject, "Make smart decisions and checkmate your competitors"
Zang Toi has proven to be a very successful international designer who has weathered time and bursting with passion and creativity. We had a short meeting and he exudes such excitement, at one point I thought he was going to jump on the table! His passion and excitement was contagious and I soon caught it! I love Zang Toi and am privileged to have caught this special moment and I am sure there will be many more to come as I embark on my new venture.
Thank you Zang Toi. Thank you See Loun, Yue Yii, Genevie and thank you Kz for catching the special moment!
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Zang Toi and See Loun at work, they are the most hard-working people I know
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| Articulate Zang Toi in action |
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| With the maestro, Zang Toi in his signature skirt |
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| With Zang Toi and my talented photographer Kz |
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| With Zang Toi and my charming friend, Genevie, Miss Universe Malaysia Finalist 2012 |
To get to know Zang Toi more, please go to my treasured archive link below as this article have truly capture the person in him.
http://chicgorgeousdotcom.blogspot.com/2011/11/pride-of-family.html
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Zang Toi Fashion Shows
Below is a marathon of Zang Toi Runway shows and interviews...enjoy at your own pace....
BTE TV Covers Zang Toi - The Prince of Fashion Week
ZANG TOI on Women's Fashion
Zang Toi SPR2012
Second Look TV Episode 6 Zang Toi Spring 2010 Collection
BTETV interviews Designer Zang Toi and Make Up Artists Quinntin Phelps
ZANG TOI Spring 2012 // Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
KIRSTIE ALLEY WALKS THE RUNWAY AT ZANG TOI FASHION SHOW
Zang Toi NYFW S/S 2012 - Backstage Video
Zang Toi Fall 2011 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
ZANG TOI SPRING 2011, MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK NEW YORK
BTE TV Covers Zang Toi - The Prince of Fashion Week
ZANG TOI on Women's Fashion
Zang Toi SPR2012
Second Look TV Episode 6 Zang Toi Spring 2010 Collection
BTETV interviews Designer Zang Toi and Make Up Artists Quinntin Phelps
ZANG TOI Spring 2012 // Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
KIRSTIE ALLEY WALKS THE RUNWAY AT ZANG TOI FASHION SHOW
Zang Toi NYFW S/S 2012 - Backstage Video
Zang Toi Fall 2011 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
ZANG TOI SPRING 2011, MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK NEW YORK
Zang Toi - Pride of the family
I am so glad that I managed to retrieve this from my archive. I have been a Zang Toi fan way back then, and this is my favourite article and my favourite pictures and I feel that this best describes the icon.
Sunday January 7, 2007, from thestaronline
It was a long and rocky road from Kuala Krai to New York, Zang Toi tells CHIN MUI YOON, and he made it, thanks to his family.
THE International Centre of New York last year honoured Zang Toi with an award given to foreign individuals who have made significant contributions to the United States. Not bad for a boy from Kelantan whose father, Toi Han Eng, now 81, ran a small grocery store in Kuala Krai and who was 13 when he made his first visit to the “big” city of Kuala Lumpur. (The family moved to Petaling Jaya, Selangor, 10 years ago.) But as his mother remembers well, her youngest child was an incessant scribbler who loved to draw from a young age. “When we told him to do his homework, Zang would say his hands were weak; when it came to drawing, they were fine!” recounts Foo Chin Chik, 79. Zang, whose full name is Toi See Zang, 45, remains rooted to his humble beginnings and maintains very close ties with his family. Back home for a jam-packed fortnight recently, he managed to take his father to visit their ancestral home in Hainan, China, while juggling a trip to Mumbai, India, to oversee the beading and embroidery work for his upcoming show in New York on Feb 9; holding a private fashion show in KL and meeting clients, including the Raja Perempuan of Kelantan to prepare for a Kelantanese Cuisine Festival planned for the United Nations in April.
Mama’s boy Among his parents‘ seven children, Zang was and is still the apple of his parents’ eye, says sixth sibling Toi See Luon. “Zang always got away with everything,” says See Luon, who manages the boutique in Kuala Lumpur. Zang happily chirps that he was never ever caned, unlike his older siblings. “While we were growing up in Kelantan, television was a luxury. Instead of doing homework, we used to sneak out at night through the back door to watch Charlie’s Angels on our neighbour’s TV while my father was counting up his takings for the day,” he recalls. Years later, he dresses a Charlie’s Angel (Farrah Fawcett). But some things never change: “My mother still treats me like the baby of the family!” Zang chortles.
Seeds of success Zang knew early that he wanted to do fashion designing although he had toyed with the idea of interior designing or cooking. His parents saved enough to send him to Parsons School of Design in New York, where its alumni include Tom Ford, Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs. Zang’s achievements were fashioned from sheer hard work most that was unseen. As one of Parsons’ best students, he was recommended a part-time job with designer Mary Jane Marcasiano to earn pocket money. Zang worked so well he was asked to assist Marcasiano directly. “They gave me complete freedom and sent me to the factory where I took care of the whole production and design process. I was like a sponge, soaking up everything about fashion designing!” says Zang. For two years, Zang, then 23, breathed and lived fashion. He attended classes from 9am till 4pm and rushed for the subway to the Marcasiano studio in the SoHo district. While his peers partied and clubbed, Zang laboured from 5pm till early morning. “So many times I fell asleep on the train. I also worked weekends. My work ethic came from my father, he was so strict and nothing came easy for the family.” Zang graduated in 1983. Offers came immediately from prestigious fashion houses, among them, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Michael Kors who dangled carrots of fat salaries and a green card. “I said no thanks because in a small company I could do everything,” says Zang who went on to work with Marcasiano for three more years. He freelanced for a year when his designs were carried by Martha, one of the best multi-brand salon boutiques in New York that’s credited with launching designers like Valentino and Gianfranco Ferre. In 1989, Zang sent his sketches of his first collection of 13 dresses to various magazines. The highly influential Vogue magazine spotted the young, unknown designer’s potential and sent for the dresses which appeared in the magazine two months later. When Zang launched his Spring collection, Vogue carried a big feature on it for its “New Faces” March 1990 issue. That same year, one year after starting his boutique, Zang was awarded the Mouton Cadet Young Designer Award. “I had a partner who invested US$50,000 (RM176,000) to start our boutique; I didn’t have a dime then!” Zang says. “I was making US$2,500 (RM8,778) yearly, barely enough for my living. “Martha salon buyers asked me to fill in for a trunk show and promised to get me a big order. I did the show on Park Avenue three days later. Nobody knew me. But I got an order worth US$80,000 (RM281,000) from those two days! “That show and Vogue had launched my career 18 years ago.” Many of Zang’s design inspirations are Malaysian, from exotic orchids to the kebaya and batik block designs.
Near disaster Despite the early successes, Zang came close to quitting 11 years ago when his partner opted out of the business and he was at a loss. His brothers came to his rescue. See Luon, who is a trained accountant, and another sibling immediately flew to New York to help their little brother negotiate the terms of splitting the flourishing business and to reorganise things. “They saved me,” says Zang. “I was ready to give up, close shop and work for somebody. I didn’t know a thing about running a business; I was only familiar with designing.” See Luon caught the fashion bug and went on to manage the KL boutique and the cafés that followed later in Sungai Wang Plaza and Lot 10. “My sweetest childhood memory was growing up in a big happy family,” says Zang. “Of course we fought, there were seven of us and six are boys! My parents cooked all the time and we always ate together. “But I don’t remember ever eating a meal on our own. My parents always invited a friend from a poor family to join us although we didn’t have much. They have both set a good example with their generosity. I give all credit to what I have today to my parents. “No matter how exhausted or busy my mother was, every night she would spend 20 to 30 minutes to tell us a bedtime story. They were sometimes about how she grew up in difficult times; living through the war, how her mother died when she was only seven, about hard times. “I always believe that the most fortunate thing I have is the love of my family. It sounds cliché, but it laid a solid foundation for who I am today.” And the first people who had believed in their little baby had been Zang’s parents. His name, after all, means “winning”.
Sunday January 7, 2007, from thestaronline
It was a long and rocky road from Kuala Krai to New York, Zang Toi tells CHIN MUI YOON, and he made it, thanks to his family.
THE International Centre of New York last year honoured Zang Toi with an award given to foreign individuals who have made significant contributions to the United States. Not bad for a boy from Kelantan whose father, Toi Han Eng, now 81, ran a small grocery store in Kuala Krai and who was 13 when he made his first visit to the “big” city of Kuala Lumpur. (The family moved to Petaling Jaya, Selangor, 10 years ago.) But as his mother remembers well, her youngest child was an incessant scribbler who loved to draw from a young age. “When we told him to do his homework, Zang would say his hands were weak; when it came to drawing, they were fine!” recounts Foo Chin Chik, 79. Zang, whose full name is Toi See Zang, 45, remains rooted to his humble beginnings and maintains very close ties with his family. Back home for a jam-packed fortnight recently, he managed to take his father to visit their ancestral home in Hainan, China, while juggling a trip to Mumbai, India, to oversee the beading and embroidery work for his upcoming show in New York on Feb 9; holding a private fashion show in KL and meeting clients, including the Raja Perempuan of Kelantan to prepare for a Kelantanese Cuisine Festival planned for the United Nations in April.
Mama’s boy Among his parents‘ seven children, Zang was and is still the apple of his parents’ eye, says sixth sibling Toi See Luon. “Zang always got away with everything,” says See Luon, who manages the boutique in Kuala Lumpur. Zang happily chirps that he was never ever caned, unlike his older siblings. “While we were growing up in Kelantan, television was a luxury. Instead of doing homework, we used to sneak out at night through the back door to watch Charlie’s Angels on our neighbour’s TV while my father was counting up his takings for the day,” he recalls. Years later, he dresses a Charlie’s Angel (Farrah Fawcett). But some things never change: “My mother still treats me like the baby of the family!” Zang chortles.
Seeds of success Zang knew early that he wanted to do fashion designing although he had toyed with the idea of interior designing or cooking. His parents saved enough to send him to Parsons School of Design in New York, where its alumni include Tom Ford, Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs. Zang’s achievements were fashioned from sheer hard work most that was unseen. As one of Parsons’ best students, he was recommended a part-time job with designer Mary Jane Marcasiano to earn pocket money. Zang worked so well he was asked to assist Marcasiano directly. “They gave me complete freedom and sent me to the factory where I took care of the whole production and design process. I was like a sponge, soaking up everything about fashion designing!” says Zang. For two years, Zang, then 23, breathed and lived fashion. He attended classes from 9am till 4pm and rushed for the subway to the Marcasiano studio in the SoHo district. While his peers partied and clubbed, Zang laboured from 5pm till early morning. “So many times I fell asleep on the train. I also worked weekends. My work ethic came from my father, he was so strict and nothing came easy for the family.” Zang graduated in 1983. Offers came immediately from prestigious fashion houses, among them, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Michael Kors who dangled carrots of fat salaries and a green card. “I said no thanks because in a small company I could do everything,” says Zang who went on to work with Marcasiano for three more years. He freelanced for a year when his designs were carried by Martha, one of the best multi-brand salon boutiques in New York that’s credited with launching designers like Valentino and Gianfranco Ferre. In 1989, Zang sent his sketches of his first collection of 13 dresses to various magazines. The highly influential Vogue magazine spotted the young, unknown designer’s potential and sent for the dresses which appeared in the magazine two months later. When Zang launched his Spring collection, Vogue carried a big feature on it for its “New Faces” March 1990 issue. That same year, one year after starting his boutique, Zang was awarded the Mouton Cadet Young Designer Award. “I had a partner who invested US$50,000 (RM176,000) to start our boutique; I didn’t have a dime then!” Zang says. “I was making US$2,500 (RM8,778) yearly, barely enough for my living. “Martha salon buyers asked me to fill in for a trunk show and promised to get me a big order. I did the show on Park Avenue three days later. Nobody knew me. But I got an order worth US$80,000 (RM281,000) from those two days! “That show and Vogue had launched my career 18 years ago.” Many of Zang’s design inspirations are Malaysian, from exotic orchids to the kebaya and batik block designs.
Near disaster Despite the early successes, Zang came close to quitting 11 years ago when his partner opted out of the business and he was at a loss. His brothers came to his rescue. See Luon, who is a trained accountant, and another sibling immediately flew to New York to help their little brother negotiate the terms of splitting the flourishing business and to reorganise things. “They saved me,” says Zang. “I was ready to give up, close shop and work for somebody. I didn’t know a thing about running a business; I was only familiar with designing.” See Luon caught the fashion bug and went on to manage the KL boutique and the cafés that followed later in Sungai Wang Plaza and Lot 10. “My sweetest childhood memory was growing up in a big happy family,” says Zang. “Of course we fought, there were seven of us and six are boys! My parents cooked all the time and we always ate together. “But I don’t remember ever eating a meal on our own. My parents always invited a friend from a poor family to join us although we didn’t have much. They have both set a good example with their generosity. I give all credit to what I have today to my parents. “No matter how exhausted or busy my mother was, every night she would spend 20 to 30 minutes to tell us a bedtime story. They were sometimes about how she grew up in difficult times; living through the war, how her mother died when she was only seven, about hard times. “I always believe that the most fortunate thing I have is the love of my family. It sounds cliché, but it laid a solid foundation for who I am today.” And the first people who had believed in their little baby had been Zang’s parents. His name, after all, means “winning”.
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