AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2018 Grand Finale, KLFW2018

AirAsia, the truly Asean airline celebrates ten Asean designers at the Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week (KLFW) 2018 today.

The fledgling designers, whose career in the fashion industry took off after their participation in AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search (AARRDS) competition, showcased over 30 looks from their fashion labels. The labels include KAVA (Brunei), KONG (Cambodia), Shella Merina Personal Designs (Indonesia), Billy L’amour de Ma Vie (Laos), phyn Studio (Malaysia), Glam Mabel (Myanmar), Paraluman by Bea Samson (Philippines), SILVU (Singapore), Arataweekend (Thailand) and Tu Bong (Vietnam).

Regionwide search platform for Asean designers to shine

So yours truly was over at the AirAsia RedQ for the first time yesterday for the launch of the AirAsia’s Runway Ready Designer Search 2017 and I have exciting news for those who aspire to be fashion designers...

This would be because aspiring fashion designers across  Asean region will be getting the opportunity of a lifetime, since the search has expanded to cover all ten Asean countries this year.

AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2016 expands reach to five Asean countries

Yours truly was over at the JW Marriot KL to check out the launch of The AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2016 (AARRDS) which is going regional this year!!!

The exciting competition is now expanded to include young aspiring designers from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines, apart from Malaysia.

This is done with the hope of giving these youngsters a platform to showcase their talents and help catapult them into the fashion industry...

AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2015 winners designs - official photos

Following up to my blogpost on the AirAsia Runway Ready to Wear Designer Search, here are some more professionally taken photographs from AirAsia communications team which I just could not resist sharing....

The Grand Winner of AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2015 , Lee Bao En from UCSI University; 1st Runner Up Shazmin Hashim from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and 2nd Runner Up of this designer search Ter Mei Ching from Esmod Kuala Lumpur; receiving their prizes from the panel of judges Ms Aireen Omar, CEO of AirAsia Berhad; Andrew Tan, Founder of KLFW RTW 2015; Jovian Mandagie, fashion designer; Khoon Hooi, Fashion Designer and Khairul Abidin, Editor of EH! Magazine.

These pictures are of the top three winners designs... Enjoy!!!

For more info you can read my post on this here:-

http://www.mieranadhirah.com/2015/08/airasia-runway-ready-designer-search.html

AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2015 winners revealed on KL Fashion Week Runway

..... and for the first time ever, thanks to the AirAsia Bloggers Community (AABC), yours truly was there at the Pavilion KL where the entire centre concourse had been cordoned off and transformed into an elegant fashion runway, especially for the Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2015...

We were of course welcomed by the oh-so-lovely AirAsia stewardesses from different countries, including Philippines and Thailand..

AirAsia Runway Ready for Young Designers

So yours truly was at the Cantaloupe at the Troika on Friday afternoon to attend the AirAsia Runway Ready event there. It proved to be a glamorous late afternoon event as notable people of the fashion industry including fashion designers including Jovian Mandagie and even Tinie , the well known Malaysian runway supermodel graced...