Thakoon pronounced Tah-Koon is an designer who moved to America with his family to Nebraska when he was 11 from Thailand.His story is somewhat a hustler tale. He took his degree from Boston University and became a Fashion Writer. HE wrote photo captions for Harper's Bazaar. He woke up one day and said that this wasn't going to work for him. So he decided to enroll in classes at Parsons from 2001 to 2003. Well, a year later in 2004 he produced his first ready to wear collection and immediately sent the editors and stylists going crazy! His clothes are now worn on Rachel Bilson, Demi Moore, Michelle Obama, and Sarah Jessica Parker. I mean Sarah Jessica is enough said.
I was first introduced to him in the movie "September Issue" and Anna Wintour was hyping him to get a collaboration with GAP. What Anna says, goes of course, so GAP did an collaboration with him and I must say it was nice.
Now, Thakoon is a household name in Harpers Bazaar (ironic how he used to wait for them, now they wait for HIM! HA! Hustler!), Vogue, Elle, and many stylists corporations.
Click Click to see the rest of his Spring 2011 line.
I love the versatility of his lines. How you can take a piece from each of these looks and put them together. In this economy that is what's hot. Simple pieces with great quality. I've never been a fan of shopping a whole look off of a mannequin. Just was never my style.
Thakoon is definitely in my FASHION ICONS list.
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