Thai fashionista recreates designer gown with bags of prawn crackers

May 27, 2016 By creative

A 28-year-old Thai woman has become an Internet sensation overnight after she posted her own version of a high fashion gown that's made from bags of prawn crackers. Sine Benjaphorn is a plus-size model and owner of a clothing store in Ratchaburi, a province west of Bangkok, Thailand. The gown that she chose to replicate was a peach layered gown that Thai actress, Chompoo Araya wore to a L'Oreal event during the recent Cannes Film Festival. According to Benjaphorn, she was inspired after seeing pictures of Araya and went out to buy bags of prawn crackers — a popular savoury snack — to sew them together. The end result from the colour down to the layering and wavy texture is uncanny.  After posting a side-by-side comparison of her posing in the gown on the streets with Araya's red-carpet picture on May 12, Benjaphorn's post quickly went viral on Facebook, with many netizens praising her for her talent — both in design and comedy. “I’m shocked. I never thought this many people would share my photo. And I’m on every news channel,” Benjaphorn told reporters

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From countryside to catwalk, Thai teen designer takes on prejudice

November 29, 2015 By publisher

Skirts made from bamboo chicken cages and billowy dresses crafted from mosquito nets — a Thai teen is elevating everyday items of rural life to the catwalk to challenge entrenched prejudice among the Bangkok elite. Apichet Atilattana, a 16-year-old from Khon Kaen in Thailand's northeastern rice bowl region, launched his designs on Facebook. “I want to show people in Bangkok that Isaan people can be creative,” he told AFP, using the name for the poor but populous northeastern region.

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Top models who grabbed the headlines in 2015

November 27, 2015 By publisher

From Kendall Jenner to Gigi Hadid, here's our list of the models who are currently at the top of the fashion world. If there's one name to remember this year, it's undoubtedly that of Kim Kardashian's half-sister, who has been courted by the most famous ready-to-wear brands and couture fashion houses, starting with Olivier Rousteing, Balmain's creative director. In 2015, this young woman who is just 20 won a string of contracts including ad campaigns for Estée Lauder, Karl Lagerfeld, Calvin Klein, Balmain and Topshop, and catwalk work for Chanel, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs and Fendi.

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