2013
SOK Chandara is an up and coming fashion designer from Phnom Penh. He is an accomplished artist who is making a name and a reputation for himself in the challenging world of Fashion. He is the youngest child of a large family and at a young age chose to follow a different career path than his older brothers. He continues to live in the family home on the outskirts of the capital and to follow his dream of creating beautiful works of art and design. After graduating from high school, he chose to pursue his artistic passion by studying Interior Design for three years at SETEC University.
Using his newly learned skills and combining them with his creative energy, he did not seek out regular employment but began to create works of art at home. The works explored floral themes, comprised objects of fashion and accessories and always incorporated fabric with seductive colors. Using his skill on a sewing machine, he realized that he could make objects that could be sold to further support his creative energies. He did not meet with immediate success, but remained determined and did not give up. Little by little, he created his own unique style. His friends began to notice his talent and he became the designer for Daisy a boutique specializing in the latest fashions. Together, their success rested upon exceptional design, loyal customers, a staff of skilled dress-makers, and above all, the continual study of what makes for great French and Italian design.
For more than a year now, and in addition to his work creating ready to wear items that have gained international recognition, SOK Chandara has created unique pieces of fashion for himself, for an established group of clients and for Fashion Shows. In 2014, he plans to empty his room at home of its hidden treasures and open his own boutique and workshop under the name, ELAN. His product line will include fashion accessories and clothing that reflect his refined taste and flowering imagination.
SOK Chandara est un créateur de mode en vogue, en ce moment, à Phnom Penh. Un artiste accompli qui est en train de naître et de percer dans le monde difficile de la Mode.
Dernier d’une modeste famille nombreuse, il fait très jeune le choix de la singularité vis-à-vis de ses grands frères. Il veut vivre dans son monde, tout en restant dans la maison familiale de la banlieue de la capitale. Il décide de suivre ses idées, c’est à dire de travailler ce qui est beau et de créer son propre art. Il sent dans ses mains un potentiel de création artistique, quand à la sortie du lycée, sa tête bien faite choisit d’étudier « la Décoration d’Intérieur » durant quatre années à l’université SETEC.
Fort de quelques qualifications techniques, il ne recherche pas vraiment un job mais se met à créer des objets dans sa chambre peu à peu remplie de ses compositions florales, d’accessoires de mode ainsi que de tissus dont les couleurs le séduisent et … d’une machine à coudre car il s’aperçoit que dans ce domaine il peut créer pour vendre.
Son succès n’est pas immédiat mais sa détermination est constante. Il travaille et poursuit son chemin. Avec ses amis qui remarquent son talent avec lesquels il s’associe, il fait la décoration de la Boutique Daisy dont le succès repose sur ses dessins, ses patrons, ses tailleurs et sa recherche permanente de comprendre ce qui fait le succès des grands de la Mode Française et Italienne. Son activité de prêt-à-porter connait le succès au-delà des frontières du Cambodge.
Depuis un an, il crée des pièces uniques, pour lui, quelques clientes et pour des défilés de mode. Sur le point de vider sa chambre pleine de magnificence cachée, il lui tarde d’ouvrir en 2014 sa propre boutique, son atelier de création et de production avec sa marque : ELAN. Si c’était un cheval, avec un tel ‘élan,’ il faudrait absolument parier sur lui.
“Art de Table”
Project Sofitel Proposal
Mid - November
Objective:
Five “designer” tables displayed in the four Sofitel restaurants and the Sofitel lobby. Each table highlights a unique part of Cambodian culture and style.
- Historical – Fabric, furniture, ceramics, etc. that exude the opulence, detail and techniques from the golden age of Angkor – Le Coupole Restaurant
- Rural/Rustic – Earthenware, agriculture tools, raw silk, hill tribe prints. Tribal influences laced with primitive rituals and customs. – Fu Lu Zu Restaurant
- Contemporary/Modern – Glass, metal, plastic, graffiti, abstracts, faceted, gold and silver. Clean surfaces and contrasting patterns. – Do Forni Restaurant
- Natural/Organic – Bamboo, buffalo horn, tigers eye, shells, grasses. The beauty of asymmetry and randomness. –Hachi Restaurant
- Lobby Entrance: Introduction Display in several languages
Process:
Each table will be displayed in the entrance of each restaurant and the front lobby. Along with the display,viewable catalogs featuring participating artists will be available to make purchasesor to request custom commissions.
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jean Morel- 011 773 119, Madeleine de Langalerie- 012 294 284, Matthew Tito Cuenca- matthewcuenca@gmail.com
“Art de Table”
Location: Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, 26 Old August Site Sothearos Blvd., Sangkat Tonle Bassac
Restaurant Fu Lu Zu & Restaurant Do Forni
Opening Reception: Monday, November 12th 6:00pm
Show Dates: November 12th to November 30th 2012
“Art de Table” :
Food and art have been intertwined since the beginning of time. The ability to stimulate all five senses (sight, smell, sound, touch and taste) during one experience is an orchestration of art on multiple levels.
ReCreation, the art consultancy and management company, has teamed up again with Sofitel to stimulate the masses by pairing up twelve Cambodia-based artists and designers to produce two original tablescapes displayed alongside two inspired set menus expertly prepared by Fu Lu Zu’s Head Chef Huang Shui Qiang and Do Forni’s Head Chef Manuelo Pintore.
Join the designers of Khmer Artisan Project, Artisans Associations of Cambodia, Khmer Silk Village, Esprit Libre, and artists Annya Ly, Oum Maknorith, Ly Pisith, Ke Vicheth, Sok Chan, Alain Robotang, Theam, Peap Tarr and Lisa Mam Monday, November 12th at 6:oopm at Le bar in Sofitel’s lobby, to celebrate the opening of “Art de Table.” View the art, taste the food, and indulge your senses.
Do Forni:Italian-Khmer fusion menu is priced at $36 per person without beverages (3-course)
Fu Lu Zu:Chinese-Khmer fusion menu is priced at $18 per person without beverages (7-course, minimum of 2 pax).
From 12th November to 30th November
Reservation: 023 999 200 or H6526-FB3@Sofitel.com
Esprit Libre - Beautifully crafted cutlery and horn
Ebook - Table manners
Born in Cambodia 1973, Keo grew up in Cambodia. From 1997 to 2000 he studies in Paris at the (Parisian Dressmaking School). Studying with Maison Emmanuel Ungaro and Maison Kay.
Participation to Biennale Internationale du Design of St Etienne (France) :
Winner First Prize as Best Young Design (15 countries have participated to this competition.
Keoisblessedwith an exceptional talent, and a fertile imagination. Workingwith noble traditionalmaterialssuch as Cambodiansilk, as well as unconventinal components such as plastic, paper clips, seedpods, and cocoons ;hecreatestotallyfuturisticclothes.
His most recent success was a fashion presentation to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the French Institute in Phnom Penh which met with a standing ovation.
Garden of desire is a boutique gallery of creative jewelry design that promoteS both emerging and established jewelry artists and designers in the field of art and design. The Gallery, founded by Ly Pisith, houses contemporary and conceptual yet functional wearable art as well as sculptural objects and textile accessories.
It is the natural world that has become a major influence within the work of our designers. The unique shapes and textures found in nature are incorporated throughout the entire collection which uses a range of materials from solid silver structure, natural stones to unusual mixed media. They exude an impeccable style that is elegant and sensual, akin to a second skin. These eclectic collections from around the world identify every item of jewelry as a work of art in its own right, come together to redefine jewelry design and ideas of today.
Ly Pisithfounded Garden of Desire in 2008 and has been dedicated to designing and promoting international and regionally based jewellery artists. He was formally working as a designer of fashion spectacles for Alain Mikkli, Stark and a clutch of other haute couture international names. His distinct color palette of contrasting hues and unique use of texture has become his signature style which is largely sourced by many.
Web Site :www.gardenofdesire-asia.com
