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Designer: Thakoon Panichgul

• “For Thakoon Panichgul, next winter will be light and airy. The Thai-American designer injected a breath of spring into his collection, combining pastels with wintry fur, and sending out optimistically sleeveless heavy knit tops.” [AFP]
• “A triumph of unadulterated beauty, which also looked tangible.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “Why the dandelions should seem slightly sad was hard to say – maybe it’s their ephemeral nature, or because they’re so often assigned the same non-status as a weed. No matter. It’s unlikely they’ve ever been so celebrated as they were when blown up on Thakoon’s printed wool sleeveless dress with lace insets at the side and hem.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “No one would mistake the collection that was being shown inside, by Thakoon Panichgul, for fast fashion.”[On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “Midway through New York fashion week it can start to feel like designers are marching in lockstep. Utilitarian menswear, texture, and neutral, even drab colors have emerged as early trends. How refreshing, then, to find Thakoon Panichgul nurturing his own fixations at his fine show today.” [Style.com]
• “It’s interesting that Thakoon Panichgul should come out of left field and take on that tougher, moodier sensibility with his trademark awkward girly charm.” [Vogue.com]
• “Thakoon Panichgul is not one of New York’s sportswear-orientated designers–of which there are many. He’s more interested in the pretty and poetic and that’s exactly the direction he’s taking us in for autumn/winter 2013-14, a winter garden to be precise.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “It was a thoughtful, whimsical continuation of what Panichgul did for spring, romantic in its use of dusty blue and pink, as well as dandelion patterns and embroidered dragonfly motifs, without ever coming off as precious.” [WWD]