RCHE CELEBRAT ES

TEA CHERS ’ DA Y 2012

Raffles College of

Higher Education

(RCHE) celebrated

Teachers’ Day on

7th September 2012

in the RCHE

Campus. Lecturers

and staff were treated to a buffet spread while they

celebrated another successful year of competition

wins and public recognition. RCHE would like to

thank our lecturers for a job well done and we look

forward to another fruitful year for the school and

their students.

RCHE A T TEND S TR IUMP H ’S

40 T H B I R T HDAY BASH

Triumph, a long-term

industry partner of

RCHE, has invited

the school to attend

their 40th Birthday

Bash held at Alkaff

Mansion on 15th

August 2012. Vice

President of South East Asia Operations (East) Ong

Kai How, and Principal and Programme Director

Professor Joe Spinelli represented the school and

attended the event. Guests were treated to the 40th

Anniversary Fashion Show inspired by the theme

“Queens of the World”, which showed off Triumph’s

Autumn/Winter 2012 collection.

RMI ORGAN ISES CHARIT Y

FASHION SHOW LA SOIREE

B LAN CHE Students from Raffles Merchandising Institute (RMI)

organised a charity fashion show La Soiree Blanche,

which means “an evening in white” in French, on 9th

September 2012 at nightlife venue Zirca.

Attendees – all dressed in white - were treated to a

fashion show by owner of local label

SPUNKPUNKFUNK Jen Su, a lucky draw, and

entertaining performances by celebrities such as

Abigail Chay and Yit Hann. Funds raised were

donated to a children’s charity organisation.

RAFFLES DO MINAT E IN

AUDIO TECHNICA

B LUEP R INT CO MPET I T ION

Raffles Designers

took up five out of

ten finalist slots

as Angela

Amanda

Suwanda went on

to win the Audio-

Technica (AT)

Blueprint

Competition. The other finalists are Cynthia Salim,

Evadne Setia Oetama, Sutowar Lai and Ngo Dang

Phuong Anh. Contestants were required to design

AT’s ATH-SJ33 white headphone to express “What

Music Means to Me”. Finalists had their prototypes

displayed at COMEX 2012, where over a million

visitors got to vote for their favourite headphones.

(Clockwise from Top):

The designs of Sutowar

Lai, Cynthia Salim, Ngo

Dang Phuong Anh, winner

Angela Amanda Suwanda

and Evadne Setia

Oetama.

REEBONZ ‘P IMP YO UR

VAN ’ COMPET I T ION

Raffles Designer Sansiani Martin (whose design is

shown on top) has won the inaugural Reebonz

“Pimp Your Van” competition while fellow classmate

Kevin Aderland (bottom) came in second. Their

performance is remarkable as they jointly received

more than half of the total number of public votes.

Contestants created stylish designs to decorate

Reebonz’s delivery van. Sansiani won after her

classy envelope design received more than 2,000

votes, out of a total of 6,000. Raffles Designers

Joyee Koo

and Clarissa

Sulaeman

were also

among the

finalists.

‘KO PI T IA M CHAIR ’

EMERGES A S F INA L IS T Pan Weigen’s ‘Kopitiam

Chair’ (left) has emerged as

a finalist in the inaugural

The Space Nurtures

competition. Participants

were required to apply

modem design elements

onto the iconic Vitra Panton

chair and submit a conceptual sketch. Finalists

would then be required to create a prototype. The

prototype was exhibited in the Space Asia Hub from

30th August 2012 to 9

th September 2012.

RAFFLES MA KES WA VES IN

PROJECT RUNWA YS

RCHE is proud to have

the production team of

Project Runway Korea

Season 4 filming episode

12 in the Raffles

Singapore campus.

Filming took place in our

college from 10th to 12

th

January 2012, where five

remaining contestants in

the competition created

their fashion pieces from

scratch in an attempt to impress judges and avoid

elimination. The episode was aired in South Korea

on 14th April 2012.

RCHE is also proud to have Raffles Fashion

Graduate Paul Nathaphol emerging Top 6 in Project

Runway Thailand 2012, and also winning a

challenge. He is the only foreign graduate who

qualified for the show, which received more than a

thousand applications. He currently has his

collection retailing in Raffles Privato.

WO RKSHOP E LEMEN TS

LA UN CHED ON 17 AUG

Raffles Design

Alumni Mr Alfie

Leong had

officially

launched a

brand new retail

store W.E.

(Workshop

Elements) with a

private party on 17th August 2012. The store features

an all local cast of 19 brands and 16 fashion

designers – a first of its kind in Singapore. Included

among the ensemble are labels from other Raffles

graduates: Afton Chen (Reckless Ericka), Eve Tan

(Eve) (bottom) and Vicky (Burgundy). The temporary

store – it will only stay open for eight months - is

open daily from 11am to 10pm at Wisma Atria, #03-

16 to #03-49, 435 Orchard Road.

NAT ION PR IDE 2012

Raffles Design Graduate Lee Yun Ting, founder of

fashion label ‘Episene’, was part of the team which

launched a special collection in ‘Nation Pride 2012 –

Everyday Belonging’ to mark Singapore’s 47th

birthday. Her work was showcased at the “Nation

Pride 2012 – Everyday Belonging” exhibition from 4th

August 2012 to 12th August 2012 in PARCO Marina

Bay. Proceeds were donated to special needs artists

under The Everyday Revolution (TER).

JOE CHIA IN 20 BY TWO

Raffles Alumni Joe

Chia was one of

the designers who

debuted their latest

collection in 20 By

Two – Fashion

Beyond Borders, a

pop-up store

bazaar which

assembled 20 talented designers from Singapore

and Malaysia. The event, organized by online

fashion platforms FashionSpace and Tongue in Chic,

was held in The Red Dot Museum from 6th to 8

th

September 2012. The Malaysian leg of 20 By Two

was held in Kuala Lumpur from 14th to 16

th

September 2012. Joe would also continue to be

involved in the webstore http://20bytwo.com which

remains open till 31st October 2012.

EXPER IEN CE SHARED W I TH

JEWELLERY DES IGN ERS

Meera Gautam

Uttamchandani, a

founder of Mahika

Diamond Jewellery

which recently

expanded into

Singapore, visited

the school to share

her entrepreneurship experience in the jewellery

industry. Besides sharing her business experience in

India, Meera also gave tips on setting up a business

in Singapore. She also brought along some of her

collections for students’ viewing.

FEA T URE : M ICHELLE DO HO 20-year-old Michelle Doho, who won second runner

up in the prestigious Singapore Jewellery Design

Award 2012, recently gave us an interview,

revealing her joy of studying in Raffles. “Studying

jewellery in RDI allows students to be more focused

and competent in designing

and making jewellery,” she

said. “The lecturers are very

helpful in supporting our

ideas, in deciding concepts, in

making products, as well as in

time management. Our school

and lecturers also help to

prepare us to join the

jewellery design industry in

the future.”

RDI : AN A T T RA CT ION AT

STGCC 2012 RDI was part of the

Singapore Toy, Game

& Comic Convention

(STGCC) held on 1st

and 2nd

September

2012. This year’s

edition of the annual

event, which drew

close to 35,000 fans,

was organised in

Sands Expo &

Convention Centre,

Marina Bay Sands.

Visitors to the RDI

booth were treated to hands on demonstrations of

character sculpting, games and interactive

multimedia on the first day, and of caricature

drawings and 3D modelling on the second day. They

also had an opportunity to interact with Raffles

Designers and have a hands-on experience in these

fun filled activities.

SP EAK GO OD ENG L ISH

MOV EMENT 2012

RDI is proud to be a partner in the Speak Good

English Movement’s 2012 campaign. To reinforce

the tagline of this year’s campaign – Make Good

English Stick – Raffles have skilfully used bright

multi-coloured Post-it Notes to produce garments

and wall murals.

Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, the Minister for Information

Communication and the Arts, was present at the

launch of the Speak Good English Movement 2012,

held at the Botanic Gardens on 27th September

2012. Our students’ creations were showcased at

the launch of the campaign where models strutted

down the runway showcasing the colourful pieces.

The dresses would be consecutively exhibited in five

shopping malls - namely Nex Shopping Centre,

Millenia Walk, Wisma Atria, Bugis+ and Bugis

Junction – from 28th September 2012 to 11

th

November 2012.

RAFFLES REDEF IN ES DENIM

WIT H GAP S INGA PO RE Raffles Designers were

invited by GAP

Singapore to collaborate

in the ‘Denim Redefined’

project, where students

used their design skill

sets and creativity to

create new sets of denim

jeans to woo and

impress audiences.

Selected students were

in Vivocity’s GAP store

to present their

customised jeans during the launch of GAP’s

Fall/Winter 2012 Collection. Their creations would

also be showcased in Wisma Atria and Centrepoint.

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RACE S T UDEN TS FEA TU RED

IN THE SUNDAY T IM ES

Two students from Raffles Academy of Continuing

Education (RACE) were featured in a special feature

in The Sunday Times on 19th August 2012. Ms

Rashoo Naseem, from Professional Diploma in

Fashion Marketing and Management, and Ms Julia

Lie, from Professional Diploma in Fashion Design,

expressed their satisfaction after enrolling into the

course.

Besides spending three days in school, Ms Rashoo

is currently undergoing apprenticeship at Les

Affaires for two and a half days. She said the

timetable provides a suitable mix of classroom and

real work experience for students. “I am confident

this programme will allow me to restart my career as

a professional in the fashion industry,” she said.

Julia is also optimistic about the programme and her

job prospects, “I’m really enjoying the course so far. I

get to apply my understanding and knowledge

immediately and effectively in the real fashion

industry, and see the results first hand instead of just

learning in a classroom.”

The second batch of students in RACE will start their

lessons in October 2012. The next intake will be

offered in January 2013.