[FACES] The Practical Designer Who Is Sonny San of ECLIPSE

First met the established and award-winning fashion designer back in 2007, when he was appointed the head judge to the TV program Mifa8 Fashion Forward competition for young Malaysian designers, Sonny San, the man behind ECLIPSE, this homegrown fashion brand since 1996, which has since reached the international shores and recognition worldwide today, we were immediately drawn to his unmistakable honesty and straightforwardness (almost like Simon Cowell, but a more polished one though) and have remained one of our good fashion designer friends. The moment we requested a face-to-face interview session with him, he happily said yes! Away from the limelight and glitz of fashion (and from camera), Sonny is a relatively private person, but whenever we meet, the eloquent-speaking and dashing side of him resurfaces for those moments, and talking to him made us feel like the best of friends, all over again, every time. This special chat, was no exception. 

[Sneak Peek] KLFW2015 A Glimpse of The Beautiful Details

Carven Ong

Carven Ong

Yes, today was a hectic day, it was very early that we had to drag ourselves to the heart of the city, Pavilion KL for something which we love, but still shouldering that fatigue from our recent shoot two days before this (hence the word "drag"), otherwise, we were super excited to check out what's up our local Malaysian designers' sleeves for this year's Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week Ready-To-Wear 2015.

Jimmy Lim

Jimmy Lim

After much photo taking at the backstage for the makeup by Bobbi Brown and hair by Miko, we were more than ready to check out some of the fashion designers shows which we were invited to - Freedom x Eric Choong, Eclipse by Sonny San, Celest Thoi and Jimmy Lim. Don't be fooled by just the four designers here, a session is usually made up of a combination of a few designers who will be showcasing their collections during the KLFW2015. So, lucky us, we got to catch more shows than we had hope for. Awesome right?

They included Carven Ong, Comoddity, Liza Azulkarnain, Nuritha Harith, Sean & Sheila, Soonaru, Syomirizwa Gupta, Zakwan Anuar and Australian invited designer, Saveus by Jarred Baker. Note all designers labels with clickable links. You can discover more of their brands if you are curious.