THE MONITOR

Fashion accounts to follow this month

@area

Area NYC was founded by Parsons School of Design graduates Piotrek Panszczyk and Beckett Fogg, who met while they each studying for their Masters degrees. Their union since has created a contemporary reworking of the styling favoured by Carrie Bradshaw or Michele Weinberger: a distinctly millennial glamour. Their references are from clubs glamour through the decades.

@cor_project

Iraqi designer Yesawi, left Baghdad after Gulf War. With war remaining a forcibly close reality to him over the years, he used his designs in this label, as a cathartic expression and a call of remembrance to those living the violent reality of war. He supported Berber women and children in the Rif mountain region helped to craft the fabric for one of the shirts.

@mayaeco

Maya is a Kuwait-based, eco-friendly online store featuring a collection of products and essentials for your everyday life journey. Each collection is sustainable, feminine and practical, and is always characterised by pure organic cotton, minimal designs, and a sense of style. Founded in 2016, Maya's brand consists of ladies clothing such as billowy dresses and blouses.

@babyfist_

Founded by Palestinian designer and activist Yasmeen Mjalli, this brand empowers women to fight all forms of gender-based abuse, violence and oppression, its clothes carry messages of equality and empowerment. Mjalli is working with local manufacturers in Gaza in an attempt to rebuild its textile industry and donates 10% of proceeds from sales to Palestine

@gabwallerdotcom

Working as a personal shopper and stylist in both Sydney and Los Angeles, Gabriel, 25, has in depth knowledge of the luxury market and a strong understanding of new season trends, and more importantly, where to source them irrespective of the ‘Sold Out' tagline. She thrives off providing the highest level of personal service to each and every one of her clients.

@michaellosordo

Sordo began his career after a successful graduate collection in Sydney in 2006. He has dressed many Australian celebrities. Not to mention the time, in January last year, when Margot Robbie requested to wear one of his gowns to the Australian premiere of her film I, Tonya. A decade into his label, Lo Sordo stocks at Net-a-Porter and Selfridges amongst many.

@Bevza

A contemporary womenswear label established by Svitlana Bevza in 2006, Kyiv, Ukraine. Its core design aesthetic is manifested through clean simple silhouettes. Bevza believes that the main tenant of beauty is simplicity. Sustainability is one of its main values; its eco-friendly digitally printed coats are the new alternative to fur. Gigi Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski are fans of the brand.

@jeuxde.mains

Founded by Beirut-born Salim Cherfane in 2018, Jeux de Mains is a modern, fun brand. The idea of the brand is to make a unique imprint on each item of clothing that is literally infused with the designer's being. Beyoncé sported this emerging Lebanese brand's matching suit, featuring its trademark colour-block pattern in a palette of blue, burgundy, and pink

@the.peterdo

Do is a nominee for 2020's Young Fashion Designers Prize. His brand is highly desirable, offering the type of effortless cool factor and modernist edge undercut. Do built his brand through social media, providing fans and buyers alike behind-the-scenes insights. He closed the season with half a million dollars in sales and orders from top retailers like Net-a-Porter.

@christopher_esber

Australian designer Christopher Esber established his brand in 2010. Each garment has a subtle street sensibility in its tailored relaxed cuts, raw accents, and sports inspired finishes. His designs have mixed masculine and feminine codes reformed with a sophisticated approach. It has been worn by Zendaya multiple times in addition to other celebrity clients.

@khaite_ny

Founded in 2016 by creative director Catherine Holstein, KHAITE is a women's ready-to-wear collection that reimagines classic American sportswear for the twenty-first century. Each piece proposes a fresh balance of opposing elements such as past and future, masculine and feminine, strength and softness. Katie Holmes stirred a major buzz in their design last year.

@seekrefugeco

Founded in 2017 by Pakistani-American Shazia Ijaz. The label came from Ijaz's desire to empower Muslim women. It is also a social enterprise that helps other marginalised communities, like refugees; 10% of the label's proceeds go to the International Rescue Committee. It offers denim jackets and sweatshirts, often branded with Arabic words .