Bottega Veneta

Official website: http://www.bottegaveneta.com

One of the luxurious brands. Famous in its leather quality, supple and soft, with low profile. All products are handmade. Basket weave style was its signature design. It was founded in 2002.

My Choice: Handbags, Home Collection

Balenciaga

Official website: http://www.balenciaga.com/

Critobal Balenciaga, a master of illusion, started his tailoring business and founded his brand since 1915. His most famous contribution to fashion is the baby doll look. Balenciaga was retired in 1968 and died in 1972. Its ready-to-wear collection was relaunched in 1987. However, most of us knew about this brand was its motorcyclist style Bags.

My Choice: Bags, Ready-to-Wear Collection

A.P.C.

Official website: http://www.apc.fr/

A.P.C. stands for "Atelier de Production et de Creation". It was founded by Jean Touitou in 1988. One of my favourite casual wear brands from France. Simple design with good quality. However, some cutting or style do not fit Asian's size. I love its pants and cardigans.

My Choice: Pants, Madras and Cardigans

Anterprima

Official website: http://www.anteprima.com/

ANTERPRIMA is created by Izumi Ogino, a Japanese fashion designer. Her debut collection(1993) collaborated with two Milano manufacturer comprised of shoes, handbags and knitwears. The most popular product is Wirebag. WIREBAG is hand-knitted and with over 200 styles and 50 colours. Its light weight and sophisticated design won lots of ladies heart. And this year(2009) is ANTERPRIMA's 15th Anniversary and Hello Kitty's wirebag is one of its special collection in this year.

My Choice: WIREBAG, Knitwears