Rising Stars: Lasalle College of the Arts’s Class of 2025 Fashion Graduates To Watch

After-show: Students from the BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles programme took their bow at the Rewoven Ties finalé (Photo: Mitchell Hoo)

When I stepped into LASALLE College of the Arts for the Class of 2025 graduate fashion show, I felt suspended in time—like there was a quiet stillness brimming with possibility. The stark white set, housed in the campus’s flexible performance space, stood like a blank canvas, inviting visual delight yet to unfold. The show opened to an optimistic beat. Models paced in measured geometry across a reflective silver runway while polaroid-like projections flickered, weaving digital dreams into the atmosphere. It was a meditation on connection; a theatre of thought.

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Past, Present, and Future

As Southeast Asia’s highest ranked specialist institution for Performing Arts—and joint top for Art & Design, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025—it’s no wonder that LASALLE understands how to stage a moment. But this showcase was more than spectacle. The show’s theme, Rewoven Ties, felt deeply urgent. In a world where technology draws us closer yet frays the edges of intimacy, these students sought to reclaim something raw and human. It felt like a delicate dance rooted in cultural heritage, ancestry, and our fragile bond with nature.

Memory Meets Material

In an exclusive interview, Circe Henestrosa, Head of the School of Fashion, shares: “Our young designers confidently addressed diverse issues related to nature, gender identity, heritage, and traditions tied to memories and family. They are able to establish profound connection and ownership with these themes, because they are so deeply embedded in their lived experiences.” This much was present in the forward-facing silhouettes and experimental construction. But what made these works resonate was as Henestrosa mentioned: the weight of the past. These designers weren’t just envisioning the future; they were stitching from memory.

“There’s so much heart in what they do,” adds Lidya Chrisfens, lecturer-in-charge of the BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles programme. “Technically, they’re strong, but the magic was in how they translated emotion into form. Our students already come with strong identities. What we do over the years is help them understand where that identity comes from, and how to express it more clearly.”

With that foundation, and given an open brief, students were encouraged to delve into personal narratives. They reflected on their motherland and memories, and explorations of our disjointed relationship with the natural and digital worlds. An up-close preview of the collections revealed a harmony between concept and craft. In particular, Spectre (幽魂) by Terry Lim, Destroyer of All Things, Alchemist of One by Jane Simorangkir, and In Memory (在记忆中) by Lau Shi Ning were three of the most exemplary collections that struck me as paragons of rapt introspection and uninhibited expression.

Ahead, GRAZIA Singapore rounds up the finest looks of each collection.