In The News: Project Runway's Andy South Produces New Line



Photo by Olivier Koning


In this month's issue of Honolulu Magazine, Karin Gallagher writes about local fashion designer Andy Southiphong, better known as Andy South. The article tells of the "lithe, soft spoken and unfailingly polite" 24-year-old designer's Waianae upbringings and his rise to fame during Project Runway last year. More recently, SOUTH by Andy South's Fall 2011 collection debuted in March and will be available for sale at Neiman Marcus at Ala Moana Shopping Center in August.

One particularly interesting part of the article was the mention of South's commitment to human rights in the production of his line. Last year, he made a trip to southern China to personally make sure that the facilities in which his garmets were made were all up to standard. It's that kind of ethic that makes this local boy's popularity even that much more great.

For more about Andy South and his work, read the article in its entirety here.