Nur Syahira (right) and Tetsuya celebrating her success.
KUCHING: Nur Syahira Khairuddin won the audience over at Malaysia Fashion Week (MFW) 2016 in Kuala Lumpur with the infused heritage charm from combining the richness of traditional Malay songket with the contemporary feel of pastel shades.
She debuted her ready-to-wear collection named M’dern at MFW 2016 under Management and Science University’s (MSU) MODAWORLD brand.
Joining her with his own collection treasuKURA was world-renowned Japanese fashion designer Tetsuya Mizutani, who is also a visiting professor at MSU.
The MFW runway show followed on the heels of Nur Syahira’s success at the prestigious 2015Mercedes Benz Stylo Asia Fashion Award.
She shares that distinction of being in the MSU winners’ league with fellow student designers Ungku Nur Anna Alysa Majid and Tengku Zarith Sofea Tengku Nizan, who both won the Most Promising category at the seventh Malaysia Footwear Design Competition in 2014.
Fashion design at MSU is offered as honours degree (with marketing) and diploma programmes, and receives the backing of MODAWORLD.
A support system encouraging fashion entrepreneurship, MODAWORLD advises and assists in the business side of fashion design, in matters relating to retail, wholesale, export, and production.
Carrying the brand all the way through, MODAWORLD will also be the fashion label on every future design output of MSU students.
With industry-relevant curricula, industry-standard facilities, frequent competitive exposures, and a host of globally engaged programmes accompanying the MSU MODAWORLD initiative, every opportunity for the fashion design students of Management and Science University (MSU) has been fashioned for success.