What is Kao Pao Shu?
Well, it’s the line of young, innovative designer Naida Begeta, of course. She’s only 28 and she’s already made it in Milan and is HUGE in Japan. And no, that’s not a joke. She really is big in Japan. But don’t get confused. She’s from Bosnia and Kao Pao Shu is derived from the female Kung-Fu film star of the same name.
Naida’s hand-made pieces range from edgy and accessibly avant-garde full length coats, dresses, jackets and bags all out of RIBBONS to absurdly comfortable double layered Italian jersey dresses, shirts and skirts all printed with her original sketches. The flagship store opened this summer in Los Angeles and the designs are already popping up on New York’s red carpet just this past week.
Naama Settle, in a Kao Pao Shu golden ribbon gown, at the Gossip Girl Season Two Premiere in NYC, August Twenty-Fourth.
Yours truly, in a Kao Pao Shu jersey dress, at the Kao Pao Shu open house in LA, August Fifteenth.
Check out her work @ kao pao shu . it
