Who would have thought the Chilli Crab can be made into a textile design?
SINGAPORE FOOD SERIES: CHILLI CRAB
Discover our limited range of hand-printed or digitally printed designs.
RECKLESS PRINTS
Our luxe jersey is wrinkle-resistant which is PERFECT for work-day mornings or for travelling (say "bye" to ironing). Each piece is designed to flatter, you'd definitely be able to find that perfect luxe jersey outfit from us.
RECKLESS JERSEY
We design and produce high quality, faith-based, Spirit contemporary apparel - an alternative to chasing what's new or what's next.
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ABOUT THE BRAND
Established in 2009, RECKLESS ERICKA is a Singapore fashion label co-founded by Afton Chen and Louis Koh.
In May 2009, RECKLESS ERICKA debut with a fashion show at Audi Singapore Fashion
Festival, “Blueprint featuring Blackmarket”. The event was held alongside fashion bigwigs Vivienne Westwood, Christian Lacroix and Gareth Pugh. In 2011, RECKLESS ERICKA was picked to showcase at Singapore Men’s Fashion Week in the Singapore Designers’ Showcase. In 2012, RECKLESS ERICKA presented their 1st solo unisex showcase with 40 models at Singapore Men’s Fashion Week 2012. In 2013, RECKLESS ERICKA was chosen to represent Singapore in styleXstyle’s “Asia Style Collection” 2013, a celebration of Asian pop culture, combining fashion and music in an amazing one-day extravaganza. In 2014, the brand showcased in Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2014.
Besides ready-to-wear collections, the Reckless Ericka Studio offers made-to-measure tailoring, hosting customers in an intimate setting with the design team. The brand also does cross disciplinary projects that include packaging, branding, uniforms and costume design.
In 2015, Singapore International Festival of Arts commissioned RECKLESS ERICKA for the project, “The Incredible Adventures of Border Crossers”. The brand designed 148 unique costumes for 22 performers, for the opening of 2015 Singapour en France - le Festival at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France. Festival Director, Ong Keng Sen, created The Incredible Adventures Of Border Crossers, a new performance forged in collaboration with creative talents specialising in design, photography, video and sound (Chris Lee of Asylum, RECKLESS ERICKA, Francis Ng, Brian Gothong Tan, Kaffe Matthews). The sold-out performance was held at the National Museum of Singapore, at a later date on 17th–19th September 2015.
RECKLESS ERICKA subsequently won the “Best Costume Design” at the M1-The Straits Times LIFE! Theatre Awards 2016 for “The Incredible Adventures of Border Crossers”.
RECKLESS ERICKA has been featured in numerous publications. Singapore’s national paper The Straits Times ranked RECKLESS ERICKA as “Top 50 Faces to Watch in 2010”, while The Wall Street Journal Asia dubbed us as “one of the biggest Asian draws” and was picked by Men’s UNO International featured spread.
AFTON CHAN
Afton finished her Bachelor of Design (majoring in Fashion Design) awarded by Raffles College of Design and Commerce in Sydney and delivered by Raffles Design in 2008. Emerging as a finalist in the Young Designer’s Contest that was held as part of Singapore Fashion Week 2007 paved the way for her to start the label, RECKLESS ERICKA, with co-founder Louis in 2009.
Strongly skilled in pattern drafting with a distinctive fashion aesthetic, RECKLESS ERICKA offers exceptionally designed apparel, both fashionable and functional. With emphasis on craftsmanship, collections are designed by Afton and are produced in ethically sourced factories using quality materials.
On her biggest career achievement, Afton says: “When I walk down the street and see my designs being worn, it gives me unspeakable joy.”
RECKLESS ERICKA
Inspired by the short story in Paul Arden’s book “Whatever you think, think the opposite”, we like the title character’s reckless spirit – enthusiastic, popping with daft ideas, adventurous, always having wild and fresh ideas. Her whole life is a series of ups and downs,
doing what she likes and fearlessly refusing to conform.
RECKLESS, that’s what we want to be.
WE ARE RECKLESSLY SPIRITED, INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVELY DESIGNED.
We are committed to craftsmanship, becoming the alternative voice to fast fashion and bringing you the highest quality apparel. Our collections are designed in-house and made at ethical factories using quality materials, because we believe that our customers deserve the best at an affordable price point without traditional markups.
We want you to wear our pieces for years, even decades, to come. We really want you to have it all!
IN-HOUSE LABELS
The Reckless Shop currently carries our 3 in-house labels, Reckless Jersey, Reckless Ericka and Still.
Reckless Jersey features functional, urban designs from Singapore made with luxe jersey.
It strives to capture the youthfulness and energy of women, featuring drapes on jerseys that stresses on basic silhouette, yet enhances the femininity of a woman. There is focus on functionality and versatility with a wide range of multi-wearable pieces, where the wearer can transform their look in an instant.
Reckless Ericka is a men, women and kidswear brand that has always been off-kilter, not taking fashion seriously. Everything is infected in some way with colours and patterns. We focus on balancing classic tailoring with edgy use of silhouette and colours, and constructing quirky silhouettes with classic details.
Still is a high quality, faith-based, Spirit contemporary apparel - an alternative to chasing what's new or what's next.
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