| The seductive style of Sapor |  |  |
| Written by JOEL QUENBY | |
| FRIDAY, 19 JUNE 2009 | |
Sapor Yon Rendall tempts Cambodia’s clothing industry with her new fashion collection, a range of designs for slinky cocktail dresses  Sapor Yon Rendall launches her debut fashion collection this Saturday. Photo Supplied However, her story is hardly the stuff fairy tales are made of. When Sapor was 10, her father died and she was adopted by her rich, business-savvy Sino-Cambodian neighbours. She voyaged to Australia with her new foster family - the boat almost sunk on the way there - and, upon her return to Cambodia in 1995, Sapor, endowed with newfound confidence, started her own modelling agency. Since then, she's been the first lady of Khmer fashion, grooming local beauties for the catwalk. This weekend Sapor launches her debut fashion collection, tempting the Kingdom's clothing boutiques with a range of designs for slinky cocktail dresses. Tell us a little bit about your forthcoming fashion show. It is called Sapor's Collection. Back in 2000, I started a very small collection but had to postpone it because my modelling agency was so busy. Now I've got it back on track, after two years of planning. I've been working on the designs for the last six months. Saturday's show is to raise awareness of my designs, which are elegant and sexy. It will mainly be casual cocktail and evening gowns. Will your designs be stocked locally? I'm talking to shops in both Siem Reap and Phnom Penh but nothing's finalised yet. If shops take my designs on, they benefit from the extra publicity I generate through magazines and newspapers; also, my models are on TV every Sunday. Saturday's show is to raise awareness of my designs, which are elegant and sexy. They have nothing to lose: They can take my tailor-made designs on a consignment basis and test the market. If not, I'll just start up my own shop and do it myself. |
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