DISTORTED
MEMORIES ARE UNRELIABLE, WE IDOLIS, HIDE IN THE DARKEST CORNER OF OUR MIND, OR ALTER THEM ACCORDING TO OUR BIASES. IN THIS COLLECTION THE FLEATING EXISTENCE OF MEMORIES ARE SHOWN THROUGH DELECATE DÉVORÉ PAINTED FABRICS, FLUID, INSEPARABLE SILHOUETTES AND THREADS FLOWING AND TANGLING UP WITH EACH OTHER.
THE CONTINUOUS APPEARANCE OF FLOWERS AND OX - SUCH AS THE 3D PRINTED CLASP SEEN ON THE PRINTED JACKET - ORIGINATE FROM VIETNAMESE FOLK TALES TOLD TO ME IN MY CHILDHOOD. ALMOST COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN, YET ALWAYS LINGERING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.
SENSELESS
COMBINING CONTRASTING TEXTURES AND OPACITIES I WANTED TO EXAMINE HOW INDIVIDUAL PIECES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE UNWEARABLE CAN PLAY UPON EACH OTHER.
THE LUXURIOUS SILK SHIRT PAIRED WITH TROUSERS MADE OF PRINTING MESH AND A HANDSTITCHED/PLEATED TOP RESULTED IN A VIBRANT, DYNAMIC YET HARMONIOUS COMPOSITION.
FINAL COLLECTION
COAT PROJECT
WHAT MAKES A COAT A COAT ? INSPIRED BY THE OVERSIZED AND EMPHASIZED COLLARS OF OUTERWEAR FROM THE PAST, I WANTED TO SEE THE LIMITS OF HOW EXRAVAGANT COLLARS CAN BE WITHOUT LOOSING THEIR SIGNATURE APPEARANCE. THE END RESULT IS A SCULPTURAL, YET FUNCTONAL PIECE, A FLATTERING FITTED SILHOUETTE FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL TAILORING WITH AN EXAGGERATED COLLAR TURNING INTO WHAT ONCE WERE THE SLEEVES. THIS IS WHERE MY DSEIGNS TOOK A TURN TO A MORE EXPERIMENTAL DERICTION.
SPOILED
ISPIRED BY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES: SPIRITED AWAY, DIRECTED BY HAYAO MIYAZAKI, THE COLLECTION DEPICTS THE PROGRESS DURING WICH AN INHERENTLY INNOCENT CHILD IS CORRUPTED BY GREED AND WEALTH. BEING SPOILED IN ITS’ ENTIRE LIFE, STUCK IN AN ADULT BODY WITH THE MINDSET OF A CHILD.
THE LOOKS, INSPIRED BY TYPICAL CHILDRENS’ CLOTHING AND TRADITIONAL JAPANESE PIECES ARE EMBELLISHED WITH OVERSIZED BOWS AND COLOURFUL PATTERNS. THE PATTERN DISPLAYS, FLOWERS, STARS AND DRAGONS IN A JUVENILE FASHION. THE OVERSIZED SLEEVES, “ILL-FITTING” SILHOUETTES GIVES A CHEERFUL YET UNCANNY IMPRESSION. BEHIND ALL THE FUSS THERE LIES SOMETHING SINISTER.
