Please may I introduce you to another of tomorrows big designers, Chu Wang, a recent graduate who I discovered at Graduate Fashion Week and absolutely adored his stunning designers, drawing on his Chinese upbringing. I caught up with him to find out more about his collection and whats next..
What do you love about
designing?
I am always inspired
by a multitude to things from a location to architecture to photography and even
a piece of plain paper. I like to combine 2D work from different media and
develop it into 3D.
What was the inspiration
behind your final collection?
-The inspiration of my graduate collection is from the 17 Century Japanese
kimono. I collected some vintage kimono pieces to develop and research the
skills and making of a kimono. I also applied some kimonos detail and silhouette
in my collection, such as the way of wearing. I did the research about an
installation artist Chris Fraser. His art works inspired me a lot, his use of
light to separate a space. He used white light and white space but the space
seems separated into different layers and contains various degrees of white
colour. This inspired me to use the same colour but different degree of this
colour to create my collection and the straight cut space is quite simple
and clean, it is also the mood and idea I would like to incarnate on my
collection. Hayal Pozanti, a visual artist who produces paintings made up of
lots of pure and strong colours to create reflected shapes, this strong
contrast creates a sense of beauty. I researched the kimono taking in
consideration my own background, as Chinese, I think the glamour of ancient oriental
cloth is very connotative.
Who are the designers
that inspire you?
Phoebe Philo, Jil Sander
What's next.. A brand
or working for a designer?
I’m going continue to
study at Kingston University for MA and following this I will then start up my
own brand.
What five items can
you not live without?
- Phone
- Laptop
- Film camera
- Watch
- Magazine
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