The 90S

THE COLLECTION WAS GENERATED DURING LOCKDOWN IN SHANGHAI. BEING QUARANTINED FOR TWO MONTHS ALSO FREES UP MORE TIME FOR REFLECTION. I WAS ATTRACTED BY THE OLD PICTURES OF MY FAMILIES DURING THE 90S WHEN WAS ALSO THE PERIOD OF MY GROWTH.

BACKTRACKING THE 90S WHEN CHINA WAS IN SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, FEELING THE CONNECTION TO THE PRESENT, I WAS INSPIRED BY THE DISTINCT STYLE OF CHINESE WOMEN. CHINESE PEOPLE WERE FACING SUBVERSIVE CHANGING. ALL KINDS OF NEW THINGS POURED INTO PEOPLE’S LIVES, WHICH WERE FRESH, INTENSE,LIVELY, MYSTERIOUS, PIONEERING, SOME EVEN QUIRKY AND DANGEROUS. WHILE WITH THE BRAVE, NATURAL AND AUTHENTIC QUALITIES, CHINESE WOMEN MADE THE LIFE AT THAT TIME TO BE GLITTERING, GLAMOUR AND VIVID.

THE CHINESE WOMEN IN THE 90S ALSO SAW AND EXPERIENCED THE GROWTH OF FASHION. THEY BEGAN TO SELF-EXPRESS, CRAVING TO BE INDEPENDENT. 3-PIECE SUIT BECAME POPULAR AND EXPRESSIVE AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF WOMEN’S SOCIAL STATUS. YOUNG REBELS LOVE DISCO AND ROCK, REPRESENTING OF POP CULTURE, SIMULTANEOUSLY AMBIVALENT, STANDING AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TRADITION AND REBEL, BEING EAGER TO FIND THE ANSWER OF THE UNPREDICTABLE LIFE.

THE WHOLE COLLECTION IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH RETRO TONE TO PRESENT THE NOSTALGIC THEME. FROM THE POINT OF NEW, TO THE ALTERATION OF OLD, FOR EXPLORING THE CYCLE OF TREND AND OUTDATE, THE FABRIC IS MANIPULATED WITH CRIMPING AND VOLUME OF PLEATS, BEING MADE INTO A USED OLD TEXTURE. SUITS ARE DESIGNED WITH EXAGGERATED PORTION OF THE SILHOUETTE IN 90S WHICH LOOKS OUT OF DATE BUT WITH FINE TECHNIC AND DELICATE CHANGES IN DETAILS. THROUGH THE AMBIVALENT CONTRAST, THE GARMENTS ARE CREATED TO QUESTIONING TO WHAT EXTENT THAT LONGEVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN FASHION ARE INFLUENCED BY TREND AND TO TESTING HOW LONG WE CAN CHERISH THE CLOTHES IN OUR CLOSET AND ALWAYS KEEP THEM IN THE CYCLE OF FASHION TREND.