“L’infiltration des homes”
When I looked around the history and the present of cultural mixing, I really see myself. I see the history of me is uncanny identical. There is a saying: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I always think that is a weird saying, a weird translation probably. But in this case, it is true.
I believe in myself to become a pioneer in art and design, and also, I identify myself as a pioneer in design. I am not afraid of breaking the form and embracing my ideas fully. In my creation of L’infiltration des homes, I made deconstructed fabric and advanced a male tax from waist up into the whole outfit. I made this outfit as a statement that the dynamic of man thinking and man power over the centuries is change to a certain point; that man overpowering women in the world is no longer terrifies woman or threaten women; that in every way we do not disregard nor being overpowered. Women became stronger not by forcing or pushing, just by being themselves.
I am proud of my creativity and detail attending in my creation. When you strap down everything you value into basic, you got creativity and detail attending, and that will be my creations and me. At the photo shot of L’infiltration des homes, I placed it in Lake, so the skyline will give the viewer the sense of timeless which complies my ideas of history and involvement of gender power dynamic movement. I am proud that my thought got recognized and made to photovogue and Volant Online Magazine.
One other thing about me is merging as inventing and innovating. I grow up in China and I can never deny that I will find myself merging and innovating myself with different culture I grown up with and I currently effect with. Cheongsam inspires the long dark dress made of lint when I was looking at history of development of Chinese women wearable. I appreciate that I have those elements in me, and when I chose to use the element from history, it was a notion of inventing it, not out of convenience.
I know myself as a tailor since I was a child. and I know myself as a fashion designer and artist since high school. I will talk about childhood dream and I will talk about my grandma, and with a lot love and proud. I came from a warm and happy family from Shenzhen China. I spent a lot time with my grandma. Growing up with her is like growing up with a sewing table because she is always working on something amazing for us on that table. Grandma has one of those vintage sewing tables and I was fascinated with how paddle and a needle can change scratch into beautiful things. She is my favorite person in my family. She is really warm, and she is one got me into cloth making and helps me keep on track of my dream and career along the way. When I a designing, drafting, patterning sewing, and fitting, I always think about the notion of Grandma making garment for family and love ones, every step along.