Embark on a profound journey into nature and the inner self.
A womenswear collection blends knitwear and woven fabrics, highlighting the intricate interplay between inner aspirations and real-world anxieties.
FashionFilm:
My inspiration for this knitwear collection was from the ancient Chinese literary story "The Peach Blossom Spring", where a fisherman stumbles upon a utopian paradise, free from conflict, pollution, and destruction. However, upon leaving, he can never find his way back to this idyllic place. The Peach Blossom Spring symbolizes a utopia in Chinese literature where one can escape the impurities of reality. Because of my concerns about the pollution and destruction plaguing our natural environment, I seek to capture my own “Peach Blossom Spring” about nature in every stitch, color, and texture of my knitwear collection, just like the fisherman attempting to find that elusive Peach Blossom Spring.
The Peach Blossom Spring is a lucid dream in my mind, it's an otherworldly natural realm. Here, everything can be of different colors, the tree and lake can be purple, casting a dreamlike atmosphere. So, I choose to incorporate blue, purple, and white as they evoke a sense of tranquility and coolness, reflecting the serene atmosphere I experience within my dreamscape. The knitting techniques, with the hollowed effects, further convey a sense of fragmentation, echoing the shattered beauty of the world I aim to depict.
But this is my lucid dream, a place that doesn't truly exist. I feel a sense of detachment as if I'm in a parallel world. So, I seek to convey the beauty of the inner world and the conflict with the destruction of nature in the real world. My muse, Zhou Xun, embodies an atmosphere of fragmentation and coolness. The customers of this collection also have their own lucid dreams for nature and anxiety relief. In the collection, some parts may be sumptuous, but others are shattered, reflecting the conflict between these two worlds.
