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Linlin Nie

Couture

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Ethereal

Ethereal is a couture bridal collection that combines Chinese and Western wedding dress traditions. The collection is made with stiff pleated fabrics, soft silk, lightweight tulle and lace, which create exaggerated silhouettes and a hazy appearance. Embroidery reinterprets traditional mandarin patterns, including dragon and phoenix motifs that stand for nobility and good fortune. Red and white, the typical colors of the East and the West, are both used. The collection responds to the needs of brides who want modern mandarin wedding dresses.

Maryam Yazdanpanah

Conceptual Fashion Design

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Humpback Whale Song

The collection is inspired by, the humpback whales and their songs. The idea of the project started to develop during and after a deadly injury that happened to the designer of the project. she sought help from a sound engineer friend of hers, to extract the sound spectrum of the humpback whale song. The process was followed by the design of a new graphical pattern with reference to the main sound spectrogram. Due to the cubic form and pixelated nature of the final pattern, she travelled to city of Yazd home of ikat in Iran to create her very own handmade fabric.

Yina Hwang

Womenswear Collection

Monday, 24 August 2026

Utopia

In this collection, Yina Hwang was mainly inspired by shapes that are symmetric and asymmetric with a touch of underground music culture. She curated this collection based on her pivotal moment of self embracement to create a collection of functional yet abstract garments and accessories to embody the story of her experience. Every print and fabric in the project is original and she mainly used PU leather, Satin, Power Mash, and Spandex for the base of the fabrics.

Zhulin Shi

Costume

Sunday, 23 August 2026

Sense Move

Sense Move is a light emitting costume designed for dancers. The costume folds into geometric shapes that follow the movement of the body, forming a kinetic sculpture on stage. Light effects express changing emotions. A slow fade suggests breathing, and a flash suggests excitement. A sensing glove is included as part of the costume. When a member of the audience touches the hand of the dancer, the light changes in response to the touch. The design aims to strengthen the emotional connection between performers and viewers.

Alsu Biryukova

Womenswear Collection

Saturday, 22 August 2026

The Silk Road

The Great Silk Road is a womenswear collection inspired by the historic trade route that linked East and West. The collection consists of twenty garments, including hats. Each piece is made of natural fabrics and decorated by hand with natural silk ribbons. The headdresses are made entirely by hand from silk fabrics of different textures. The patterns repeat the wind on desert sands, the rice terraces of China and the lines of rock faults. Each item is presented as a postcard from a travel destination. The couture garments can be combined and worn in daily life.

Tingyu Hu

Womenswear

Friday, 21 August 2026

Labyrinthine Journey of a Ballerina

Labyrinthine Journey of a Ballerina presents the combination of bizarreness and emptiness of surrealism space and the delicacy of the ballerina, using apparel as the medium. The designer constructs the pieces by using bonings to build a 3D illusion, and layering various transparent fabrics are emphasizing the concept of dimension. Crafts like silkscreen and hand-embroidery are widely used in this project. Three points for this collection are illusion, space and shadow, and contrast between structure and softness.

Design Publication

Ethereal

Humpback Whale Song

Utopia

Sense Move

The Silk Road

Labyrinthine Journey of a Ballerina

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