Yang and Masha featured at Time Out beijing
CDR’s members fashion designers Yang Du and Masha Ma have been featured on Time Out Beijing.
China’s new generation of fashion thinkers isn’t limited to Beijing. Alice McInerney talks to five designers making an impact around the world
Du Yang
Surrealist designer Du Yang has notched up a fair few achievements so far with her ‘monster couture’, working for Westwood, Dior and Galliano before starting her own label.
She’s also part of CDR (Chinese Designers’ Region), a creative community promoting UK-based Chinese contemporary artists and designers. She’s making her debut at London Fashion Week this season in ‘On|Off presents…’, and is working on spring/summer 2010, which she tells us is ‘inspired by a memorable trip to Ecuador, a country full of vibrant characters and interesting stories’.
Her style icon is Bjork and her biggest compliment to date was when the course director of the St Martins, Louise Wilson (who taught McQueen, Deacon and Kane), said she hadn’t seen such an original collection in a long time.
Shop? Du’s work will be available here when the Dysemevas pop-up store arrives in Beijing. Watch this space.
Ma Masha
Ma Masha, another member of CDR, has worked for Alexander McQueen in London and Veronique Branquinho in Antwerp. Her designs were also presented at Get It Louder 2007, an influential and innovative design event in Shanghai. She debuted at London Fashion Week in February and is now preparing a show for the Chinese embassy in London for the PRC’s 60th anniversary.
She believes the women from 1920s Shanghai had the greatest impact on Chinese fashion, and her current muses include Tilda Swinton and Chloe Sevigny, although ultimately she’d love to dress Gong Li.
‘Her body is full of energy and she would look fantastic in a masculine-style tailored dress – something sexy and relaxed, with sharp detailing, but a feminine touch.’
Shop? She’s already making made-to-order items for clients in China, and once her studio is up and running in London she plans to return to Beijing.
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http://www.timeout.com/cn/en/beijing/aroundtown/feature/8600/out-of-towners.html
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