Fashion designer Han Lei presented DAMOWANG‘s Spring Summer 2020 womenswear collection that fuses WU XIA traditional elements with modern trends, on Friday, September 6th, during the ongoing New York Fashion Week.
Spring Summer 2020 Womenswear
“There is no fixed boundary between WU XIA and the realm in which it resides. The image is a blend where ancient and modern are entangled. It is only with the help of modern design techniques and materials that the designer can rescue WU XIA from strangulation of contemporary culture.
As a designer, Mr. Han Lei believes that people are living in fragments, and each fragment of reality is superposed into memory. The memory he uses in the SS20 Collection, is that of WU XIA. By adopting his usual splicing alongside other elements: the mixing and matching of layered fabrics, wool, flax, organza, coating, rope, animal texture, fish net, sheepskin, meteor hammer, bamboo tube, headscarf, cloth bag, etc. All these elements play a crucial role in the DAMOWANG show, enabling the designer to specify his role in the virtual and real space of both the scene and image. The designer has turned the classical square plaid pattern, oversize shoulder-pads, various colors, the splicing and superimposition of different materials into a wonderful adhesive-collocating the ancient and modern elements in a new way. The extensive use of hat ornaments and shawls also adds to the erratic and elusive characteristics of WU XIA.“
Discover more looks from DAMOWANG’s SS20 collection below:
Styling – Melody
Casting – Yun Gao
Music – The Either
Hair Stylist – Unite
Makeup Artist – Romana
Manicurist – YNNY
Images courtesy of © DAMOWANG
