(October 7 2019, Taipei) - The trend of clothing is often closely linked
to what is drastically varied and contained in culture and life. Featured in
today’s brand show in the annual Taipei Fashion Week are two great designers, Charin
Yeh and Jun Liang Chen, who will re-deconstruct the fashion tapestry in Asian
culture and take us into a world of Oriental cultural imageries.
SILZENCE men embodies exclusive
Chinese fashion: expounding the passing on and innovation of Chinese Culture
and reflecting harmonious Oriental wisdom and virtues
Jun Liang Chen being Asia’s most influential designer is known to
adeptly convey a sort of exclusively Chinese eternal elegance through his
brand, SILZENCE men. While the global trend is driving a focus on overseas
culture and art, Chen contemplates over returning to Oriental culture and
creates a neo-oriental chic. This year, Chen’s design theme is “seeing through”
the task of standing relentless strong as we fare through life; men’s fashion
as presented by Chen will stand anew in an oriental poise.
With the use and cutting of translucent chiffon alongside a hybrid
combination of vests, stand collars, and sports garment pockets for some
innovative contours, Chen’s oriental fashion design exudes an air aligned with
the movement of the body to fill one’s natural form between the heaven and
earth and outline a male physical charm. The result is a richly-layered passion-filled
Oriental mix. Chen uses a huge amount of Jacquard weaves, embroidery, dyed yarn
weaving, along with classic Oriental imageries and exquisite craft, to
implement his exclusive fashion chic. Elements used include Jacquard weaves,
horsetail embroidery, and dye-forming to present opaque yet see-through
Oriental stand collars and long-piece outerwear. Such is the exquisite design
to construct a male-specific elegance. Organic fabrics used include natural
linen, organza and grenadine. The primary color is the grey-green for Yue ware
and green porcelain from the Tang Dynasty to convey a gentlemanly poise imbued
with modesty and grace.
CHARINYEH SS20 collection draws on
clothing scenes of opulence from Taiwan’s Qing-dynasty maritime trade
The CHARINYEH
SS20 collection is themed on the onset of maritime trade during the Qing
Dynasty. For materials Yeh uses lace, pongee, silk, hemp and so on to blend
into a calico of an end-of-18th-century Taiwan map and voyage map
for a feel of added lightness and waviness and extended sea-trade
sumptuousness. For colors Yeh goes for a mix of black and indigo blue, which
was a renowned fabric color at the time and was exported from Taiwan to the
world. Plus gold, white, beige, vintage green and the leather color, all shades
alternate in all gradations to embody our memory of
western romanticism and Taiwan’s opulence at the end of Qing Dynasty. Taiwan
stories from a previous period are fused into and co-exist with contemporary
fashion, which is yet another example of how art and culture can be blended in
fashion.
Top-notch
brands together present Taiwan’s unique cultural appeal
This year sees the
second edition of the brand show in the 2019 Taipei Fashion Week SS20,
showcasing works of 16 designers, and together demonstrate the diverse and
opulent creativity of contemporary designers in Taiwan. All brand designers
come from varied backgrounds, each with his/her own inspiration source and
expression approach, and together they make up a diverse and mass-flowering
scene. Expect to see many spectacular breathtaking fashion shows for 5 days
straight.