“It is all done by human hand, and that’s the beauty of it. It symbolizes persistence, patience and perseverance.

“Everything today is fast and about instant gratification,” Mr. He said he also hoped to introduce the idea of craftsmanship to younger audiences, who often come to the seven-level mall on weekends. Sign up to use your free wedding checklist, budget, and timeline plus get ideas & advice from New Zealands online wedding planner. “For example, the way that French couturiers used feathers was inspired by the Qing dynasty.” “We can create these connections and rapport via objects that may look different, but involve the same shared passion,” he said. Cheng, it was important that the exhibition was what he called a “fusion of Europe and Asia” that paid tribute to the history of craftsmanship. In the exhibition, multimedia displays will juxtapose the Asian techniques used to create the pieces with those used in European couture.įor Mr. Cheng’s contribution to the exhibition will be the loan of a dozen Chinese artifacts from the K11 Craft & Guild Foundation, a nonprofit organization he founded to preserve the skills used to create items like Cantonese ceramics. “The works are beautiful, special, powerful - and some with important messages.” “We realized that savoir-faire was the common link between European fashion and Chinese artisans,” she said. I want to show the audience what is behind the scenes, like they are at a photo shoot.” But in this exhibit, you will feel the embroidery, the way fabric drapes on the back of a dress. “When you are watching runway, you don’t feel the details. “I want people to feel that they are a part of the exhibit, a part of the dream,” Ms. Balenciaga, Givenchy, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Tom Ford and Valentino also will be represented. Another was a minidress, with sequined pastel fringe hand-sewn onto the bodice, from Dior’s couture spring 2019 collection.

I cannot change myself.”Īmong her choices was a wedding gown from Chanel’s couture fall 2017 collection, with rough-edged rosettes anchoring the veil, the sleeves and the hem of a voluminous, high-waist skirt. But I am curating it the same as I would a fashion shoot or editorial. “Curating an exhibition is a first from me. “I did not choose the most extraordinary pieces but pieces that, when you look at them, will make you understand the savoir-faire,” Ms. She noted that she wanted to avoid the kind of fashion retrospective that European legacy brands generally create.

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