March 12, 2012 |
FROM THE VAULT- THE CHINA ISSUE (WINTER / SPRING 2012)
What’s new for spring/summer 2012?
“Colour, colour, colour! Psychedelic prints.”
What was the inspiration/idea behind the collection?
“Couture details worn with a street attitude.”
Do you have a favourite piece? Or do you love them all the same?
“I love the high low skirts and tiny little jackets.”
Does your Chinese heritage influence your work in any way?
“It always does as I like to think, no matter how edgy the clothes, there is always a graceful sensuality.”
What made you want to become a designer? Did you have a “eureka” moment?
“My father wouldn’t let me go to design school so I became a fashion editor at Vogue, and then a design director at Ralph Lauren. After that I still wanted to be a designer, so it was a lifelong dream.”
What’s your Chinese horoscope sign?
“Year of the Ox.”
Do you believe in fortune cookies? In fortune-telling?
“I love both but believe in neither.”
Favourite Bruce Lee movie?
“Enter the Dragon.”
What’s your favourite Chinese takeaway?
“Mu shu pork and fried rice.”
Are you the queen of Chinatown?
“I used to eat there a lot… does that make me queen?”
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Patric Shaw
