Zetian Zhuang V1

INFINITE SEA ZETIAN ZHUANG

BIO. From a young age I’ve always been curious. This curiousity has brought me from Lianyungang all the way to Melbourne in search of something - an essence I still can’t truly define. Fashion design has been for me, an outlet. A way of expressing my curiousities and obersvations. It is my sanctuary and the language I would like to refine the most.

INFINITE SEA Ode to motherhood &

feminine energy

Mary Wigman’s dancing hands

- Whose dream is this? That I keep returning to. Might this be… The Üser-base marshes, so long overcome by the speeding light of Electronika. You and I share a condition always transient — always becoming. We must travel before as bodies. Vessels we are: carrying spirits. Rowing towards the opposite shore. - Whose boat is this? Both eyes covered by Crypto Currency will uncover your consciousness. On the other bank of this river, geometries of nature worship the machine. Underworld, Otherworld. No extreme can exist without the other while both merge in the horizon. You and I become nothing. Our binary poles erased, buzzing like particles in a Supernova.

CONCEPT STATEMENT. I have been thinking a lot about feminine energy. What it means to be female, how it feels. It’s something I’ve had trouble putting into words for a long time. Just like the rivers, the oceans and the seas, it resembles an energy that is always moving. Flowing and shifting and in a constant state of motion. In the form of a tsunami, water can wash away a city. Yet it slips through our fingers, and can come as gently as a summer rain. Water makes up 71% of the Earth’s surface, yet it is ungraspable. My collection aims to resemble the qualities of both water and feminine energy. With an emphasis on flow and non-restrictive form, highlighting organic rhythms and curves. By integrating various textiles, I aim to produce textured pieces with an improvisational tone. Dresses, tiered skirts and tops that resemble cascades; featuring a river of drapes, pleats and tucks. Approaching my garments through the lens of conceptual art. My intention is to give people an opportunity to experience clothing differently. Making the act of putting on clothes fun and new. I want to provide people an opportunity to reflect on why our clothes are constructed the way they are. When we have to think more carefully about how to put something on, we are interacting with our clothes on a different level. I feel there is something intimate and fun about that process. It is something I want people to experience for themselves.

ILLUSTRATION.

range plan infinite sea

Model: Renata Liu Photographer: Fariha Khan Stylist: Zetian Zhuang

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