Top 10 China fashion moments 2012
- By Elsbeth van Paridon
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E-mail China.org.cn, January 5, 2013
And Wu talks the creative talk
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Jason Wu’s “kinky” Spring/Summer 2013 Collection in New York last September.[Photo/Fabsugar.com] |
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Jason Wu’s “kinky” Spring/Summer 2013 Collection in New York last September.[Photo/Fabsugar.com] |
On the creative side of the pallet, we find Taipei-born and currently Manhattan-based Jason Wu standing at number 24 in the 2012 top 100 most influential fashion designers in the world, according to Fashionschools.org, making him the highest-ranking Chinese designer (I’m treading on thin ice here, I know). His latest S/S2013 collection portrayed different visions of women as seen through the lense of legendary Helmut Newton and Lilian Bassman. From a black ‘n white starting point, Wu whipped things up through the fabrics he used (lace and leather) and the ever-saucier concept of underwear as outerwear (many have (blindfolded) gone down that road before, sometimes leading them into the Red Light District, compromising the spectator’s vision as did a certain “pockets-and -sleeves-full-of-white-posies” Temperley dress last summer- frockin’ horrific.). The result was a parade of feminine confidence and class, albeit with a kinky scratch, that was as easy on the eye as was Wu’s navy lace design on Diane Kruger this November. Good girls go to heaven, Wu girls go everywhere.
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