Laurence Xu: Taking Chinese culture to the world via haute couture
- By Guo Yiming
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From Yunjin Brocade to Guizhou wax printing and Miao embroidery, Chinese master couturier Laurence Xu is introducing more Chinese artistic elements to the world through haute couture.
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Laurence Xu [Photo by Yu Jie / China.org.cn] |
Following his two breakout-moments in the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week in 2013 and 2015, Xu is busy preparing for his next presentation at the Fall/Winter 2017-2018 show in the French fashion capital.
As the first Chinese mainland designer to appear in the prestigious French show, Xu surprised fashion circles twice with his presentations based on themes of "Xiuqiu" (embroidered ball) and Dunhuang (an important city along the ancient Silk Road), with highly opulent and embellished designs combining the essence of Western fashion trends and Chinese traditional symbolism.
Unlike his iconic styles in the past, his new creations prepared for this season's Haute Couture Fashion Week July 2-6 marks a switch from opulence to simplicity, Xu revealed in an interview with China.org.cn.
Centered on "Shanshui," an elusive term signifying a pastoral utopia surrounded by mountains and rivers, the 38 dresses and gowns are meant to lead people on a spiritual pilgrimage away from the hustle and bustle of modern day life, Xu explained.
He plans to use Guizhou wax printing and Miao embroidery techniques, both listed as part of the intangible cultural heritage of southern China, to present his image of style.
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