The designer Angel Chen and the artist Wang Jiajia both studied at Central Saint Martins in London; Chen graduated in Fashion Design while Jiajia acquired Honors in Art& Design. While the two did not experience Central Saint Martins simultaneously, their personal lives and works share many similarities. Both benefited from multi-cultural assimilations and both now…
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MARKGONG Spring Summer 2021 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week
2020 was a reflective year for all, one that Mark Gong chose to tough out in New York and observe how the city was jolted out of its comfort zone. In Mark’s eyes, New York is undeniably a woman. How did she counter a force greater than herself? While being tough on the outside, she…
MARKGONG Fall Winter 2021 – 2022 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week
2021 is a transitional year for Mark Gong. After living in the US since a teenager, at 23 years old and at its 5th MARKGONG collection, Mark decided to move back to Shanghai to settle and anchor his business. A departure from his previous 5 projects, Chapter 6 combines a celebration of the past with a…
Angel Chen Fall Winter 2021 – 2022 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week
Daughter of the Dragon The term “Dragon Lady”, inspired by the roles played by the actress Anna May Wong, is a double-edged sword. This stereotype, inherent in Wong’s powerful and domineering answer to adversity, went on to become, somehow, derogatory. As the first Chinese American Hollywood actress, Wong struggled to free herself from the…