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This week has seen Tank magazine highlight
two Fashion Scout designers in their ‘Power Four’ of emerging international
designers article; more specifically, Shao Yen and Heohwan Simulation.
Disclosing that Shao Yen never planned to
become a knitwear designer, the article explains how Shao initially directed
his talent toward jewellery design; before taking a place on the Central St
Martin knitwear programme – a movement which proved a vehicle for
experimentation. The article goes on to discuss Shao’s brand aesthetic of
experimental spirit, which is accessible to many people; his most recent
collection inspired by Catalan artist Joan Miro and Giuseppe Castiglione’s
portraits of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong, mirrors this, combining wearable
clothing and eccentricity.
Alongside Shao, RCA graduate and Fashion
Scout Merit Award and ‘One’s to Watch’ designer, Heohwan Simulation, is also
deemed an emerging designer destined for big things. The article places
emphasis on Hwan Heo’s determination, the philosophical and concept based
aesthetic of his brand; and his “The decade Project”, a ten year concept he is
undertaking inspired by his reading of fashion’s history.
Both Fashion Scout designers are featured
alongside British, Danish Duo Trager Delaney and London launched label Ostwald
Helgason.
Text by Brooke McCord @BrookeMcCord
Images from Tank Magazine.