Angel
Chen is a young designer that graduated from CSM recently. Her young
spirit shines through even in her designs. I caught up with her to
see what she had to say about her collection on display.
Hi
Angel, could you pleas tell me more about the collection you have on
exhibition here.
It
all started with her graduation collection at CSM where the narrative
of the collection was that two girls went to Africa and when they met
in Africa they fell in love and got married. These girls are time
travellers and I mirrored this by using many different materials in
my design, such as fishing line, metal, wool and cotton.
My
friends and my surroundings inspire me, many of the models that have
walked in my shows are my own friends and I have personally asked
them to walk for me because I feel that they bring the character to
life.
This
collection is the new-born child of the girls who got married in
Africa. Therefor I chose to have playful energetic, child like
drawings as the print for the fabrics. To continue on the same
narrative I chose nylon as my fabric because its strong, water prof
and the coloured prints stand out.
How
has you experience with Fashion Scout been?
It’s
my first time with Fashion Scout and I have had a great time. The
support has been amazing and I have enjoyed the other designers’
work as well.
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Carmen
Procopiuc
@carmenprocopiuc