Education: Fashion Design BFA, Academy of Art University (USA)
Specialisms: Fashion/ Menswear/ Fashion Illustration
“The collection is based on leather garments from film costumes to aviator outfits and celebrity styles, blended seamlessly between edgy futurist style and retro army ideas from the inspiration of knight armour suits. Themed in an imperialism degraded future, a chaos world with old century warriors on horses and Gen-Z with vehicle gangs, my designs exhibit functional features such as multi pockets and attachable leather accessories like rivets, hood and shoulder pads. I present these under symmetric fair-shaped silhouette with considered layouts which was inspired from aged Brutalism buildings and postmodern architectures.”
Yang Shen’s collection ‘Looming’ features a variety of unique leather jackets that are not only functional and protective but also timeless. Inspired by science fiction films such as Blade Runner his collection has a futuristic feel. He combines cotton, leather, rivets and shoulder pads to create garments with multi use. Some jackets feature detachable sleeves and shoulder pads, protective layering and zippered hoods.
Josslyn Shi from California College of Art has been crowned Overall Winner of the Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition at a glittering final event held at the U.S. Embassy in London.
Selected by the judging panel, chosen from nearly 400 entries from countries spanning from Argentina to Vietnam.
The ‘make do and mend’ mantra might seem like a phrase from eras gone by, but it’s firmly back in fashion - and you don’t need a degree in needlework to jump on board.
Sportswear is a tricky area when it comes to sustainability – particularly with trainers, which often feature plastic components or other non-biodegradable alternatives. Here, we round up the sneaker brands that are breaking boundaries by using traceable
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