FALLING IN LOVE IS A RISK :Yang Du's whimsical fashion

FALLING IN LOVE IS A RISK
Yang Du's whimsical fashion exhibition
Curator: TIEN

http://tien.org.uk/artist.html
http://www.yangdu-duyang.com/

Private View:
Saturday, 10 October 2009
11am – 9pm
Exhibition:
10 October – 27 November
10am – 6pm

Gallery:
The Assembly Rooms
8 Silver Place
London
W1F 0JU

" I am happy when people tell me that my collection made them laugh."

A painter from the age of five, Yang Du only devoted herself to fashion design when she realised that it could be a medium of artistic expression in itself. With her surrealistic world of knitted pork chop jumpers, cactus hats and tuxedos with elephant headwear and clever sense of irony, Du has effortlessly caught the eye of the press and public alike.

"My previous two collections are like my travel diaries..."

Influenced by Franco Moschino, Du maintains a legacy of the idiosyncratic, insisting on the narrative behind the design. She has a strong tendency to project her ideology through her work, based on a unique design process that often begins with a journey to exotic locales. There she collects the thoughts, objects, and sketches that lead to the final collection.

Falling In Love Is A Risk is not another exhibition of Yang Du's collections. It is an invitation to take an intimate look inside her whimsical mind and the unseen travel diaries that preserve the moments of inspiration for her wonderfully extraterrestrial fashion designs.(收起)