Saigon Homecoming

SAIGON HOMECOMING is about diffusing the worlds of Vietnamese elegance and German sexiness. It´s a dialogue of growing up with traditional Asian values and Western self-expression at the same time and a challenge of boundaries between underwear and outerwear. "Growing up in Germany as a Vietnamese child of war refugees helped me find both beauty and conflict with the worlds I grew up in. I always wondered which culture I belong to more. But I realised CULTURE is something you build yourself."

Spider Lily

Thank you to the Spider Lily I see in spring blooming in front of my father´s house in Shanghai. It´s a play of seduction, temptation and danger - contrasting the softness of the flower with the sharp and pointy shape. Spider Lily is a one-off look made for NOIR SHOW 26 with the theme "ECLIPSE" - a student-organised and led competition of 65 London College of Fashion design students each creating one all-black look.

The Raven

The drawn portrait of such a mysterious and underestimated bird; the raven is the woman I see in my clothes. The Raven is part of the NOIR SHOW 25 with the theme "CRAFTSMANSHIP" - a student-organised and led competition of 65 London College of Fashion design students each creating one all-black look.

Swanlake

The illusional idea of the perfectly pure and ethereal swan seems to be out of reach. The white swan is something that only exists in our dreams and aspirations. It is the aim of perfection that we deeply long for.

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