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What was your inspiration?

My inspiration comes from many things, such as movies and exhibitions. The movie The Other Lamb is about a girl who's born into an all-female cult led by a man, and follows the process of beginning to question his teachings and her reality. This movie captures the regulations and infatuation of a cult. All the cult members are dressed in purple and black, as they worship and surround the cult leader. I was inspired by the unified nature of the cult's uniform and its operation, and transferred this idea into my collection.

Adam Fuss is a British photographer known for his ethereal photography techniques, which involves getting the image by directly placing the object on light-sensitive paper. These techniques are packed with spiritual and poetic feelings. One of his most well-known series, My Ghost, is composed of X-rays of the modest styles of children's clothing. The main body of the garment after the processed photograph is transparent, while the details of the embroidery and seams are exposed, which gives it a ghostly, spiritual sense. Inspired by the mood and this X-ray style of clothing, my collection uses some transparent fabrics such as organza to represent the spiritual and poetic admiration of the followers towards the cult leader.

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese artist who explores human existence in different dimensions through installation, drawings, sculpture, photography and video. The signature of her work is the utilisation of large-scale threads. For example, white dresses hang in a room full of a bundle of black threads. The contrast between these dresses and the thread is strong and dark, which vigorously builds a spiritual impact on the environment.

Inspired by the mood, this color tone was adopted into my collection. As far as texture, the bundle of threads are intertwined and trussed up, offering a sense of tattered messiness. The environment is entangled by the threads, similar to the fission in the follower's mind. The inlay stitches inspired me to create the shabby look of cloth. In addition, the embellishments such as raw edge trimming and embroidery are implied in my collection.