スージー・ロウさんのインスタグラム写真 - (スージー・ロウInstagram)「“Fashion month” has technically bled over into a longer period of showing SS21 collections Over the course of a month of doing collective zoom calls one of the main questions that continually cropped up was “What feels right for these times we’re living in?” - The answer was often variants of wardrobe cornerstones, palate cleansers or defiant exuberance. - In Shanghai where physical shows did take place, it was definitely the latter. Or maybe it’s just business as usual. With a wistful eye I rabidly gorged on images and videos emerging from a mostly @labelhood.official cohort of designers in a city where lockdown has effectively been done and dusted for a while, where masks aren’t even totally necessary and crowds are gathering unabashedly - And the designers, young as they mostly are, did their thing and went extra. Look at the riot of “airborn” colours and aerated plays on light at @susanfangofficial or the close-knit assembly of pretty pretty floral fancies @yuhanwangyuhan or the crystal adorned girlish bow confectionaries @shushu__tong - There were clothes that were meant for da clubs (remember them?) like the kitschy sex of @nodress_online_shop and @didu_official even showed in the basement of a legendary night venue, the Paramount in Shanghai - And then you have the coming of spring 春 and optimistic reds and greens flooding @samuelguiyang ‘s showroom (kudos to this Londoner for heading out there and doing the full quarantine in order to showcase a collection ) Or the double happiness beaded and feathered eccentricities of @_yueqiqi set to a backdrop of celebratory Chinese garlands - Everywhere there was something fanciful that catches your eye - sequins jangling (like @shie.lyu ‘s scuba disco ) , unapologetic flesh (@ruiofficial.me ‘s amazing body positive knitwear) and even the humble table cloth gets poetic (@carolineqiqi Hu) - There is no “pandemic” narrative running through these collections because these are designers who have gotten past the other side. It isn’t affecting their psyche like it has done with designers in Europe and US. An alternate universe indeed... - Something to mull over as we head into a long winter...」10月16日 20時42分