"The water is shining and the sun is good, and the mountains are rainy and strange." The rhythmic music breaks through the tranquility, and the models walk on the winding path of the pillow water in the "Song Ci Mood" series, and under the background of the smoke and rain in March, it seems to be shuttling in ink and danqing, leading the audience to dream back to the millennium and tell a different style of Song Yun.
On March 24, following the opening work of the "Chinese Classical Literature" trilogy "Dream of Red Mansions" autumn and winter haute couture series, the second chapter of GRACE CHEN's "Chinese Classical Literature" trilogy "Song Ci Mood" GRACE CHEN 2023 spring/summer haute couture series was unveiled at the China National National National Museum on the shores of West Lake and under the Yuhuang Mountain, releasing more than 50 sets of haute couture works, continuing to inherit excellent Chinese culture with modern design innovation, and stimulating people's imagination through Chinese classical literature. It perfectly presents the inspiration of "Song Yun Fenghua" in a modern and fashionable form.
The hair is in Jiangu, and the taste is sent to the light
GRACE CHEN takes the life mood of the Song Dynasty as the source of inspiration, integrates the avant-garde spirit and high-class taste of classical literature into his creation, and uses imagination to lead people to the elegant world full of beauty and wisdom of the Song Dynasty. Different from the traditional interpretation of the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty, Ms. Grace Chen Yehuai, the founder and chief designer of the brand, has her own unique opinion: "First of all, the Song Dynasty is a relatively turbulent era in history, and in the context of such internal and external troubles, the Song Dynasty people still lived a period known as the peak of culture in history, which is inseparable from their deep taste and attention to life, as well as a strong heart and optimistic spirit, in order to create so many excellent cultural and artistic works. Grace was greatly inspired by the optimistic view of life and the mood of creating life in the Song Dynasty, who extracted the unique style keywords of "old and spicy youth, frank and lively" from the spiritual temperament of the "old state beauty" of the Song Dynasty, and fused this temperament with the modern design language of universal aesthetics to create high-end fashion that contains Song Yun aesthetics and perfectly fits the current life scene.
GRACE CHEN'S "CHINESE CLASSICAL LITERATURE" TRILOGY SERIES IS ALSO ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY GRACE CHEN TO INTEGRATE THE BROAD AESTHETICS OF CHINESE LITERATURE WITH MODERN FASHION AESTHETICS AFTER "CHINESE STYLE AND ELEGANCE QINQI CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING". Designer Grace Chen Yehuai believes that a person's imagination is cultivated from reading books, and literature is life and the metaverse. Therefore, GARCE CHEN delved into Chinese classical literature, created the "Chinese Classical Literature" trilogy series, and successively chose "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Song Ci State of Mind" as the themes to tell about two important characteristics that can represent Chinese aesthetic temperament: one is the humanistic spirit of "not caring and paying attention" represented by "Dream of Red Mansions", and the second is the style background of "old and spicy youth" represented by "Song Ci State of Mind". The "Song Ci Mood" series crosses time and space, showing the rhyme of oriental traditional culture to the world, writing a fashion life attitude that is exclusive to Chinese that pays attention to refinement and optimism, and integrates Chinese traditional culture into modern life.
Go to a covenant in the ancient capital of the Southern Song Dynasty
On the shore of West Lake, under the Jade Emperor Mountain, the world premiere of the "Song Ci Mood" GRACE CHEN Spring/Summer 2023 Haute Couture Collection was unveiled as the opening ceremony of "A New Song: Invitation Exhibition of Song Yun Cultural Innovation Art Works", and it is also a tribute to Hangzhou, the contemporary fashion declaration of the ancient capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.
China National Silk Museum is a national first-class museum, the largest textile and clothing professional museum in China, and the largest silk professional museum in the world. The Spring Rainy China National Silk Museum is like an unfolding ink danqing, which adds a bit of romantic poetry and charm to the release of the "Song Ci Mood" series.
Dr. Ji Xiaofen, Director of the China National Silk Museum, said: "GRACE CHEN'S WORKS GIVE ME THE FEELING THAT THEY ARE VERY ELEGANT, ELEGANT AND ELEGANT. The invitation exhibition of innovative works of Song Yun culture held by the China National Silk Museum is a match made in heaven with the theme of GRACE CHEN's "Song Ci State of Mind", and I also invited Grace for the first time to present us with a dynamic clothing exhibition inspired by Song Yun. ”
"Truly preserving and preserving cultures is not just about putting them on display in museums, but about making them accessible and loved in modern life." IN 2019, THE CHINA SILK MUSEUM FORGED A RELATIONSHIP WITH GARCE CHEN AND COLLECTED A VARIETY OF GARCE CHEN HAUTE COUTURE CLOTHING INSPIRED BY CHINESE KNOTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN EXHIBITIONS SUCH AS "Reflection of the Times: Chinese Fashion Art 1993-2012", "Chuxin: 2019 Fashion Retrospective", "Yunhui: China Fashion Retrospective Exhibition 2011-2020" and other exhibitions.
Ji Xiaofen said, "We are a participatory museum, and we hope that the audience can participate and put the audience's ideas in. Our National Silk Museum also has this responsibility, with its own collection, to tell the people about Chinese traditional culture and show the beauty of Chinese silk, textile and clothing art. ”
And Tao Tao, happy and naïve
The development of Chinese ceramic art formed a peak in the Song Dynasty, and Song porcelain has become a unique cultural symbol with its unique beauty and spirit. GRACE CHEN's "Song Ci Mood" series skillfully integrates the classical aesthetics of Song Dynasty porcelain into clothing styling, and the beauty of Song Dynasty porcelain is also the beauty of Song porcelain. Designer Grace Chen Yehuai draws on the beauty of Song porcelain's "circle with square, square in circle" to give shape to fashion, using the wide cut and childish lines, "light and surprising between proportions", expressing the unique tone of Song porcelain shape.
The beauty of color and the beauty of nature are also the outstanding points of Song porcelain. In the history of Chinese ceramic craftsmanship, Song porcelain is known for the high development of monochrome glaze, and its elegance in tones is unparalleled. Song porcelain represents the colors of azure blue, purple, sweet white, bamboo green, maze purple, etc., GRACE CHEN takes the porcelain color, and returns its beauty to the spring city, which is a unique feature of the "Song Ci Mood" series.
The live music for "Song Ci Mood" was composed by 18-year-old Maxine Wang Puxuan, the daughter of designer Grace Chen, and the mother and daughter duo worked together to create a moving show.
Editor: Chen Yunfeng