She came, she came, she came with amazement and fashion, with classics and traditions. She walked out of the small city, and she had a shining aura on the world stage, and she returned to her haunting hometown.
On the evening of November 28, at the high-end Zhoukou City Gymnasium, Ms. Ma Yanli, a famous fashion designer, international supermodel, founder and artistic director of Maryma haute couture brand, led her team and her hometown Zhoukou to meet as scheduled. A 1-hour costume show allowed the Audience of Zhoukou to feast their eyes and get in touch with the top fashion team in China.
Unlike the previous fashion catwalks, this fashion show specially organized for Zhoukou is full of traditional taste. Costumes with national characteristics, accompanied by dynamic and fashionable music, under the wonderful display of one model after another, the national culture and fashion spirit are perfectly integrated, presenting a different visual feast to the audience.
Why do you want to do such a catwalk? And why do you want to focus on national style? What does The old zhoukou look like in Ma Yanli's eyes? What advice do you have for young people in the workplace to dress up? After the fashion show, Ms. Ma Yanli accepted an exclusive interview with the reporter of the Dahe Newspaper and the Dahe client.
The first "show" in the hometown, the audience is overwhelmed
The stage in the center of the venue is particularly colorful. When the lights are turned on, not only are they colorful, but you can also clearly see the specially designed pool in front of the stage, which beautifully reflects everything on the stage and highlights the effect of water and sky. This simple and gorgeous stage design makes the audience shine.
This catwalk is regarded by Ma Yanli as "handing over homework" to her father and fellow villagers. She said very seriously on the stage that she has traveled to many places over the years, including domestic and foreign, and has also held many catwalks, but it is the first time that it has really been held in her hometown of Zhoukou. "I don't know what the reaction was, so there was really some tension." Ma Yanli, who bears many halos in the fashion design industry, returned to her hometown and still did not change her simple and frank character. As soon as her voice dropped, the audience already told her the answer with a gush of applause.
She smiled, smiled happily, on the stage of her hometown, she felt a kind of steadfastness that she had never had before, and of course, the catwalk performance was also very wonderful and successful.
In the 1-hour costume show, Ma Yanli designed and launched a number of themed display series. Each series has a different musical style and costume style, but ultimately embodies one purpose: national culture. For example, there are Yi embroidery themes, Shangri-La themes, and tea horse ancient road themes. These elements are all ma Yanli's concepts drawn from ethnic minority cultures, and they are handled in a "fashionable and international" way, forming a catwalk that integrates tradition and fashion.
The models also performed well, and every step of their step on the stage reflected ma Yanli's philosophy. Calm, cold, ethereal, dashing, chinese and foreign, although the skin color and language are different, at this moment they all show "Chinese style".
The wonderful pictures and moments are really heartwarming, and the audience is full of mobile phone shooting figures. A 60-year-old Aunt Wang was overwhelmed with her eyes, and took a mobile phone that was full of power when she entered the scene, and directly consumed it until it was shut down. "It's wonderful, I used to watch it on TV, but this is the first time I've seen it up close." Aunt Wang said happily.
Why reflect the national style? Ma Yanli said so
Milan, Paris, London, New York... In people's traditional cognition, these are synonymous with internationalization and fashion. Many people feel that "haute couture life" should look abroad. Until one time she went to Yunnan and completely subverted the concept of internationalization.
"I came into contact with the Yi people, and they hold a grand costume festival every year." Ma Yanli said in an exclusive interview with the reporter of Dahe Newspaper and Dahe client that she learned that the race dress festival has a history of more than 1300 years, which can be said to be the earliest "show". And those places abroad that are regarded as synonymous with fashion, how many years have they been doing "show" history? In contrast, Ma Yanli feels that only the national is the world, "China's thick culture, there are so many treasures, can be fully expressed through clothing design." ”
Based on this concept, Ma Yanli quickly created a thousand years of Yi embroidery, Shangri-La, Tea Horse Ancient Road and other clothing shows with distinct national characteristics.
And this time back to her hometown Zhoukou, her inspiration has been further sublimated. "Zhoukou has a history of more than 6,500 years, and its deep cultural accumulation is a kind of luck for designers." And I was born here, I can use international technology to show the beauty of history and the beauty of my hometown. I have enough time and space to dig out the history and culture here, so I said, looking forward to the next 'show' customized for Zhoukou. Ma Yanli said.
For her hometown Zhoukou, Ma Yanli looked at it this way
Ma Yanli, who returned to her hometown this time, was amazed by the changes in her hometown.
"I first went to the city from a remote village when I was 9 years old, then studied at Zhoukou Sports School, and later developed outside." Ma Yanli recalled that in her childhood memories, her hometown was poor and backward, and "it was difficult to find even a guest house in the county." This time, she once again met her hometown of Zhoukou and Yancheng, and saw a modern city and a rapidly changing urban construction.
Travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, unforgettable hometown complex. "I have a particularly strong affection for my hometown, only when I stand on the stage of my hometown, I feel warm and down-to-earth, I can speak Henan dialect, hometown dialect, I can talk to teachers and classmates about the past, and I can touch my heart more sensitively." Ma Yanli said, so this catwalk is a grateful return to the hometown, not only reflects the national style, but also reveals the hometown feelings.
"I think Zhoukou people are kind, tenacious, open-minded, industrious and simple, so the design concept I advocate is the same, that is, to reflect these humanistic and traditional beauty." Ma Yanli said.
Fuxi Nuwa, Lao Tzu's hometown, Ghost Guzi Wang Chan's hometown... As Ma Yanli's hometown, Zhoukou relies on strength to show its thick cultural roots. And it is these subtle traditional cultures that are integrated into Ma Yanli's flesh and blood, accompanied by her every step of growth and turning, giving her a kind of upward and good energy, affecting her and inspiring her.
Therefore, when the catwalk ended, Ma Yanli bowed deeply and thanked her one after another, thanking Zhou Kou and thanking her fellow countrymen.
How should young people in the workplace wear it? Ma Yanli said so
In this catwalk activity, Henan Daily Newspaper Group Top News, Dahe Baoyu Video and other network platforms carried out live broadcasts. During the interaction, netizens raised some questions they cared about, hoping to get an answer from Teacher Ma Yanli. In this regard, Ma Yanli, who is very affinity, still brings a smile to the netizens of the top news and answers their questions when she is very tired of continuous overtime rehearsals.
The first question is what advice to give young people in the workplace what to wear. Ma Yanli said that everyone comes to the world is unique, so first find a clothing style that suits you, and then appear on the right occasion. "I think not to be too rich and fancy, you can make some investment in clothing appropriately, because young, we have to behave very neatly, very professionally, and be generous." Ma Yanli said.
The second problem is how to pose when taking pictures. For this question, Ma Yanli first smiled and said that this seems to be asked to a more professional photographer, and then she talked about her opinion. She feels that there is no absolute beauty and ugliness in the world, just shoot the real self, it is not recommended to often use some retouching software, and some even repair even friends can not recognize, it is meaningless, "the real is wonderful."
In addition, netizens are also confused about the design of the model that appears on the stage holding a child. Ma Yanli explained that this is mainly to reflect a spirit of inheritance, including the appearance of pregnant women on the stage, but also to reflect this meaning, culture should be passed down from generation to generation. "These little babies are not professionally trained, they are looking for them temporarily." But I found that these little babies are particularly related to me, and some of them are still distressed before going on stage, but as soon as they arrive on stage, they are calm. She said happily.
Do not forget the original intention, in order to go far. Today's Ma Yanli has transformed into a fashion designer, and the transformation from model to designer is not only the transformation of identity roles, but more importantly, the sublimation of an aesthetic concept. The stage is still that stage, she just went from the front of the stage to the backstage, and what has never changed is the "show" with a distinct "Maryma" style.
While Ma Yanli thanked Zhoukou, the villagers of Zhoukou also thanked her. "She went from Zhoukou to the world, and now, she has brought the world back to Zhoukou." Zhoukou compatriots said.