Hi, nice to meet you! My name is Angel Chen
I'm a Central Saint Martins' BA Womenswear Fashion Designer and here it's my work.
My story is about the marriage of two girls in Africa.
You can look at my look books, this is how it is going to be.
In the forest, it's full of laughters, textures, colours...
and it's basically a love story between homosexuals.
And here is my technique and the details.
I basically use embroidery and this kind of material.
I recycle coffee bags, and I also use knitting, crochet and also hand weaving.
There's so much textile going on in my collection.
Here is the catwalk show.
This is the first look.
My story is about a wedding, so I definitely have guests
and for my four guests the inspiration comes from my daily friends I meet every day.
I get the characters' correct characteristics from them and I develop and enhance the sense and understanding of life or marriage.
All of the model I'm inviting are actually my friends,
they're also gay and they just love to cherish all the marriage in the world
no matter you are in love with a girl or a boy.
This is my second look, it's about a time traveler.
This guy carries lots of different material - like fishing line metal...
and I do the weaving by myself so I put together drapery and this kind of rug rag hat.
Here's the detail of it
And the back.
This one it's an asian boy and he's so in love with Egon Schiele, so I called him Wen Scheile.
I also used a little soft textile and hand weaving on this look as well.
This knit-work took about 10 days to finish.
It's actually super heavy and fluffy, but I really love the result of it.
And it looks so different from the front and the back.
This look it's about a hip-hop dancer.
My friend is a designer but he enjoys just dancing hip-hop and K-pop every day
and the first time I saw him he was covered by his hair and also his tattoos,
so that's where my idea comes from.
I made it bigger and I also recycled coffee bags for the whole look.
And for all the lettering I do embroidery.
Here's the final - two girls involving reflective piping, weaving textile, print and also draping.
It took me really long time to do it. This one it's like a sculpture top.
I created all the sculpture and shapes by using boning.
And also, the hat was designed by my friend studying textiles - her name is Sophie.
She did the weaving of the hats and then she blew them to this shape.
It's very delicate and I can show you, on the next page, so you can see the detail of it.
Here's the handbag designer that I collaborated with - Jiele An.
And also, the Jewellery designer is Lion Studio.
And here is the content sheet.
You can order any look that you want or any pieces that you want.
I'm ready to set up my business. This is my beginning.