Ukudluliswa okugcwele kwe-XANDER ZHOU AW20 Critical Update / SS21 Public Beta Version e-London Fashion Week.
Yileso sikhathi sonyaka futhi lapho ngokuvamile ngizobe ngibonisa iqoqo lami elilandelayo lentwasahlobo/ehlobo. Kodwa izinto azijwayelekile.
Lezi zinyanga ezedlule zibe yisikhumbuzo esiqinile sokuthi izinto eziningi esizazisa kakhulu ezikhathini ezikhululekile uma kuqhathaniswa, azibalulekile kangako njengempilo nokuphepha kwethu kanye nabathandekayo bethu. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi le nkinga isithinte nonke ngabanye, ngokomuntu siqu nangokomsebenzi.
Enye indlela engithinteke ngayo ukuthi angikwazanga ukuya e-China nokusebenza ngokomzimba nethimba lami kusukela ngeviki likaJanuwari laseLondon Menswear Fashion Week.
Nakuba ubuchwepheshe besimanje busenze sakwazi ukusebenza ndawonye cishe, okuhlanganisa neqoqo langempela lentwasahlobo/ehlobo, nginomuzwa wokuthi kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi ngibuyele emsebenzini njengenjwayelo. Ngethemba ngobuqotho ukuthi maduze sizokwazi ukuphila ezikhathini ezikhululekile uma kuqhathaniswa, futhi ngokuqinisekile ngizokhipha iqoqo lami eliphelele ngesikhathi esifanele. Ngizoqinisekisa ukuthi nonke niyayibona. Okwamanje, ngifuna ukwabelana nawe ngokuthile okuthobekile. Okuthile engithemba ukuthi uzokujabulela ukukubuka ehhovisi lakho lasekhaya, njengoba ngikujabulele ukukwenza ngisuka ehhovisi lami lasekhaya. Ukuze ngelinye ilanga kube isikhumbuzo esithandekayo sezinto esazenza ngalezo zinsuku... Nakhu ukuhluzeka kwengqondo kwesintu!
Xander Zhou
Kusukela iqoqo lakhe leNtwasahlobo/Ihlobo lika-2016 elinesihloko esithi “Far East”, u-Xander Zhou ubelokhu exhuma kabusha nezimpande zakhe zase-Asia ngenkathi ehlola izibopho phakathi kwemfihlakalo yasempumalanga kanye nesimanjemanje sase-Asia.
Ngegama eliqanjiwe elithi “techno-orientalism”, umklami ubezakhela eyakhe indawo yonke ehluke kakhulu ngokudweba imephu yesintu esizayo, ahlanganise okwangempela nokuhle ngokwakha isici esibonakalayo lapho abalingisi bamaqoqo akhe behlala ndawonye futhi baxhumane - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bangabantu, ama-android noma abafokazi.
I-Xander Zhou Menswear Fall/Winter 2020 London
Emkhathini we-XANDER ZHOU, imingcele emisha yokuhlukahluka inganwetshwa kakhulu ngale kobunikazi bobuhlanga, ubuhlanga, amasiko, ubulili kanye nobulili.
Umbono wakhe wengoma ehlonishwayo ethi “Supernatural, Extraterrestrial & Co.” uyaqhubeka nokumangala nokuvula i-Milky Way yokucabanga, ukungabi nangqondo kanye nokuthandana.
Iqoqo lakamuva le-Autumn/Winter 2020 elithi “Homo Multiversalis”, inkondlo elama ohambweni lwe-Creation (SS19 “New World Baby”), i-Evolution (AW19 “Our New Kin”) kanye ne-“Transcendence” (SS20), selifinyelele esimweni sokuthi Ukuqaphela - ukwazi ukuba khona ngesikhathi esisodwa kwabantu abaningi, imihlaba ehambisanayo kanye, ekugcineni, nencazelo yokuba khona.
Isithombe: Zeng Wu @zeng_wu
Izinwele: John Zhang @minghuzhanghair
Izimonyo: Xin Miao @xinmiao1988
Production: Lisa Shen @lisa_shenlin
Abalingisi: Vince Lou @vinnielaw
Amamodeli: Su @suhang994 , Hang Yu @yuhang110 , Longyin Zhang, Zhijia Zhang @zhangzhijia995
Ividiyo: Licha @richard_licha
Ividiyo: YH Fong @yh.fong
VFX: Ṣifagül Keser @sxfagul
Ukuhlela: U-Toby Uzwile @tobyheard
BGM: Abagxeki Bezobuciko BeTranshuman @transhumanartcritics
Ukubukeka Okukhethekile: Bohan Qiu @qiu.bohan
Abasizi Bezithombe: Shiyi Xu, Feng Xia
Abasizi Besitayela: UStephanie, Milu
Umsizi Wokukhiqiza: He
Usizo Lwe-Comm Ekude: @er1cwu
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