Shuyao Cui
Fashion & Textile Design BA Hons
Glasgow School of Art
Specialisms: Womenswear / Fashion Illustration / Fashion Styling
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shuyao Cui
First Name: Shuyao
Last Name: Cui
Specialisms: Womenswear / Fashion Illustration / Fashion Styling
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My Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
University / College: Glasgow School of Art
Course / Program Title: Fashion & Textile Design BA Hons
About
I am a fashion design graduate with a strong interest in concept development, garment construction, visual research, and storytelling through clothing.
My design practice often begins with personal observations, cultural references, and emotional narratives, which I translate into silhouettes, materials, details, and styling. Especially in reduced-waste pattern cutting and the use of stretch materials, exploring how construction methods and fabric properties can create garments that are both expressive and considerate of the body.
This project reinterprets a character—Fahai as a conflicted figure shaped by the tension between Buddhist discipline, social norms, and human desire. Instead of a traditional villain, he becomes someone torn between obeying doctrine and confronting the emotions he can no longer suppress. As this conflict intensifies, Fahai begins to question the very rules he once upheld, transforming from a flat moral enforcer into a layered, introspective character.
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