Weiqing Wang
Fashion Knitwear Design MA
Nottingham Trent University
Specialisms: Apparel / Textiles - Knit/Weave / Womenswear
Location: Shenzhen, China
Weiqing Wang
First Name: Weiqing
Last Name: Wang
Specialisms: Apparel / Textiles - Knit/Weave / Womenswear
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My Location: Shenzhen, China
University / College: Nottingham Trent University
Course / Program Title: Fashion Knitwear Design MA
About
MA Fashion Knitwear student at Nottingham Trent University, with a BFA in Fashion Design and a minor in Fiber from Savannah College of Art and Design. Passionate about fashion, knitwear and fashion photography, committed to exploring diverse directions in contemporary fashion.
My inspiration for this knitwear collection was from the ancient Chinese literary story "The Peach Blossom Spring", where a fisherman stumbles upon a utopian paradise, free from conflict, pollution, and destruction. However, upon leaving, he can never find his way back to this idyllic place. The Peach Blossom Spring symbolizes a utopia in Chinese literature where one can escape the impurities of reality. Because I am concerned about the pollution and destruction plaguing our natural environment, I seek to capture my own “Peach Blossom Spring” about nature through my knitwear collection. The Peach Blossom Spring is it's an otherworldly natural realm. Here, everything can be of different colors, casting a dreamlike atmosphere. So, I choose to incorporate blue, purple, and white as they evoke a sense of tranquility and coolness, reflecting the serene atmosphere I experience within my dreamscape. The knitting techniques, with the hollowed effects, further convey a sense of fragmentation, echoing the shattered beauty of the world I aim to depict. But this is my lucid dream, a place that doesn't truly exist. I feel a sense of detachment as if I'm in a parallel world. So, I seek to convey the beauty of the inner world and the conflict with the destruction of nature in the real world.
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