At the Met Gala that just ended last week, the floral velvet suit Liu Wen wore was actually a classic fashion condensed from the British manor culture.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, this type of velvet tuxedo was often used as a gender-segregated item to highlight the higher status of male manor owners. He wore it in the smoking room that only men could enter. The interpretation by Liu Wen, an Asian female face from China, actually broke the boundaries of gender, race, and class. It presented Daniel Lee’s reinterpretation of the aristocracy and manor culture in a new context.
In addition, there were models wearing brooches made of plants at the Burberry show, and a large number of floral patterns were spread on tuxedos, suits, nightgowns, dresses, etc. Even on leather jackets, there were special embroidery techniques to embellish vivid flowers. Daniel Lee gave a new narrative to the niche Graden core.
In this fast-paced era, we still need to see more fashion that carries culture and stories, rather than industrial garbage that determines success or failure by superior performance for the sake of financial growth.
