Chundie Zhu
Through interweaving, deconstructing and reshaping, we can capture the ever-changing inner world of the soul and let thoughts drift freely. Construct a romantic journey for the audience, floating above the hustle and bustle of the secular world.
Chinese designer chundie zhu founded Mariposa.D in the UK in 2020, a dark, romantic, alternative and unique style of pioneering fashion brand, the design uses three-dimensional geometry, symmetrical overlapping innovative tailoring, presenting a variety of ideological beauty, to establish a unique way of dressing for the emerging minority. Designer Zhu Chundie, who studies at Central Saint Martins College of the University of the Arts in London, is known as an "alternative designer in search of herself" in the fashion industry. Her designs are, as the name suggests, independent, free and poetic - using the senses to weave a web of beauty and create a new reality.
Zhu Chundie talks to herself, expresses her innermost thoughts through fashion, pursues art with soul and philosophy, and integrates abstract artistic expression into clothing design. She strives to break down long-accumulated intellectual barriers, make new connections with the outside world, and produce compelling stories. She cleverly integrates unique design elements into the clothing, using folds, tangles, deconstruction, craftsmanship and other techniques to create a chiffon dress full of artistic flavor. This unique design style reflects her deep reflection and deep understanding of the contradictions and opposites in life. Through her woven clothing, you can see the richness of her spiritual world, as well as the broken, reshaped, and self behind the richness, which is very personalized, and the story is full of tension, which makes the same frequency have a strong resonance.
Chundie Zhu brand attempts to break the concept of traditional clothing and describe the deep voice of life with the expression of fabric, outline the most resolute temperament with the softest yarn, weave a rich soul with the layered folds of vitality, and forge hard wings. Pain and awakening in the metamorphosis intertwines, at dawn, the soul of the self is awakened, life has since blossomed, thorns also turned into a black rose around. By intertwining, deconstructing and reshaping, Chundie Zhu captures the changes in the inner world of the soul, allowing thoughts to drift freely, and constructing a romantic shuttle for the audience to wander away from the worldly troubles.
- Art: Chundie Zhu