T.I.T International Fashion Week Judge Liu Yang: Create With Life

　　 Young talent

The first time I saw Liu Yang, he was preparing to go to America. One of the media friends at the time said, "ah, how do you know Liu Yang? He is a big player in the Chinese fashion design world." At that time, he left a deep impression on me, dressed in a casual way and looked cool, looking fashionable and avant-garde.

Liu Yang is different from his family. Liu Yang's home was designed by himself, almost all white, and one side could reveal the owner's taste and aesthetic taste. In the simple way, we can see the expression style of the Chinese and Western style. Liu Yang said, "fashion is a kind of feeling. Fashion national style is not necessarily attached to the pattern of dragon and Phoenix. The lines, shapes and colors are concise and skillfully combined, and they can also be reflected."

Liu Yang's design talent sprouted in childhood. When I was young, I lived in a cave, and I felt very beautiful when I saw the carpet in the movie. So I asked my mother for a few cents, bought four bags of purplish red dye, dissolved in a big basin of water, and sprinkled it with little hands on the ground. The ground patterned is like a blooming purple flower. The classmate is surprised to say: "Liu Yang! Your family is really rich, buy a carpet!" after a closer look, it is not found.

Liu Yang has a unique view of beauty. From dress to home, from line to color, from make-up to image, is refreshing. If I do not care, I will feel Liu Yang's pursuit of beauty.

In the conversation, he told us the story of childhood in a gentle and affectionate tone, and said that the happy place also gave laughter. I didn't catch sight of the pride of the fashion world for a time, but a straightforward and lovely boy, a long lost friend.

At the age of 4, Liu Yang showed interest and talent in clothes. In the eyes of little Liu Yang, mother is the most beautiful. At that time, his favorite thing to do was to see his mother picking up his clothes, and the colorful color made Liu Yang like it.

Once, when he neglected his mother, he secretly cut a red scarf into a pair of trousers. I asked my neighbor's aunt to sew it with a sewing machine. "Really, this is what my mother asked me to do." He lied boldly and carefully, and then he used a mask to roll two flowers into the side of his trouser leg. So he bravely put on the first children's fashion pants he had ever designed and swam home. Although there was no concept of children's fashion at that time, he found its prototype. He is a very unusual child. The mother was not angry and rewarded him for 5 cents.

But his father was not. He hoped his son would become a painter, a scientist, a soldier, and Liu Yang was interested in clothes, cloth and scissors. His father was worried that his son would become a little tailor. For this reason, parents began to have some disputes. At that time, people did not know that fashion design was a profession. They only laughed at Liu Yang's lack of commitment and his father's anger. At this time, mother always protects Liu Yang and keeps on doing his father's ideological work. Gradually, the father was impressed by Liu Yang's persistence and felt that his stubborn strength was admirable regardless of his future.

Now, what is most gratifying to Liu Yang is that his father often proudly says to others, "my son is a fashion designer." This is certainly not touched by the change of old people's concept, but a joy recognized by their relatives.

　　 Fashion Art

In 1984, when Liu Yang entered the Department of Arts and crafts of Guangzhou Acmdemy of Fine Arts, he began to dye his yellow hair and continued wearing red trousers when he studied costume design. On the one hand, he enjoyed the astonished gaze from all sides, and took the title of "52 college students with excellent arts and Arts in all the country". He was the most avant-garde, controversial and unacceptable in 80s. Sometimes this comment will be referred to as "the most uncomfortable", and it is also the most enjoyable college student.

After graduation, he burned the long African style explosive curls and took the honor of "the ten outstanding young people in Guangzhou". CCTV's "Oriental Son" column left Liu Yang's hearty laughter. Liu Yang became the focus of fashion with his unique temperament and artistic image. He was praised by the media as Liu Yang, who filled the gap between Chinese tailors and stars.

Over the past 10 years after graduation, he has entered the peak period of creation: the creation of "star high fashion design office" and "Liu Yang fashion company". He easily won the laurel of "China's top ten fashion designers" and the "Golden Summit" of "Oscar" in the clothing industry. In 1990, the first sexual dress was boldly displayed on the Chinese T stage, causing a sensation at home and abroad. In 1993, a hundred sets of avant-garde clothing designed for the closing ceremony of the East Asian Games were praised at home and abroad.

Liu Yangcheng was the star of the media. The comprehensive newspapers such as people's daily, Yangcheng Evening News, Nanfang Daily, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, Philadelphia review of the United States, and Asahi Shimbun, Japan, highly praised Liu Yang's achievements. Liu Yang conquered the major media at home and abroad with his own diligence and talent.

The first large-scale conference on men's wear held in China in 1994 has opened up a new era for Chinese men's wear. In March 2001, Liu Yang successfully held a senior women's wear conference in Beijing -- Hanni woman fragrance. The two excellent press conferences he directed became a sensational news at that time, which led the Chinese garment industry to enter a new era. Liu Yang let the audience attend the conference for a long time in excitement, excitement and joy, because he stirred up the hearts and emotions of people.

In 1999, he was named "one of the 50 people who influenced China's clothing industry". In the same year, he won the first prize in Chinese police clothing design. Liu Yang has influenced a generation of Chinese young fashion designers with his brilliant talent and changing image. As China's first idol costume designer, his every move has attracted the attention of the media. But once again, he became a passionate young designer.

International stage

In 1996, as a fashion designer from China, Liu Yang first stood on the international T stage and sang the leading role. At the fashion show in Leipzig, Germany, the foreigner exclaimed: "Liu Yang brought us the same evening dress as fireworks." after seeing the press conference, the German Minister of Economics said, "I will reevaluate the Chinese people"; others said, "we can not ignore competitors from the Far East..."

In 1997, Liu Yang was named "the world's outstanding youth clothing designer in 97 years" by the world famous ELLE fashion magazine. In 1999, he took part in the 99 China Cultural Week in Paris as the best contemporary fashion designer in China. In 2002, he led the Guangzhou fashion delegation to perform successfully in Paris, France.

Liu Yang in Germany, Liu Yang in France, became the impact point of eastern and Western clothing culture. Liu Yang rushed out of Asia and was called the pride of Chinese by Taiwan, Hongkong and Southeast Asian media. For the first time, Liu Yang stepped out of Asia and shocked the world's T station, attracting the attention of the world's fashion industry to China.

　 Exotic dreams

In 2000, Liu Yang emigrated to New York. He said, "after so many years, I am always working hard and overspending my health. I am going to" dig "knowledge out, and it is time for me to charge myself. I think if you want to become an international professional fashion designer, you should go abroad and feel different cultures in the world.

In the United States, Liu Yang lived in a beautiful white villa in Long Island, New York, facing the sea and facing the sea. Every day, besides feeling the sunshine and the sea, and contacting artists from different countries, she sometimes missed the Broadway in New York and the passionate artist village. "I remember once I asked a little boy what he wanted to wear when he grew up. He said," I want to wear my father's Armani! "In fact, I have been thinking, this is a kind of clothing culture. When can we have such a large brand of clothing culture? Armani said well, I sell more than just a few clothes, I sell a culture, a way of life.

Liu Yang claimed to have been aware of "two words" after he had emigrated abroad.

For this responsibility, Liu Yang came back from America with his dream. He wanted to build his brand like Armani.

"I increasingly agree that designers need to be internationalized. Only by allowing designers to broaden their horizons, can Chinese designers make truly personalized clothes. I also know more and more about what is called "using life to create". Skills can be learned, but perception of life and perception of human nature is a need for your heart and soul to experience. Someone also asked in a puzzled tone, "life? I said, yes, life!"

Liu Yang found it difficult to express his understanding of the word "two" in words. He said he would feel the power and beauty of "two lives" when he saw the healthy and carefree life of American children.

Maturing

In 2004, Liu Yang, who had been precipitated for four years, returned to China. He soon joined the brand of rabbit logo.

After the press conference, I met Liu Yang. He was a little tired and his voice was hoarse. "When the fashion designer is really tired, I don't know what the new year and Sunday are. I remember one day I was finishing a design task. I didn't eat anything until ten in the evening. My stomach was very painful, so I called the little sister to go out to eat something. Looking at the lovers holding roses from time to time, I asked if it was Valentine's day. When I came home, I looked at the desktop effect that was not finished on the desktop. I felt lost in my heart. Others thought the designer was very beautiful.

Liu Yang's glory has never been seen before, but it is hard to see the reward behind it. Asked his friends, they told me a lot of amazing Insider: "you saw him in the most beautiful more than 10 years, he did not sleep well, did not eat a quiet, normal meal. He slept in a paper version and had been bleeding for six months for half a year, but he still did not stop designing. " Liu Yang's mother cried, "I don't want to be a celebrity, OK?"

He did not stop. He remained so persistent.

"I have all the fame and fortune. If I ask what I lack, probably I still lack" precipitation ". Not only me but also many of our new designers do not even know what the fabric of international popularity is, and what basic knowledge of general design, correct marking and so on. In fact, when you can calm down and attack again, waiting for you may be successful at one stroke.

What is a professional designer thinking about? It is the consciousness of international brand and the development direction of international fashion culture. Liu Yang's precipitation produced the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures, which was moved by the "rabbit logo" children's wear Conference for a long time.

"I didn't expect that there would be so many people using" two words "to evaluate a conference. I think I have to thank my precipitation. What is precipitation? She is a pure heart of gratitude. Liu Yang said, "it's like this conference. I use the question mark as the main form of the whole stage, because the question mark is the representative symbol of the world's most pure mind in the children's mind. I use black and white to make the main tone of children's clothing, because black and white is the purest color in the world. " He also said that it is necessary to use "heart" to act with emotion.

Liu Yang deeply moved everyone, but also moved himself. I really feel the dedication of a famous designer.