Lawrence Hu Dragon Robe Appeared In New York Met Ball

MET Ball (Costume Institute Gala) Costume Institute Gala, plated into Chinese fashion art festival or fashion academy celebration, New York annual fashion art festival, new Yorker called it Met Ball.

Every year, MET Ball attracts countless celebrities, celebrities and famous designers. The celebration is comparable to Oscar's red carpet.

Everyone on the guest list needs to be recognized by VOGUE editor Anna Wintour herself.

This year's exhibition is "China: beautiful and beautiful", featuring 140 high quality custom made garments and garments from Chinese brands including Alexander McQueen, Dior, LV, Chanel and other designer and brand names.

Lawrence Hu, Laurence Xu, is also invited to appear in New York with the classic "Oriental auspicious cloud" Dragon Robe dress.

Dragons, auspicious clouds, waves and other patterns embroidered on Dragon robes are representative of Chinese traditional classics. Bright yellow also represents auspiciousness and joy. Fan Bingbing attended the Cannes film festival for the first time and appeared in such an oriental charm. Not only did people keep firmly in mind this beautiful oriental face, but also made Chinese stars a solid place in the international fashion industry.

Since then, the Oriental auspicious cloud "Dragon Robe" has also become a very classic case in the fashion industry. It is made of wax figure in Madame Tussaud's. It is displayed in Madame Tussaud's in Shanghai all year round. The Dragon Robe dress has been exhibited on many occasions in the world. The upgraded version of Lawrence Hu's Dragon Robe has been exhibited for a year in the Museum of Albert, Vitoria, and has been permanently collected.

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Relying on a time axis, it can be divided into three parts: the last of the monarch, 20, 30s, and the contemporary era.

The first part is the theme of the movie the last emperor, and the masterpieces of Chinese and Western inspired by the Chinese dragon will be placed in this exhibition area.

Including Laurence Xu's Oriental Xiangyun "Dragon Robe" series and Yves Saint Laurent2004 year.

Qipao works and so on.

Speaking of this election, Laurence Xu himself was surprised. He said that all of these things originated.

An email from Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Andrew Bolton, Andrew Bolton later visited his works and the works of Alexander Mcqueen and John Galliano as gorgeous works.

But when Lawrence Hu contrasted his work with Gary Arnold, he gave the answer: "maybe I have some similarities with Galliano's aesthetic orientation and design concept. The similar style is easy to be classified into the same category, but there are many differences under the surface."

2015 the theme of Metropolitan Museum of Art spring special exhibition in New York is "China: mirror and water moon", which is undoubtedly a good display platform for a designer who is good at playing Chinese elements. At the same time, it also gives viewers an opportunity to examine the different angles of Chinese and Western fashion Masters.

So what do designers think of this different perspective? Listen to Laurence Xu's answer, "the difference is due to lack of understanding.

The performance of a designer depends on himself, his orientation, style, experience, and his native culture. His design style is deeply rooted. Chinese elements are only seasonings, and the influence of Chinese culture after the day is negligible.