Peru Fashion Designer Dreams China

The "Chinese dream" of a Peru fashion designer

Sumei Gu Zhong (Sumy Kujon), a Peru woman with half Chinese blood.

There has always been a "Chinese dream", that is, to bring her fashion design career to China, to set up her own boutique in China, and to sell her own designs.

Peru designer with half Chinese blood

Su Mei's Chinese dream is not only because she has half Chinese blood, but also because she likes China very much. In her eyes, China is a great country. She is especially impressed by the rapid development of China in recent years.

Su Mei's father is from Guangdong, China. Her mother is from Peru. She was born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in Lima.

Since I was educated in a Chinese School in Lima, the influence of Chinese culture and Chinese elements is everywhere.

Sumei has been in the industry for more than 11 years. She has her own studio in Lima, and her design works have been published internationally.

Magazines, including Vogue Lat, Dweel Magazine, Moda Pelle and Journal Pret a Porter Paris., are not only designed, but also participated in fashion shows such as Madrid fashion week, or are displayed on display in the fashion exhibition hall, which is important in the industry.

Su Mei said that when she was very young, she liked to design different clothes and skirts for her doll, and her mother would help her to realize her various creative ideas about fashion.

Su Mei said: "my mother is a very creative person, and I knew at that time that I was going to do this job later. This is my world.

Tailoring and so on is a special feeling.

Confidence in the entry of design works into the Chinese market

So far, Sumei has held four personal fashion shows in China, namely in Beijing, Shanghai and Hongkong.

And she has planned the next time to come to China. It will be autumn and winter in 2016. She will bring his brand design once again, and hold fashion shows in Beijing and Shanghai.

When she first came to China, she was still very young and a little girl. She came with her family, but she first brought her design to China in 2013.

"At that time, I brought my design to the fashion week in Hongkong, and then I came to Beijing with my design and organized a fashion show under the support of the Peru Embassy in China," Sumei said in reply to an email in reply to China Daily.

When it comes to why he has confidence in his own design entering the Chinese market, Su Mei said: "my design style is mainly permanent, that is, it is not influenced by time constraints. The world is mainly based on simplicity, and for me, less is more."

At the same time, she also likes to use Peru's fiber fabrics in his design, such as camel hair and camel hair.

In addition to promoting his own design in the Chinese market, Su Mei also hopes to bring Peru to the market.

Bring into the Chinese market and promote in the Chinese market.

"Camel's hair has many characteristics, including diversity, good permeability, softness, durability, environmental protection and so on. I think the practicality, comfort and fashionable style of camel's hair are very suitable for China's fashion market," Su Mei said.

At the same time, she also expressed the idea of promoting camel's hair in the Chinese market by borrowing some high-end design clothing. At present, Sumei is doing research on textile related fabric culture in Peru and other parts of the world. Before the interview, she came back from the field visit to the Amazonian valley.

Peru's ambassador to China, Juan Carlos Capu ay, said in an interview with China textile daily in April this year: "camel hair and Angola rabbit hair, cashmere and Ma Haimao are among the world's top fabrics, but compared with other high-end fabrics, camel hair fabrics are more excellent.

Because alpacas grow on the plateau of 3000~4000 meters above sea level, low protein based food structure makes alpaca hair soft and shiny.

At the same time, camel hair has excellent performance in terms of warmth retention.

Moreover, unlike Ma Haimao and Angola rabbit hair color is too single, there are 24 colors of camel hair, which can be blended into a variety of colors.

This makes camel hair better suited to the current use of fabrics and meets consumer demand in terms of plasticity or environmental protection, Capu ay said.

Sumei's "Chinese dream"

When talking about the Chinese elements in his works, Su Mei said that the brand of Chinese elements can be found in it.

The tailoring, structure and functionality of the design are reflected.

"My philosophical understanding of aesthetics is clean, chic and comfortable," said Su Mei.

She likes Chinese cheongsam. Now she is designing a cheongsam with wool collar and kimono sleeves.

Su Mei's favorite Chinese designer is Uma Wang.

"My Chinese dream is to set up boutiques selling Chinese design works and learn to speak Chinese in China," said Su Mei.

At present, the design of Sumei has been exported to France, Spain, the United States, Britain and Japan.