Interview With Design Master He Jianhua: Let "Chinese Design" Go Abroad

Recently, the Shenzhen Fashion Week held a joint exhibition featuring the theme of fashion and rebirth. Mr. He Jianhua, the famous Chinese fashion designer, came to the scene with five young designers, such as Ho Chi Wen, Pei Pei, He Shanheng and Wu Jiaqing. He Jianhua, the famous designer of Hongkong, is the president of the joint exhibition. He has participated in many famous fashion week at home and abroad.

This is an old design master X new generation design, a passion for fashion and design, a deep interpretation of fashion, adventurous adventures and attempts. It also represents the new generation design force of Hongkong fashion design and the exchange of fashion design in mainland China.

Over the past thirty years, he has won numerous awards. Hongkong fashion The master of design, the sensation of Hongkong, is the East. fashion week Top ten fashion designers came first; he was awarded a special award for outstanding fashion designers in Guangdong; his design work, Yan and green, was permanently collected by the Hongkong Cultural Museum and the China National Silk Museum. He was awarded the award of "the most influential fashion designer award in China". He was called "Karl Rafael or Buddha in Chinese fashion."

Thirty years, he witnessed the thirty years of Chinese fashion. In thirty years, he was active in the fashion field of the three sides of the Taiwan Strait, and he was the most qualified and objective judge of the past and future of Chinese design. In his mouth, the past and future of Chinese fashion design is a living Documentary: real, objective and future.

Talk about the theme of "fashion rebirth". He Jianhua This theme implies his desire for a new generation of young designers in China, hoping that they can bring new strength to our fashion dress design and bring China's fashion design to the international stage. At the same time, we hope that Hongkong's fashion forces will be reborn after spanmutation.

He said that once Hongkong fashion really affected the rise of mainland fashion. But then, with the change of Hongkong's environment, the fashion industry in Hongkong was languid and embarrassed. The so-called "thirty years Hedong thirty years Hexi", now Hongkong's fashion design environment is far less than the mainland.

As an understanding of Hongkong fashion, and better understand the mainland fashion. Designer He Jianhua said that in the early days of designers, it is incumbent on China to make contributions to the future of Chinese design and design. He is convinced that China's design will go global. But before that, Chinese design must find its own fashion language and create unique symbol design works.

In recent years, he has been widely active in the three areas across the Straits, focusing on the design and actively promoting the growth of Chinese new generation design forces. Dress culture The committee is committed to Fostering China's reputation. Clothing design Master and Clothing brand Let the "world fashion look at China"!

Q1: as far as I know, in the newly concluded fashion week in Shenzhen, you joined hands with 5 young designers in Hongkong to hold a theme exhibition on fashion rebirth. What do you think of this theme?

A: at the invitation of the organizing committee, the six designers of the Hongkong Fashion Designers Association participated in the Shenzhen fashion week. The theme of the theme is: once the Hongkong fashion definitely affected the rise of the mainland fashion, but with the spanformation of Hongkong's economy and the environment of Hongkong, the Hongkong government did not pay enough attention to the support of the fashion industry for a period of time, and the cognitive limitations of the fashion industry's importance to the sustainable development of the Hongkong economy inevitably led to the increasingly embarrassing situation of the Hongkong fashion industry.

Today, Hongkong really needs the need for a further change, and my identity is placed between the two, on the one hand, to understand the current situation of Hongkong's fashion, and on the other hand, to know more about the mainland, so in line with the initial intention. We hope to help and push Hongkong to reconsider itself and adjust our ideas in the new environment and new situation, and seize the opportunity to break through in the fashion field under the favorable policy of "one belt and one road" in the new environment, so as to truly promote the regeneration of Hongkong's fashion force. At the same time, go to the world with Chinese design.

Q2: how do you feel when working with 5 young designers with an average age of 30? How do you keep the unity of works at the age of high crossing?

A: making a show with young designers is a rare experience for me. As an older generation of fashion designers, it is also a good thing.

Due to their respective age and experience, their works are difficult to achieve uniformity. As the president of the joint exhibition, they encountered many problems and difficulties in the final arrangement and overall planning. But the design is inclusive: the design can be personalized, diversified, colorful and unique. It is also smart, integrated and free to create new tastes. Finally, we take "fashion and rebirth" as the theme, take "diversity and innovation" as the main line, integrate different styles, different elements and different creative design works, and present a beautiful fashion show on the whole. For me, it was also an experimental breakthrough. It feels good.

Q3: how do you keep your design alive? What are your sources of inspiration?

A: when I first came into contact with fashion design, I fell in love with him. At that moment, I knew very well that I was born for fashion.

As for how to maintain the vitality of design, it is unbelievable: it comes from all opponents in my life and everything that contradicts me. Those disdain, strike, objection, and obsolete systems and traditions are inspiring to me and beating blood for me. It is a secret that I have always been full of vigorous vitality both in adversity or in prosperity in the past decades.

As for the source of inspiration (when he said, he smiled shyly), I am very glad that I am full of spirit from urine. A grass, a line, a word, a poem, a picture, a song, a flower, a cloud, a stream, or even a continuous mountain range, boundless sea, lakes, fields... And so on, everything can evoke the ripples of my mind, touch my soul and spout the passion of design. I think that is my inspiration. She is not mysterious and illusory. It is the communication and communication between our heart and the ordinary, that is the inspiration in design works. Inspiration is everywhere! The key is to see you and how to catch her.

Q4: at present China Design On the international stage, there is a certain position. In this great environment, a large number of Chinese new generation designers are beginning to rise. What do you think will affect their growth and development compared with your times? What opportunities and challenges will they encounter?

A: as a matter of fact, Chinese design is still in the rising stage, and it can not be regarded as a certain position in the international fashion stage. The so-called status is widely recognized and influenced worldwide, whether in individuals or in our works. Obviously, this is not enough for us. Our fashion people still need to work hard, but this does not affect the environment of China's fashion development. This is only a matter of time.

In recent years, a large number of new generation Designer The rise of strength is indeed something to be reckoned with. They are in the best of times and the worst of times. With the enrichment and development of fashion information, the expansion of the domestic fashion industry has accelerated the arrival of the era of universal design and universal fashion. Undoubtedly, it brings favorable market prospects for the new generation of designers and personal brands. But at the same time, the number of designers is increasing year by year, the competition situation is escalated, and the personalized aesthetic rise of consumers has forced designers to create "unique and popular" design. In the past, fashion design is not just a dress, but a personal card with a distinct personality. One Fashion Designer If you want to stand out, you have to find a popular and unique design language belonging to your own designer. This is undoubtedly a very arduous task.

The older generation of designers has witnessed the vicissitude and development of Chinese fashion in the past thirty years. It has also experienced the environment of personal development and Chinese design, and has a better understanding of how a designer grows and develops and understands the design of life. Across the space and time, the exchange of new and old designers of two generations and the collision with passion, I believe, both for the two, or for the entire design community, is of great significance.

Q5: as far as I know, you have frequently mentioned the term "Chinese design" recently. In your opinion, how do you understand the word "Chinese design"? How do you think Chinese design can find its own fashion language?

A: since I returned to the independent independent designer in 2010, I have spanferred the development center to the prosperity and promotion of Chinese fashion strength, and constantly use various occasions and opportunities to promote "Chinese design". I hope that by appealing to the driving role of the older generation of fashion designers, we will awaken the awakening of the whole Chinese design, lead the new generation of design forces, jointly upgrade their design level to a higher level, be highly aligned with the world fashion, and gradually push the "Chinese design" to the world, thereby affecting the world, and ultimately establishing the Chinese design in the world. fashion Status.

Over the years, we can see that China Designer We are really looking forward to the works of our designers and win an honor for Chinese design. But unfortunately, these big and small shows haven't caused enough shock and influence in the world's fashion stage. Therefore, the industry calls for " China Design "China's good design" has become more urgent under the environment of universal design.

I always think " China Design "It's not just that" red lanterns hang high "," double happiness "," dragon robes, and the blue and white porcelain "are all the elements in design at best. The real Chinese design should be an innovative, artistic and cultural blend of western culture elements. It is a "Chinese design" that combines the essence of Chinese traditional culture with modern design art and creates unique symbols. It is a big problem to find a fashion design language. It is not a problem that two designers can achieve. It may take a generation of people to work hard for a lifetime, or even more people. I think that if we want to find our own design language, we can explore the uniqueness of diversity under the concept of "the world is the world", but it must be international. Chinese design can only bring the trend of international popularity to bring the eternal vitality of Chinese design. For example, cheongsam is a design with Chinese characteristics, and many designers both at home and abroad are fond of it. cheongsam The elements are integrated into the design. And how to make cheongsam Without the restriction of countries and regions, the international trend of universal application is the challenge faced by China's design.

Q6: what do you want to say to the designers of the new generation?

A: the younger generation. Designer They have ideas, impulses, creativity and creativity, which is very good. But we must sink our hearts and really integrate into the design so that we can design well. In the era of universal design, everyone can design, which requires our work to be more unique and more personal and unique. As the saying goes, "from heart to heart, culture is man, and design is like man." Young Designer To do well in design, we must first be a good person, and character is the highest. We believe that good character can definitely design good works.

Q7: over the years, you have been active in the fashion industry in three places across the Taiwan Strait. How do you see the design environment in the mainland and Hongkong and the impact on designers?

A: the mainland and Hongkong. Design The environment has already gone through a great reversal. The fashion design environment of Hongkong, which is called "thirty years of Hedong thirty years of Hexi", is already far less than that of the mainland. As far as I am concerned, the prospect of Hongkong's new generation of designers is slim, and development is certainly not easy; and with the development of the economy, the fashion city center has been continuously spread from the first tier cities to the two or three line cities, even affecting the four or five line counties and towns. Designer The prospects for career development are promising. Thus, Hongkong's Designer At this stage, we must keep in line with the mainland and integrate into the environment of the mainland of China, so as to bring our own design talents into full play so as to promote the redevelopment of Hongkong's fashion.