NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 05: Models walks the runway at the Supima Spring 2014 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Studio at Lincoln Center on September 5, 2013 in New York City. Morgan Selin of Rhode Island School of Design won the competition this year. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)
Modelswalks the runway at the Suboo show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2014 at the Raleigh on July 19, 2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)
MIAMI BEACH, FL – JULY 19: Models walks the runway at the Poko Pano show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2014 at the Raleigh on July 19, 2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)
From the press release:
Nika Tang, M.F.A. Fashion Design, was born in Guangzhou, China, and grew up just east of San Francisco in Berkeley, California. Nika’s Spring 2014 Collection focuses on volume, movement and texture. The initial shape of the
garments takes on the half dome and ruffled silhouette of a sunfish, and the fabric reflects the textures of caviar eggs. Additionally inspired by the stone carvings of realism artist Kris Kuksi, the designs of Swiss architect Mario Botta, and the sculpture of South Korean artist Byoungho Kim, Nika’s collection combines traditional macramé and tailoring techniques, with modern textile printing and fabrication.
The collection will be featured in the Academy of Art University’s spring 2014 show at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week.
LIVE BROADCAST
For the ninth season, the show will be streamed live at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/
Designer Nika Tang
From the press release:
Gwen Shihyao Lai, M.F.A. Fashion Design, grew up in Taichung, Taiwan and graduated from the Tainan University of Technology where she received the “Most Original and Creative” Student Design Award for her undergraduate fashion
collection. Gwen was recently selected to participate in the Fall 2012 Inspirare Design Competition. Her Spring 2014 collection was inspired by the paintings of Filipino artist, Thaddeus Ochoa Pagaduan. The pleating of the collection’s cotton,
linen, silk, and ikat fabrics was inspired by the artist’s use of tree bark. The collection’s bleaching represents the sunlight and fire from nature.
Designer Gwen Shihyao Lai
LIVE BROADCAST
For the ninth season, the show will be streamed live at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/