UMA WANG PLAYFUL DECONSTRUCTION - Fashion Week Magazine

UMA WANG SPRING/SUMMER 2024

What memories remain of Venezia once one has left the Serenissima?

The outlines of the architectures.

The dilapidated colors of the walls, and the frescoes and paintings inside the buildings.

A pungent smell of laguna water.

And a certain playfulness , a feeling of frivolity and insouciance.

A collection that explores playfulness and decay, with the reductionist language Uma Wang stands for. Volumes that fold, protrude, bend, gather. Washed and stained wallpaper surfaces. Hints of lacelace, and jacquard silk used on the reverse side. Vintage potato sacks and paper, cut into pliable shapes.

Every garment is meant to engage a minuet with the wearer: drawstrings and wires allow one to mold the flow on and around the body; slits and cuts incite tying and folding in multiple ways; so do ribbons and ties. Even the deconstructed tricorn hats can be modeled however one wishes.

The opulence of imperfection as an invite to play with fashion : on in one way , but in multiple manners.

By Angelo Flaccavento