The Taipei Fashion Week, which started only 6 years ago, has set itself the task of creating a dialogue between traditional performance, craftsmanship and fashion. The opening show, which was held for the first time at the Nankunshen Daitian Temple in Tainan on March 22nd, is seen as a complement to the shows at the main venue, the Songshan Culture and Creative Park in Taipei.
According to those responsible, people have been coming to the Nankunshen Daitian Temple for the past 360 years to express their wishes, and Tainan is also known for its traditional craft heritage. Therefore, it was clear that the opening show should take place at the other side of the island in Tainan. The aim is to bring traditional Taiwanese craftsmanship to the forefront.
On the evening of the opening show, it became clear that this plan was working. Craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation and contemporary fashion elements came together to create unique collections. The staging of the shows incorporated elements of traditional art performances, crafts and fashion. Thus, classical music, traditional opera or shadow theatre appeared while 7 labels (Tangtsungchien, Just In XX, Bob Jian, C Jean, Gioia Pan, Wei Tzu-Yuan and Yenline) presented 70 looks.
Apart from fireworks, the fashion film and AW23 promotional video by master photographer Yingting He and director Zhun Zhang was projected onto the temple to kick off the evening. It is their first attempt to combine traditional cultural video and artificial intelligence (Deforum Stable Diffusion) to create an image texture like an abstract painting and complement the fine movements of professional artists, adding a higher level to the overall visual image. In their own words, they followed Joanne Chih-chiao Tseng from a third-person perspective of shift, integration and connection, combining cultural memory and modern fashion to create a whole new look.
Text extract from the article by Florian Müller: Taipei Fashion Week kicks off in an imposing setting, but in a different place than the name suggest.
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