Fashion / Textiles / Accessory Design

In 2021, I conceived, led, and directed Artificial Flower, a fashion and accessories collection under my eponymous brand. As the sole designer, I led a team of over 50 collaborators from diverse cultural and national backgrounds across fabrication, production, presentation to bring the project to life.

Inspired by funerary traditions in my rural hometown of Nanzhao, China—where synthetic flowers symbolize memory and community bonds—the collection reimagines remembrance through fashion and textile innovation. I recreated fading cultural textures using 3D scans, X-rays, and hand illustration, combining traditional Chinese and Western weaving and beading techniques—all crafted with tools I designed myself. These artificial flowers became vessels of memory, fusing ritual with material reinvention. The project bridges heritage and experimental craftsmanship, reflecting my belief that preservation is a form of sustainability—where tradition, craft, and personal history endure through the language of design.