Adrian Wu
14/02/12
Adrian Wu
Rachel Capper
With seven collections under his belt at the age of just 21, Adrian Wu has established his aesthetic with the Canadian fashion community in only two years. Wu can be described somewhat as an overnight sensation, originally on a different path at first, aged 18 he had been studying to become a sexologist at the University of Toronto. Wu decided to learn how to sew in his mother’s basement and in 2010 he created his own design company.
Showing his Spring 2012 collection at LG Fashion Week in Toronto was a fearless display of an original concept. Fascinated by Quantum Physics, Wu used the “double slit theory’ as stimulus, corresponding matter and energy to waves and particles. Naming the show ‘Creatures of the Photons’ the colour and orbs used were a progression of all of Wu’s interests. Heavily influenced by fine art, history, and the limitation that sex holds over people, Wu lures his passions into his designs. It almost seemed to adopt Darwin’s theory of evolution, as the unfinished look on some models evolves to a breath-taking climax of ruffles and androgyny; the towering heels are metaphorical seedlings that flower upwards.
Wu is already much talked about in the Canadian press and is fast becoming one of the most interesting designers to watch. With an invite to show his Fall 2012 collection in Paris it seems the French is embracing Wu as a gender boundary breaker in style.
Wu is unconventional in his influence and his design, wishing to change the silhouette of gender is problematic, yet taking on the challenge will no doubt make Adrian Wu a prominent part of fashion history.
(images courtesy of www.flare.com)
Showing his Spring 2012 collection at LG Fashion Week in Toronto was a fearless display of an original concept. Fascinated by Quantum Physics, Wu used the “double slit theory’ as stimulus, corresponding matter and energy to waves and particles. Naming the show ‘Creatures of the Photons’ the colour and orbs used were a progression of all of Wu’s interests. Heavily influenced by fine art, history, and the limitation that sex holds over people, Wu lures his passions into his designs. It almost seemed to adopt Darwin’s theory of evolution, as the unfinished look on some models evolves to a breath-taking climax of ruffles and androgyny; the towering heels are metaphorical seedlings that flower upwards.
Wu is already much talked about in the Canadian press and is fast becoming one of the most interesting designers to watch. With an invite to show his Fall 2012 collection in Paris it seems the French is embracing Wu as a gender boundary breaker in style.
Wu is unconventional in his influence and his design, wishing to change the silhouette of gender is problematic, yet taking on the challenge will no doubt make Adrian Wu a prominent part of fashion history.
(images courtesy of www.flare.com)