Laurel Tiange Fang

Collection

Image: Laser Cut Fresnel Lens Over Pleated Ice Dye Dress
Photo: Zackery Yao | Model: Zoey Liang

Laurel Blue: I am the image, in their frame.

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. It is an underwater museum where limitless exploration unfolds. We find our true self, in this most unknown. Everything else in life quite literally floats away as you dive below. The sense of never ending wonder tempts me back, time and time again.

Laurel Blue has and continues to be the conceptualization of my affinity towards the ocean. From exploring the myriad of textures to a post-apocalyptic fantasy where we are to live as hybrids underwater I have continued to excavate. The last project even considered the possibility of sharks inhabiting the newly discovered water-planet Kepler 138c.

Much like a humble visitor to any ordinary museum, I gave agency only to myself in this most special of museums. It was always me looking at them. The sea is as near as we come to another world. Here, I am but a visitor for I cannot stay below for long. For the final Laurel Blue, I ponder this two way interaction. When I gaze upon its inhabitants, do they in turn, look at me. How am I perceived? A friend or foe, a shadow or a glow. Do I pass by in a blur or am I ever in focus. The scallop usually evokes a juicy, round adductor muscle. Yet, the mollusk possesses 200 eyes and the optics of which are more similar to that of a complex telescope. The mantis shrimp, with 16 color receptors compared to our 3, has the most complex eyes in existence. With the ability to see UV, visible and polarized light they are able to even see cancer. It is time to see more than just what we see and be looked upon.

The final Laurel Blue, through the lens of the inhabitants of the oceans seeks to develop but also question my relationship with it. I am the image in their frame.

Image: Laser Cut Fresnel Lens Over Pleated Ice Dye Dress
Model: Kalah Hendricks

Image: Laser Cut Felted Neoprene Coat
Photo: Zackery Yao | Models: Rabbi Wang & Annie Yin

Image: Laser Cut Fresnel Lens Over Pleated Ice Dye Dress
Model: Zoey Liang, Harrison Yu, Gabe Lebow

Image: Laser Cut Fresnel Lens Over Pleated Ice Dye Dress
Model: Zoey Liang

Image: Gravity Ice Dye Pleated Dress
Photo: Zackery Yao| Model: Kalah Hendricks

Image: Quilted Waterproof Diver Jacket and Fins Pants
Photo: Zackery Yao | Model: Alyse Taylor

Image: Laser Cut Ice Dye Adjustable Dress
Photo: Zackery Yao | Models: Iris Ryan

Image: Laser Cut Felted Neoprene Coat
Photo: Zackery Yao | Models: Rabbi Wang

Image: Scrunched Ice Dye Pleated Cutout Dress
Photo: Zackery Yao | Model: Kalah Hendricks

Image: Hand Ice Dyed Drop Back Quilted Dress
Photo: Zackery Yao | Model: Dianer Jia

Image: Gravity Ice Dye Pleated Dress
Photo: Zackery Yao | Model: Rabbi Wang

Image: Quilted Waterproof Diver Jacket & Fins Trousers
Photo: Zackery Yao | Model: Angelina Makretsova

Image: Laser Cut Felted Neoprene Coat
Photo: Zackery Yao | Models: Iris Ryan

Bio

Current Parsons School of Design senior student at BFA Fashion Design with an exchange background in Central Saint Martins BA Menswear.

Specialized in innovative fashion design technology, experienced working in Adobe Suites, Spark AR, Nomad, and Procreate. I have extensive experiences in fashion design, fashion public relations, digital contents and marketing.

Previously worked with international fashion brands across the United States and China such as Proenza Schouler, Halfdays Apparel, RUI, Bad Binch Tong Tong and Lucency.

My continuous collections of “Laurel Blue” explore my passion towards the ocean. Being a certified advanced diver, I believe that the sea is as near as I gaze upon the water’s inhabitants. Do they also look up at me? My thesis collection is built through the lens of the sea animals, questioning how we are perceived by the sea, and seeks to develop, but also question my relationship with it.

For more of my fashion design work: laurelfang.com

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