INFLUENCE
EDITOR: HANNAH WEBBER
RENAISSANCE 2014
FASHION DESIGNER, DANNY NGUYEN, EXPLAINS HOW HE IS INFLUENCED BY THE RENAISSANCE ERA IN HIS DESIGN PROCESS.
How would you define the style that your Spring/Summer 2014 line exemplifies?
I wanted to understand the life of a flower - from the day it was put into the earth and into the root to becoming the beautiful flower it is; until it faded and died and was born again next season...just like fashion.
You have so many Renaissance influences in your work. What is it about this particular time
period that inspires you?
I love classic, very romantic looks, but at the same time dark - period wise - is too much to understand. It is more of the character of the person that
wears the clothes that brings it to life and brings out the culture in their history.
Have you been able to utilize any design techniques of the Renaissance era, in your current collection?
I love to work with dark colors and gold and also love to have a Asian influence into it, but to make it wearable and modern for the public eyes to see.
How are you able to perfectly blend historical fabric references with an elegant, modern look?
By understanding the way women dress nowadays and understand- ing what is hot and trendy. Also by
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