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- Born and raised in Qingdao, China, Zhang moved abroad at the age of 17 and has since lived in Paris, New Zealand, and London.
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“When I was at Central Saint Martins, there were only a couple of Chinese students in my class,” remembered 29-year-old Huishan Zhang, the newest recruit to the packed London presentation schedule. Now, Britain’s prestigious fashion school has an ever-high number of design-ambitious students who hail from the Chinese mainland. Pundits and prognosticators have seen it as only a matter of time before a creative talent will emerge in London who represents a perfect East-West meld—just as Jason Wu, Joseph Altuzarra, and Phillip Lim do in New York. Will Zhang, who was sponsored by the new invitation-only luxury-shopping club, Luxup (which aims to attract super high-end travelers with special shopping experiences), turn out to be a leader of that London Anglo-Chinese demographic?
Zhang, born in the port city of Qingdao, received his first stamp of approval from the NEWGEN scheme when he was given permission to sell his collection under the Topshop-sponsored umbrella at the young designer showrooms in London—an accolade he won for his delicate yet modern cutting of lace and eyelet
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Huishan Zhang's trademark piece is the qipao, the body-hugging women's dress, often associated with 1920s Shanghai, bringing together Chinese culture and traditions with western society and a modern twist. Here, he has reconstructed the traditional qipao and the classical motif of dragon robes in silk organza, hand embroidery and lace.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, lace and embroidery. | ||
| Brief description | Couture dress, white organza, lace, embroidery, dragon, by Huishan Zhang, China, A/W 2011. | ||
| Physical description | White organza couture dress with black lace embroidery of traditional Chinese dragon and flower petals. The lace is half hand made, half machine made. | ||
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| Production type | Haute couture | ||
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