ZINING YE
Fashion Design MFA
Fashion Institute of Technology FIT
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Apparel / Womenswear
My location: New York, United States
ZINING YE
First Name: ZINING
Last Name: YE
University / College: Fashion Institute of Technology FIT
Course / Program: Fashion Design MFA
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Apparel / Womenswear
My Location: New York, United States
Website: Click To See Website
About
Chinese-born, New York-based, Zining Ye, is a designer who strives to create a fashion language that juxtaposes chaos with tranquility and maximalism with restraint. Form and textile manipulation are central to her work. Traditional silhouettes are fused with architectonic textiles, and neutral palettes combine with rigid volumes to create collections that are quietly striking. During her studies in the FIT MFA Fashion Program, Zining Ye found a balance between traditional Asian culture and modern expression.
In Asian culture, restraint is a central theme. I began my collection from my curiosity about my grandmother’s generation and the social-cultural constructs of her era. Despite external suppression of individualism during that era, internal expression and freedom persisted. My collection, “Fancy Inside”, seeks to represent the friction of internal and external worlds by playing with the juxtaposition of fluidity and rigidity in form and textile and mixing traditional Eastern crafts with modern materials.
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