I recently came across Young & Restless – a fashion label based in Singapore, which is collaboration between Ashburn Eng and MAX.TAN that I met first here.
Now my attention caught the Galactic Monastic collection for Spring/Summer 2012. Ashburn Eng found inspiration for the fashion pieces in a night dream he had, where a monk and a lotus were in the main roles. He is inspired by how a single piece of beautiful cloth could be draped, gathered, patched and wrapped to form a cocoon silhouette.
That is how the Galactic Monastic collection was born, where the main designer creates a galactic gothic mood and an east-meets-west monastic look. The greater part of the models are with a looser or freer and lighter silhouette through sheer fabrics in black, white, gray and metallic shades.
