Fashion is not art and art is not fashion. But is that really so? It's always such a tussle between the decorative and the profound; the amusing and the serious; the functional and the.. non functional, the sublime; the ridiculous! I first experienced Matiny Ng's designs at the
Raffles Byzantium graduate show in December 2013; playful and bold, wearable if you were game, distinctive and creative; using the circle and the square motif. The
Menswear there, perhaps being the more radically inspired of the designs.
This year she is back as part of the Raffles International Showcase at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia along with fellow students from
that 2013 show and others. Matiny Ng showcases her new label 580 and her SS 15/16 range. The pieces again designed around circle and square motifs speak to me of
Non Objective Abstraction in art. Meanwhile, in the men's range there seem to be some sort of Luis Buñuel surrealist clerics, or perhaps it's that fashion parade from Fellini's movie Roma; no no its more
Non Objective art as fashion from Matiny Ng. Wearable? I mean really how dare you.. Who cares!
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| Cross motif, ecumenical inspiration? Matiny Ng's 580 label. Photographed by Kent Johnson. |
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| A Red Cardinal? Matiny Ng's 580 label. Photographed by Kent Johnson. |
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| The Padre? Menswear at Matiny Ng's 580 label. Photographed by Kent Johnson. |
I wonder if quite a few of the audience were wondering what the @#!! was going on with this show; but as you can tell I loved it; the colours the fabrics, the garments construction, and mostly the Ideas! More please Matiny Ng.
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I wonder if quite a few of the audience were wondering what the @#!! was going on with this show; but as you can tell I loved it; the colours the fabrics, the garments construction, and mostly the Ideas! More please Matiny Ng.