Panta Rhei -2024 Parsons Thesis Collection
Extending from the idea in the philosophy of Heraclitus, the word ‘Panta Rhei’ means ‘everything flows.’ My thesis collection talks about the idea of impermanence, that things are existing in the constant flux of change, undergoing wearing and tearing. It is a project talking about how time carries life forward and leaves things behind. The collection illustrates how the process of disintegration, deterioration and break-down of physical materiality happens. The fashion form will juxtapose well-tailored pieces together with deconstructed garments and shredded-looking textile as contrast, aiming at achieving the decayed aesthetics through textile manipulation techniques such as screen printing, fraying and machine knitting, which collectively convey a disintegrated beauty throughout the collection.
This is a collection that laments the loss. It is a call-back to the past. It is a commemoration of the Missing List of my personal memory. By approaching the abstract topic from a personal perspective, I witness the trace of time and see how we inevitably say goodbye to things and people in life.
Photographer: Brian He
@brianhyx Joanna Fang
@jojoannaff
Videographer: Benjamin Wang
@_benjaminwang_
Talent: Dianer Jia
@dianerjia Shihan Zhang
@chzr1s
MUA: Yixiao Li
@makeup.ivve Shuang Zhou
@shuang_elsie
Production Assistant: Roxanne Jingxuan Zhao
@roxanne_zjx
Thank you
@yoonchangnyc and
@markusrhuemer for the amazing year. I am grateful for having your guidance and support along the journey of my thesis year, helping me to find personal aesthetics, unique voice and identity as a designer.
@parsons_fashion @parsonsschoolofdesign 
