My MA graduation works//(Un) Countyfied
This project originates from my personal upbringing in a Chinese small-town, serving as a lens to examine the group known as “small-town Ya Kid”（县城亚逼）. It aims to reveal that these seemingly disparate individuals, with their distinct styles, in fact share a common cultural predicament in the urban-rural divide. They consistently engage in ongoing self-fashioning and identity negotiation through highly personalized aesthetic practices.
Methodologically, my project employs “using the self as a method,” guided by personal intuition to excavate and refine the unique objects, materials, and visual language of the “small-town,” striving to establish a new sartorial grammar rooted in local experience. The final designs deeply integrate the group’s distinct life philosophies—such as “Honest Expression” (exposing structure and trace) and the “Aesthetic of the Temporary” (embracing improvisation and repair)—setting it apart from elitist sustainability narratives. Simultaneously, it explores the straightforward, flattened visual language of county town advertising, transforming it into a core strategy for textile prints and graphic design.
Endless thanks to all the amazing humans behind this project❤️🔥
Fashion design& Photography: @lirokpp
HMUA: @cece.che@annanazo
Models: @annanazo@je.remia2003h
Lighting: @xiao_fanfan_xiaofan
EP: @sgsage_
Thank you for believing in this project and in me💜 @vero__liuyang
New market is coming！❤️❤️❤️
I will be here on 16th
🎪 SLOW FASHION FESTIVAL
📅 May 16 + 17
⏰ 11am-5pm
📍 Coal Drops Yard, Main Yard, Kings Cross, N1C 4LW
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My lovely handmade and me can't wait to see you😋
