Memorabilia
The quest for less as a stream of memories.
Reminiscences. Of shapes, lines and volumes. The frame of the body, softly impressed on pillows.
The apparent severity that comes from remembrance of something distant, in space or time. Details are erased: what remains is the outline.
Silhouettes fall straight and vertically, with a certain bulk. Forms are constructed around the body, precisely tailored, wrapped and knotted to create structure or encase movement.
Structure as posture. Posture as manner. Manner as structure. Structure as barrier, too: a way to contain transitory, to avoid memories from being dispersed, and allow them to occupy space.
Drapes are solidified, in an attempt to turn the emphemeral into permanent, like noting thoughts down on paper.
Fabric with weight. Dry. With a washed hand. Shaggy.
Strictness that contains and liberates, memorably.
By Angelo Flaccavento
Uma Wang founded her namesake label, UMA WANG, in 2009, shortly before becoming the first Chinese designer ever featured in the European fashion calendar.
The Shanghai-based brand has since established a loyal following of devotees taken by Wang’s vision of rugged elegance manifested in designs that bridge the lacuna between the ascetic and the sensual.
Uma Wang sharpened her sartorial skills at China Dong Hua Textile University and Central Saint Martins for ten years before conceiving her eponymous label.
The label’s luxe ready-to-wear - all manufactured in Italy in close collaboration with local textile mills - comes in a serene palette of neutrals, often adorned with big prints, raw edges, and immersive textures.
