\n\tFeng Chen Wang took a more romantic but no less elegant turn for spring with a collection that was rife with soft tailoring and techniques inspired by her heritage.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe called the collection \u201cA Future in Bloom\u201d in a nod to the approach that\u2019s underpinned her brand, which turned 10 this year, but also as a manifesto for what she considered the opening chapter of its second decade.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe smart beige shorts suit, softened by pleats inserted into the panels of the jacket that expanded as the model walked, set the tone.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhat followed were fluid tailored shorts so wide they appeared to be kilts or skorts; boxy jackets with utilitarian pockets but also blousy poet sleeves, and lightweight blousons with a satisfying cocooning shoulder line. Many came in skin-flattering pinks.<\/p>\n
\n\tA khaki overcoat was printed with scattered foliage, the result of a high-temperature pressed-plant technique she applied to hardy fabric woven on an old loom that yielded 50-centimeter-wide bolts of fabric.<\/p>\n
\n\tCombining them together \u201cshows how we grow together, just like a plant grows to become a forest,\u201d she said. \u201cIt comes together as one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tLater on came smart-cool denim and preppy knits in a palette of soft blues, symbolizing freedom and the future for Wang. A zigzag cardigan, worn paired with tailored shorts by basketball player and friend-of-a-decade Russell Westbrook, was a standout.<\/p>\n
\n\tThis section telegraphed a \u201cschoolboy energy\u201d as the designer put it, and rounded off the impression of a youthful brand steadily growing into its own. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Feng Chen Wang took a more romantic but no less elegant turn for spring with a collection that was rife with soft tailoring and techniques inspired by her heritage. She called the collection \u201cA Future in Bloom\u201d in a nod to the approach that\u2019s underpinned her brand, which turned 10 this year, but also as a manifesto for what she considered the opening chapter of its second decade. The smart beige shorts suit, softened by pleats inserted into the panels of the jacket that expanded as the model walked, set the tone. What followed were fluid tailored shorts so wide they appeared to be kilts or skorts; boxy jackets with utilitarian pockets but also blousy poet sleeves, and lightweight blousons with a satisfying cocooning shoulder line. Many came in skin-flattering pinks. A khaki overcoat was printed with scattered foliage, the result of a high-temperature pressed-plant technique she applied to hardy fabric woven on an old loom that yielded 50-centimeter-wide bolts of fabric. Combining them together \u201cshows how we grow together, just like a plant grows to become a forest,\u201d she said. \u201cIt comes together as one.\u201d Later on came smart-cool denim and preppy knits in a palette of soft blues, symbolizing freedom and the future for Wang. A zigzag cardigan, worn paired with tailored shorts by basketball player and friend-of-a-decade Russell Westbrook, was a standout. This section telegraphed a \u201cschoolboy energy\u201d as the designer put it, and rounded off the impression of a youthful brand steadily growing into its own. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}