Norwegian born designer Duy Dinh Ngo, a graduate from London College of Fashion BA Menswear Fashion Design and Technology course, is proud to announce the launch of his first collection.
Inspiration for his collection spreads wide; from family, friends, things, he captures whilst strolling around the city and its vintage markets to investigations of the silhouettes of woman's wear.
Duy-Dinh’s graduation collection is inspired by Hip-Hop in the early 80’s, which has had a big impact on subsequent generations. Using Andrei 3000 from Hip-Hop duo Outkast as his main character, Duy-Dinh has created his own fashion Wonderland story, combining the Hip-Hop theme with Alice in Wonderland.
“I have created a collection of modern menswear by responding to a world where fashion constantly changes. As technology and culture moves forward, I will look back to the future and explore the 1980’s hip-hop culture, in conjunction with research into contemporary street fashion. This will be combined with elements of fantasy to create my own “’contemporary fashion wonderland.’”
The Duy-Dinh autumn/winter 2016 collection has been designed as a unisex collection with a strong focus on simple silhouettes combined with experimental shapes, details, and textiles. He has used light fabrics, such as smooth cotton mixed with jersey wool, cashmere wool, and heavy wool. Inspired by the colors from the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland, the collection ranges from Shiny black, light grey, dark blue, elephant white, green patrol, dark green, burn red, and burn orange.
The garments are accessorized with handmade wickerwork backpacks and shoes designed in collaboration with Elisabeth Thorsen. The garments have been designed to be interchangeable so that the individual can create their own looks.
See the collection.
Photos & text Copyright Duy Dinh.