AFTER WINNING THE ANDAM, PIÈCES UNIQUES OPENS A NEW CHAPTER, MORE INTROSPECTIVE, MORE DEEPLY ROOTED, WHERE CREATION BECOMES A RETURN TO ESSENCE AND IDENTITY.

‘RED ORIGIN’ DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE HONGBANG TAILORS, KNOWN AS THE RED GANG TAILORS, THE FIRST GENERATION OF CHINESE ARTISANS TO LEARN WESTERN TAILORING FROM EUROPEANS IN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY SHANGHAI. BY ASSIMILATING THESE TECHNIQUES, THEY SHAPED A HYBRID WARDROBE, BLENDING WESTERN RIGOR WITH EASTERN SENSITIVITY.

THIS GESTURE RESONATES INTIMATELY WITH THE JOURNEY OF EDMOND LUU.

RAISED IN FRANCE AND CARRYING CHINESE ROOTS LONG KEPT IN SILENCE, HE TOO LEARNED A LANGUAGE THAT CAME FROM ELSEWHERE BEFORE BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS HIS OWN. LIKE THE RED GANG, HIS WORK IS BORN FROM THIS ENCOUNTER: UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER IN ORDER TO DEFINE ONESELF.

REFLECTING CONTEMPORARY CHINA, ‘RED ORIGIN’ EMBRACES A DELIBERATE TENSION BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERNITY. TO DEVELOP THE COLLECTION, THE TEAM TRAVELED THROUGH THE REGIONS SURROUNDING SHANGHAI, MEETING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE DESCENDANTS OF RED GANG TAILORS, RECONNECTING WITH A LINEAGE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP ROOTED IN PRECISION & CONSTRUCTION.

THESE FOUNDATIONS OF SHANGHAINESE TAILORING ARE REINTERPRETED THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY LENS, EXPRESSED IN GEOMETRIC FORMS, COLOR BLOCKING, AND DEEP MONOCHROMES, WITH COLORS CHOSEN IN RESONANCE WITH THE CHINESE TALES AND LEGENDS THAT SHAPED EDMOND’S CHILDHOOD.

‘RED ORIGIN’ IS AN ODE TO UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE.

OF TWO ORIGINS THAT NO LONGER OPPOSE ONE ANOTHER, BUT STRENGTHEN EACH OTHER. A LIVING LINK BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, TRANSFORMED INTO LANGUAGE, INTO SILHOUETTE, INTO STRENGTH.