ABOUT THE DESIGNER
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SHIRLEY TANG IS A SHANGHAI BORN, VANCOUVER RAISED AND NEW YORK BASED DESIGNER, CURRENTLY PURSUING HER FASHION DESIGN BFA AT PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN WITH A FOCUS IN WOMENSWEAR, AND SET TO ENTER HER THESIS UNDERGRADUATE COLLECTION IN 2022-2023.
ORIENS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2020 AS AN ONGOING PROJECT AND EXTENSION OF HER "LABEL PROJECT" CONCEIVED IN HER SOPHOMORE YEAR AT PARSONS, AND ONE TO GROW AND EVOLVE IN HER FUTURE EXPLORATIONS.
IT CURRENTLY COMPRISES BOTH OF RESEARCH AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS, AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL MADE TO ORDER PIECES AND CUSTOM DESIGNS FOR SELECT STYLISTS AND CLIENTS.
ABOUT ORIENS
ORIENS EMBODIES A MODERNIZATION OF ITS LATIN ROOT, MEANING "RISING" FROM THE VISION OF THE EASTERN RISING SUN, TRANSLATED IN EVOLUTION INTO NEW HORIZONS, EXPERIMENTATION ON THE BORDERLINE, AND THE PERPETUAL FORWARD MOMENTUM TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
ORIENS SEEKS TO EXPLORE A FUTURIST SPACE BASING UPON THE CONNECTIVE AND DICHOTOMOUS RELATIONSHIPS OF CLOTHING AND BODY, TRADITION AND EXPERIMENT, BIOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTIFICIAL.
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BELIEVING IN GARMENTS AS A PRESENTATION OF THE BODY, IT CREATES FOR A FUTURIST VISION OF FEMALE SENSUALITY, EMPHASIZING FORMS AND DETAILS OF THE BODY WITH CUTOUTS AND MULTI PANELED SILHOUETTES TO SHAPE, INTERACT AND EMBELLISH.
NOTABLE FEATURES
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ORIENS'S PIECES HAVE BEEN PART OF PROJECTS LIKE PAPER MAGAZINE'S ISSUE 17 COVER, SCHÖN MAGAZINE'S EDITORIAL "BEFORE APOCALYPSE", KING KONG MAGAZINE'S ISSUE 11 "FETISH" ON EARTHEATER, NOWNESS'S FILM IN COLLABORATION WITH SUPERBLUE MUSEUM MIAMI "EVERY STEP IS A PRAYER", KALI UCHIS'S WONDERLAND MAGAZINE SPREAD IN THE AUTUMN 2020 ISSUE, AND SZA'S MUSIC VIDEO FOR "HIT DIFFERENT".
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ORIENS WAS RECENTLY FEATURED IN VOGUE UK IN AN ARTICLE AND PERSONAL INTERVIEW TO THE DESIGNER AS ONE OF SIX "TOP DESIGNERS TO FOLLOW ON DEPOP", AS WELL AS A GUEST FEATURE ON VOGUE FOR ITS STYLING INCLUSION IN SOO JOO PARK'S HAENIM MUSIC VIDEO, AS WELL AS I-D MAGAZINE'S "SCREWING WITH SILHOUETTES" HIGHLIGHTING 4 EMERGING DESIGNERS WORKING WITH UNCONVENTIONAL SILHOUETTES..
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IT HAS ALSO CREATED STYLIST COMMISSIONS FOR CELEBRITIES LIKE, ALEALI MAY, DEVON LEE CARLSON, AND CUSTOM DESIGNS FOR KALI UCHIS, ROSALIA, AND KYLIE JENNER.