“We want to talk about this era in Asia that not a lot of people choose to romanticize,” says Dylan Cao of the cusp between the ’80s and ’90s.
There is a shelf in my parents’ house that contains nothing but photo albums. Though cheaply bought, they carry the greatest treasures: film snapshots of my mother in Seoul when she was young in the ’80s with her padded shoulders and skirt suits, faded at the edges though they were protected by sheet plastic.
The secret lies in their deft reimagining of the chintzy clothing worn by women of that generation, blended with more clean and classic design. “We want to talk about this era in Asia that not a lot of people talk about, that not a lot of people choose to romanticize,” Cao says of the cusp between the ’80s and ’90s. Then, stylish women across the continent, without access to high-end labels, made do with tailored pieces inspired by trends from the West but cut from cheaper cloth.
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