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DRESS CODE
The new Dress Code collection explores the balance between convention, freedom, and individuality.

Clothing is a language without words. Every dress code speaks to a certain identity and culture—a shared code that allows us to move between different spaces and occasions.

For Dress Code, Daniel Wong revisits military tailoring, formalwear, signature prints, and everyday dressing to question what it really means to dress for an occasion, and the culture, etiquette, and personal values behind those choices.

A dress code is not simply a set of restrictions. It begins with understanding the occasion, the relationships within it, and the role we choose to play.

This season explores the tension between control and release, focusing on the threshold between restraint and eruption. Beneath an outward sense of calm lies a force in motion—like water held level in a glass, always on the verge of spilling over.

Rooted in the traditional qipao, the collection draws on its relationship with the body—both shaping and restraining it. A collaboration with a 75-year-old master qipao tailor brings a deeper understanding of the garment’s craftsmanship, while contemporary design elements and Gothic lines transform its structure into a vessel for emotion and energy.

Openings, structural tension, and contrasting materials reveal an inner force gradually pushing through while still held in check. Rather than decoration, these details appear as traces emerging from within the body, suggesting emotion, desire, and pressure accumulating beneath the surface.

Moving between East and West, tradition and the contemporary, the collection captures a sense of energy on the verge of breaking free, yet never quite losing control—a tension that is at once elegant and unsettling.

The story of a garment doesn’t have to end when it leaves the wardrobe. Vintage pieces can be worn again, iconic styles can inspire new creations, and discarded textiles can be transformed to begin a whole new chapter. This international fashion salon brings together fashion practitioners from Japan and Taiwan to explore vintage culture, garment collecting, creative practice, and circular upcycling. Through their different perspectives, they will share how we can rethink the lifespan, value, and possibilities of what we wear. When sustainability is not simply about buying less, but about helping clothes last longer and travel further, we also begin to reimagine our relationship with fashion and everyday life. Come hear the stories behind the clothes and discover how fashion’s next chapter might unfold.

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Inspired by the designer's daily experiences during a spring sojourn in Cambridge, England, this season’s collection translates the imagery of florals and the interplay of natural light and shadow into garment designs, evoking the hazy emotions of nostalgic longing and a yearning for a tranquil life.
At the same time, the collection carries forward the soft, layered silhouettes associated with sleep and dreams from the previous season, blending them with details from British tailoring to portray an elegant feminine strength—one that is soft and warm, yet possesses an inner resilience.

“Clothes may fade, but memories remain.”

AISH SS27 REUNION begins with a family wardrobe, where clothes and memories from different generations meet again. Worn garments, denim, suiting, tulle, and lace are deconstructed, pieced together, hand-stitched, and visibly mended into new forms.

For AISH, mending is not about erasing the traces of time, but allowing them to be seen and carried forward. As garments from different generations are stitched together, what continues is more than the life of the fabric—it is the memory and emotion of a family.

Clothes may fade, but memories remain. What is restitched is not only clothing, but time and love.

Inspired by Anne Rice’s iconic Interview with the Vampire, INFDARK SS27 pays homage to a vampire world spanning nearly seven centuries. As its characters move through time, fashion becomes a witness to changing eras—from Baroque and Rococo to Victorian dress and the present day—shaping the collection’s exploration of time, identity, and beauty.

Continuing INFDARK’s practice of reinterpreting historical dress through a contemporary lens, the collection draws on the dramatic proportions of the Baroque, the ornate detailing of Rococo, and Victorian symbols of power and status, including capes, corsetry, and sculptural tailoring. Through deconstruction, reconstruction, and modern silhouettes, these references evolve into INFDARK’s own vision of contemporary Gothic.

The fluid approach to gender found in Interview with the Vampire also resonates with INFDARK’s longstanding gender-neutral philosophy. Clothing moves beyond conventional gender codes to become an expression of identity, aesthetics, and the self.

More than a tribute to historical dress, SS27 is a dialogue across seven centuries. Drawing from the past and rewriting it through contemporary craft, INFDARK explores a vision of beauty that exists beyond the boundaries of time and gender.

Built around WISDOM® × oqLiq’s “CONSTRUCTIVISM” concept, the collection reimagines denim through space, time, and function. COOLMAX® denim, ONE WASH finishing, structural stitching, three-dimensional tailoring, and modular pockets allow the material’s raw character and the construction of each garment to become part of its design language.

Working with points, lines, and planes, the collection reshapes the relationship between clothing and the body. oqLiq’s Eastern approach to structure meets WISDOM®’s perspective on urban mobility, resulting in a new expression of functional denim that balances form, movement, and practical storage for contemporary city life.

Inspired by the quiet presence of wind across Taiwan, this season takes three homophonous characters—風 (Wind), 峯 (Peak), and 酆 (Fengdu)—as its creative starting point. Through the deconstruction and reinterpretation of cultural references, the collection unfolds across three narratives: humanity, nature, and spirituality.

WIND｜風
Drawing on Taiwan’s seasonal Jiǔjiàngfēng winds and the industries they have shaped, the series weaves together references to Aeolus, the Greek god of wind, and Vāyu, the Hindu deity of wind. Auspicious cloud motifs and shades of purple evoke the traditional imagery of good fortune arriving from the east.

PEAK｜峯
Rooted in Taiwan’s mountainous landscape, this series looks to the Earth God (Tudigong) and his traditional associations with the land, agriculture, and prosperity. Mountain-like textures move across the fabrics, while ceremonial shawls are reinterpreted through a contemporary urban lens, exploring the enduring relationship between spiritual belief and everyday life.

FENGDU｜酆
Taking its name from Fengdu, the mythological realm of the underworld, the third series explores ideas of ancestry and the spiritual world alongside references to Taiwan’s Indigenous cultures and mythology. Loofah fibre is introduced as an unconventional material across both garments and installation pieces.

Together, the three narratives form a Spring/Summer collection shaped by the movement of wind—a journey through Taiwan’s landscapes, cultural memory, spiritual traditions, and the stories carried quietly between them.

The presentation expands these ideas through the everyday dimensions of food, clothing, living, mobility, learning, and leisure. Collaborations range from food by Anlisi Food Group, sustainable eggshell and pineapple textiles by S.enyun, and fragrance by T.I.N.T STUDIO, to live performances by models, dancers, and musicians—allowing fashion to enter into dialogue with different aspects of contemporary life.

Taiwan’s history, culture, and social landscape have long been central to WEITZUYUAN’s creative practice. Through unexpected material combinations, experiments in silhouette, and different perspectives on contemporary issues, the brand approaches clothing as a form of artistic expression—one that invites conversation rather than offering fixed answers, and celebrates the freedom to create on its own terms.

Uniforms are more than workwear—they can be a language of culture, aesthetics, function, and identity. Drawing on years of cross-disciplinary uniform design, Justin Chou explores how Taiwan’s creative talent, textile innovation, craftsmanship, and manufacturing expertise can work together to take a garment from cultural concept to production.

UNIFORMOSA presents an approach to translating the best of Taiwan into everyday life through design. Combining functional construction, craft details, cultural imagery, artistic collaboration, and contemporary tailoring, the project traces how Taiwanese aesthetics can move beyond the runway and into diplomatic settings, museums, cultural institutions, and everyday life.

WHISPERS OF THE DARK

Part of GIOIA PAN’s collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and DC, this collection draws on the atmosphere of Gotham City and the spirit of its iconic characters, reinterpreting their world through the language of high fashion. Inspired by Batman and his nocturnal presence, the collection explores the tension between order and chaos, light and darkness, shaping these contrasts into GIOIA PAN’s own vision of contemporary dark fashion.

Black forms the foundation of Whispers of the Dark, capturing the mystery, strength, and nocturnal energy of the DC universe. Sculptural silhouettes, intricate knit textures, and graphic prints move through shifting shades of black, white, and grey before giving way to yellow, red, and vivid multicoloured patterns. This gradual transformation creates a visual journey from concealment and disruption to reconstruction, echoing the restless energy of a city after dark.

More than a collection, Whispers of the Dark explores the emotions and energies that emerge beneath the surface of contemporary urban life. Through the meeting of DC’s superhero mythology and GIOIA PAN’s craftsmanship, darkness becomes a language of strength, mystery, and futurity—creating a fashion universe where character, city, and imagination move between shadow and light.

In a world shaped by conflict and uncertainty, Story Wear turns to the possibilities of love. Rather than responding to war with aggression, the collection speaks through a distinctly Taiwanese sense of tenderness and resilience, offering another vision of LOVE & PEACE.

Every small act of love can become a way of making our voices heard. Taiwan has long relied on resilience and soft power to make its presence known to the world—and through it all, we continue to choose kindness. There may be a rebellious spirit in our blood, but we choose love as our language.

That resilience can be found everywhere: in riders facing wind and rain, Indigenous voices, artists and musicians, construction workers, and generations of street vendors along Taiwan’s red-brick streets. Their everyday lives—and the clothes they wear—form the inspiration behind this Story Wear collection.

Fashion doesn’t stop at the runway. Today, it moves across business, technology, culture, and everyday life, connecting industries, markets, and ideas in entirely new ways. This international fashion salon brings together fashion leaders from abroad and Taiwan to explore what happens when fashion crosses boundaries. From the rise of fashion platforms and the expansion of Asian markets, to how digital technologies such as AI and 3D are reshaping design, retail, and the industry itself, the conversation looks at the forces redefining how fashion is created, experienced, and shared. Curious about where fashion is heading next? Join us and discover new perspectives on the possibilities ahead.

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Following its Tokyo debut at Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO 2027 S/S, CHARINYEH’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, Island Tides, continues its journey at Taipei Fashion Week.

Inspired by Taiwan’s island landscape, surrounded by sea, the collection turns to marine life and the ever-changing relationship between ocean, body, and everyday life. Fluid silhouettes, sculptural cuts, three-dimensional forms, and lightweight materials echo the movement of the tides and organic forms found beneath the surface, reshaping the space between body and garment.

From Tokyo to Taipei, Island Tides offers a new perspective on Taiwan’s relationship with the sea, capturing the vitality of island life through movement, embrace, and coexistence.

Motion is captured in moments that appear still, with clothing becoming a record of movement—tracing the body from one moment to the next.

Repeated movements become habits, and habits, over time, become culture. Basketball is a dialogue between body and space; clothing, a language between the body and the world. Where sport and fashion intersect, shifts, pauses, and changes in direction are translated into silhouettes that distort, expand, and reform with the body.

Rather than designing clothes as finished forms, the project focuses on movement as it unfolds—the compression before a jump, the stretch of a landing, the twist of a turn; the suspended moment before a pass, the lateral shift of a defensive move. Fleeting gestures, motion trails, and the lines left by a body in motion become the language of the collection.

It is in these often-unnoticed moments that the design takes shape.