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The Silk Road Womenswear Collection

The Silk Road

The Great Silk Road is a womenswear collection inspired by the historic trade route that linked East and West. The collection consists of twenty garments, including hats. Each piece is made of natural fabrics and decorated by hand with natural silk ribbons. The headdresses are made entirely by hand from silk fabrics of different textures. The patterns repeat the wind on desert sands, the rice terraces of China and the lines of rock faults. Each item is presented as a postcard from a travel destination. The couture garments can be combined and worn in daily life.

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GreenPlax Footwear

GreenPlax

Trying to protect the ecosystem and the environment, as well as to leave beautiful mother earth for future generations, Ccilu spent 5 years developing GreenPlax technology and created the first-ever footwear collection made primarily out of plastic bottles retrieved from the oceans. The recycled plastic bottles are used for every major component in the shoes, uppers, insoles, and outsoles, turns the hazardous wastes into green material, moreover, the GeenPlax is bottomed-up with 100+ independent and resilient dots to deliver barefoot comfort.

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Xiao Jing Suitcase

Xiao Jing

Xiao Jing is a hard-shell suitcase inspired by the leather straps once used to secure luggage during travel. The front shell carries a raised grid shape that recalls crossed straps, with a cross pattern at each intersection resembling sewing thread. The grid also strengthens the shell against pressure. A three-layer shell provides strength and wear resistance, and the surface is finished with an electronic scrub treatment. Sliding bearings keep movement smooth and quiet. The interior is divided into separate spaces for clothes, toiletries, documents and electronics.

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The Withering Flower Printed Textile

The Withering Flower

The Withering Flower is a celebration of the power of the flower image. The flower is a popular subject written as personification in Chinese literature. In contrast to the blooming flower’s popularity, images of the decaying flower are often associated with jinx and taboos. The collection looks at what shapes a community’s perception on what is sublime and abject. Designed in 100cm to 200cm length of tulle dresses, silkscreen printing on translucent mesh fabrics, the textile technique allows the prints to stay opaque and stretchy on mesh, creating an appearance of prints afloat in the air.

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Taste Connnection X Multifunctional Bag

Taste Connnection X

Taste Connection X is a multifunctional bag that can be used as a backpack, a messenger bag or an open luggage form. The bag is made of waterproof PVC printed with a pattern that blends popular bubble tea brand logos from Taiwan. Each piece is cut at random from a roll covered with colorful stripes, so no two bags share the same color composition. The shape is created by folding, without additional cuts, and an adjustable cotton strap with a custom print defines each mode. The design also works as a souvenir of Taipei street scenes.

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Totepographic  Tote Bag

Totepographic

Topographic inspired design tote bag, to serve as an easy carryall, especially during those busy days spent shopping or running errands. The Tote bag capacity is like a mountain and can hold or carry many things. The oracle bone is form the overall structure of the bag, the topographic map form to be surface material just like a mountain uneven surface.

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