Self-portrait, the London-based vogue home led by inventive director Han Chong, has opened the doorways of its studios to creatives from all disciplines in a brand new “Residency” initiative with designer Christopher Kane the primary to participate.
By offering entry to its studios and HQ in Clerkenwell, self-portrait is looking for to create a deign hub for artists to experiment and innovate.
This initiative “goals to encourage finest at school craftsmanship and design by offering self-portrait’s infrastructure, platforms, sources, groups, and distribution community to highlight and promote exterior creatives, providing them the liberty to dream and create”, the model stated,
The road-up of creatives will evolve constantly and can cowl all inventive disciplines. Christopher Kane is a famend designer from Scotland, and a former mainstay of London Vogue Week, who first launched his personal label with sister Tammy in 2006. Final 12 months the pair purchased again the model in a rescue plan.
As a part of the Residency all creatives will likely be invited to design distinctive merchandise, experiences, and collections that “mirror their artistry, and complement self-portrait’s dedication to empowering inventive voices”. Kane’s first assortment beneath the initiative will likely be unveiled on the finish of November.
“My ambition for self-portrait has at all times been to create an inclusive model, one which empowers with each interplay, and one which focuses on group over competitors. This ethos was the place to begin when conceiving our new Residency programme. To me, this represents the longer term of real partnership, the place creatives help and uplift one another quite than seeing every different as rivals,” Han Chong defined.
Chong established self-portrait in 2013 and it has been one of many trade’s greatest success tales of latest years providing top quality, crafted designs – with lace attire a signature – at accessible costs. The model is accessible on-line at self-portrait.com and thru flagship shops in London, Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen, and Taipei, in addition to in a variety of prestigious multi-brand shops.
In 2021 Han Chong acquired the Roland Mouret label and integrated it into his SP Assortment enterprise. Mouret remained on the helm to guide the inventive path.
