Sharing Session – Beyond the Ideal．Dream of Crossover Designer
To broaden the international horizon of local fashion design talents in Macao, enable more people getting involved in the fashion industry and understanding the sweet and sour of establishing a fashion brand, encourage them to achieve success through boundless creativity and enthusiasm for fashion even if they are not fashion design graduates, the Macao Fashion Gallery (MFG) has specially invited Eugene Leung, founder of Australian fashion brand INJURY, to be the speaker of the sharing session. Eugene will share his story of becoming one of the hottest emerging fashion designers in Asia from an architecture graduate. He will also discuss the fashion trends with the participants, enabling the public to understand the opportunities and challenges that local and international creative talents facing, thus promoting the development of fashion industry.
Speaker:
Eugene Leung, founder of INJURY, graduated from the Architecture major of University of New South Wales in Australia in 2001. He has been devoted himself in the street art in Sydney and in 2004 he founded his own fashion brand in Sydney, Australia, and launched his male collection on the stage of fashion show in Melbourne, Australia (Melbourne Fashion Week 2005) for the first time. Since then his works become popular among fashion buyers and media in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and they are displayed in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia on a regular basis.
Introduction of Brand:
The brand INJURY has a strong and unique style which gains recognitions and praises in various fields. The design inspiration comes from science fiction, architecture, contemporary art, etc. and each of its seasonal series contains profound meaning. The clothing appears like an original soundtrack of a suspect movie, saturating with dramatic but bewitching oddness which has always been sought-after by many trendy stars and celebrities.
Contents：
- Introduction of speaker and his brand
- Reason and journey of entering fashion design circle as an architecture graduate
- Sharing of brand founding and source of inspiration for his creations
- Exploring the differences of fashion design and marketing strategy locally and internationally
- Q&A session
Date：18th June, 2016 (Saturday)
Time：15:00-17:00
Venue：Meeting Room 3 & 4, Macao Science Center
Target: Local fashion design circle and interested parties
Language：Cantonese (Portuguese interpretation will be available on site)