Donald Chung
Donald Chung is a recent Menswear graduate from the University of Technology, Sydney. With a reductive approach to his practice, his aesthetic can that be described as hard, precise and linear. Donald has been chosen as a finalist for VAMFF National Graduate Showcase 2015, and ID Dunedin International Emerging Designer Award 2015. He is currently working in Sydney Australia, and has his sights set on spending time abroad.
'RESIST & EXIST' is conceptually based around dress practice within North Korea. It is an enquiry into an isolated society that has not experienced modernity in the Western sense, and still relies heavily on propagandic representations of hyper-masculinity, militarism and uniform. It’s quite an unconventional idea, but the mundane imagery of everyday North Koreans and formalism of their dress culture is a source of inspiration for this collection.
