“When I took the decision to show in Paris, I realized that I was starting a whole new career as a designer, which meant that I had to restudy the skills of cloth making, rethink what design is, and rediscover the relationship between the garment and the wearer. But after each collection, I tend to lose interest in it very quickly, discovering many problems along the way. Then I start to rethink and restudy… it’s become a cycle… perhaps for me this is a method to mature step by step.”

Read Ziggy Chen’s full interview at Le Paradox, and see below for some exclusive out-takes from the session.

Photos kindly provided by Cecilia Musmeci
Model: Peter