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Chinese designer Calvin Luo may be only 21, but his gender bending New York runway show and display of app-controlled LED technology drew a packed house in New York Monday.<\/p>\n
There were his n’ hers mix and match: sharply tailored jackets, pants and gauze mesh tops created for “young boys, young girls who have a very strong attitude,” as he told AFP backstage.<\/p>\n
Blurring the lines between male and female, Luo sent out male models in dresses over pants, and women in male suiting. There were sweatshirts and hoodies, and sharply tailored two-tone coats.<\/p>\n
“I really like unisex style,” explained Luo, who launched his own label in 2014 after just two years studying design in New York, having moved to the city from China as a 16-year-old.<\/p>\n
“Asexual means there’s no boundary,” he told AFP. It was a study in camel, black, olive and gray with striking dashes of cobalt and garnet.<\/p>\n
In case no one got the message: “Asexual,” “Not interested in sex” and “Not having any sexual qualities” were printed in capitals on sleeves, embracing a trend for the written word on the catwalk this season.<\/p>\n
Gender bending regardless, it was eminently wearable, with vertical striped knit dresses and cardigans, olive sports hoodies, tweed-style tartan and giant hoop earrings and matching embellishment on boots.<\/p>\n
As at Alexander Wang, a New York fashion week star and another fan of the androgenous style, Luo’s models had heavy gothic-style eyeliner.<\/p>\n
He also produced a capsule collection in collaboration with Chinese technology company Lenovo — black PVC with embedded LED lights that spelled out their brand names as models danced down a darkened catwalk.<\/p>\n
The designer said a cell phone app allowed the wearer to type whatever they wanted onto the LED template, the latest example of tech-fashion link-ups hoping to innovate clothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chinese designer Calvin Luo may be only 21, but his gender bending New York runway show and display of app-controlled LED technology drew a packed house in New York Monday. There were his n’ hers mix and match: sharply tailored jackets, pants and gauze mesh tops created for “young boys, young girls who have a very strong attitude,” as he told AFP backstage. Blurring the… <\/p>\n