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“徐蕊设计中自由变幻的形状和艺术的轮廓，给人自由和做自己的感觉。”
——扎哈·哈迪德
《致扎哈——燃烧着美》徐蕊时尚作品展暨品牌发布
2016年6月8日- 2016年6月14日 (周末除外), 13.00-18.00
地址：英国伦敦扎哈·哈迪德设计艺廊
Zaha Hadid Design Gallery, 101 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7EZ, UK
2016年6月8日伦敦 | 为了缅怀不久前离开人世的伟大建筑师、设计师扎哈·哈迪德女爵, 艺术家出身的中国时尚设计师徐蕊于2016年6月7日晚在伦敦扎哈·哈迪德设计艺廊举行了《致扎哈——燃烧着美》徐蕊时尚作品展开幕式，并正式发布其成衣品牌“ruixu徐蕊”及其高端定制品牌“XIANGWANGYI象罔衣”。
徐蕊在开幕式上发言
来自建筑、时尚、设计、金融、媒体以及艺术机构的宾客们出席了开幕式暨品牌发布，共同庆祝设计师徐蕊卓越非凡的时尚艺术才华，纪念她与扎哈·哈迪德之间的情谊。
徐蕊、帕特里克·舒马赫、托马斯·海德威克(Thomas Heatherwick )
徐蕊与《时尚中国》作者杰玛·威廉斯
徐蕊维多利亚与艾尔伯特博物馆(V&A) 亚洲部主任安娜·杰克逊(Anna Jackson)
徐蕊那些犹如雕塑般充满建筑感却又出乎意料的轻盈飘逸的服装，与扎哈·哈迪德设计的未来感十足的优雅家具相得益彰。模特们身着徐蕊两个品牌的服饰，伴随着她具有代表性的诗意空灵音乐在展厅内漫步，为观众动态诠释徐蕊的设计风格。此外，徐蕊借助微拍与合成技巧将自然美景与时装语言相融合创作的影像合成作品与扎哈·哈迪德卓越的建筑设计模型也在艺廊的地下展厅相交摆放。扎哈·哈迪德的建筑和家具设计、徐蕊的时尚服饰与作品以及展览现场的视听效果共同营造出了触动人心的气氛，实现了建筑、设计与艺术完美交融。
模特们身着徐蕊品牌服装
徐蕊艺术作品与扎哈·哈迪德建筑模型交互摆放
凭借新颖独特、醒目不凡、打破常规的设计而成为世界上第一位获得普利兹克建筑奖的女性建筑师，扎哈·哈迪德哈迪德先锋前卫、超现代化的时尚品味同样给世人带来了启发和灵感。她游走在建筑与时尚的边缘，通过与包括香奈儿、路易·威登、施华洛世奇等世界知名时尚设计品牌的跨界合作，施展其设计才华。扎哈·哈迪德不仅有强烈而独特的时尚感知力，同时也拥有一个令人叹为观止的，收藏着造型夸张的珠宝，及设计大胆的服饰的私人衣橱。而扎哈·哈迪德私人衣橱里的最后两件收藏，则来自于中国时尚设计师徐蕊。
扎哈·哈迪德建筑事务所合伙人帕特里克·舒马赫先生(Patrik Schumacher)在开幕式上说，“扎哈是时尚方面了不起的行家里手。她的时装收藏可谓是真正不朽的。多年来，她还甚至亲手设计作品。能被扎哈赏识看重，可谓意义重大”。
深受中国道家哲学思想与中国文人士大夫阶层的衣着审美的影响，徐蕊的设计常常模糊了服装的功能与结构，使穿衣像游戏，激发出穿着者的创造力。
由泰晤士与赫德森出版公司(Thames & Hudson)发行的《时尚中国》(FashionChina)一书的作者杰玛·威廉斯女士 (Gemma A. Williams) 这样评价徐蕊的作品：“徐蕊是真正可以将建筑与时尚自然结合的设计师之一。她介入时尚的方式非常独特。目前尚没有太多中国设计师主攻这一领域，而她无疑是真正打破边界的先锋”。
观众还可以在展览中看到徐蕊为扎哈·哈迪德生前定制的六件专属设计中的一件名为“凯旋衣”的作品。徐蕊回忆说：“扎哈喜欢我设计中的解构与质感。她绝不仅仅是我的客户，她更是我的缪斯，为我打开了一扇窗。”为了向扎哈·哈迪德致敬，本次展览命名为《致扎哈——燃烧着美》，寓意“扎哈带有英雄主义色彩的传奇人生，犹如燃烧的火焰一般绚丽夺目”。徐蕊再次与香港理工大学纺织与制衣学系姜绶祥博士合作，将其金属粒子覆构科技制成的创新布料运用到时尚设计中来，再现了金属燃烧时难以捕捉的瞬间之美。
徐蕊与英国艺触咨询总监肖朗针对展览接受媒体采访
《致扎哈——燃烧着美》——徐蕊时尚作品展暨品牌发布将于2016年6月8日、9日、10日、13日和14日，每日13.00-18.00，于英国伦敦扎哈·哈迪德设计艺廊向公众开放。徐蕊在为期5日的展览中，还将在现场为客户及时尚买手提供时长60分钟的一对一定制服务。
徐蕊(1976年出生) 中国时尚设计师、当代艺术家，其作品常常融合时尚、绘画、音乐、表演等多媒介方式。她曾担任中央美术学院时装专业主任，曾在英国皇家艺术学院访问学习。2015年，在伦敦南肯辛顿区创立了时尚工作室。作为当代时尚艺术的先锋之一，徐蕊力图融合西方有形的艺术与东方精神的传达。2015年徐蕊在英国皇家艺术学院的个展《从玄到目盲》和在伦敦萨奇画廊的时尚实验表演《吟唱的气息》，均在业内获得了较为广泛的关注。此外，徐蕊还曾于2010年应邀担任第60届世界小姐总决赛的首席时装设计师，北京奥运会期间“楚韵霓裳／中国服饰秀”的文化顾问、多家时装品牌的策划顾问等。徐蕊的作品与研究在国际时尚学术圈内独树一帜。她还屡次获得国内外大奖，如德国设计“红点奖”，香港设计协会“亚洲最具影响力金奖”，全国美展“银奖”，中国青年设计师“汉帛奖”等等。徐蕊官网：www.ruixustudio.com
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撰稿：英国艺触咨询 肖朗 图片：英国艺触咨询 黄汉杰
BEAUTYON FIRE——FOR ZAHA
RUIXU's FASHION POP-UP
8 June – 14 June 2016 1.00 - 6.00pm (closed Sat + Sun)
Zaha Hadid Design Gallery, 101 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7EZ, UK
“The transformable shapes and artful silhouettes of Rui Xu’s design, give a feeling of freedom and being myself”. ——Zaha Hadid
London, 8 June 2016 - In memory of the late great Dame ZahaHadid, the artist-turned Chinese fashion designer Rui Xu officially launched her ready-to-wear fashion brand “ruixu” and high-end fashion brand “XIANGWANGYI” at the opening of ‘BEAUTY ON FIRE——FOR ZAHA’ exhibition at ZahaHadid Design Gallery last evening.
Guests and friends from the worlds of architecture, fashion,design, media and various art institutions were at the opening to celebrate RuiXu’s remarkable works and to commemorate her relationship and friendship with Zaha Hadia.
Rui Xu’s sculptural and architectural garments, which paradoxically are light fluid and often diaphanous, resonated with Zaha’s elegant futuristic furniture and designs. Models wearing designs from Rui Xu’s both brands strolled around the space with her signature poetic music in the background. Composite images created by Rui Xu using the techniques of microshooting and artistic synthesis were also on display on the lower ground of the gallery, along side with models of Zaha’s astonishing building projects. The combination of Zaha Hadid’s design, Rui Xu’s fashion, and the visual & audio presentation created a very reflective atmosphere.
As the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize,for her eye-catching and rule-breaking architectural projects, Zaha Hadid’s avant-garde and ultramodern fashion sense and style were equally inspiring andinfluential. She traversed the borders of architecture and fashion by expanding her creative scope through collaborations with design houses such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Atelier Swarovski. Hadid presented a strong and uniquefashion sensibility, as well as having curated her own astonishing wardrobe filled with dramatic jewelry and daring outerwear. The latest additions to Hadid’s wardrobe were two designs by Chinese fashion designer Rui Xu.
“Zaha was a great connoisseur of fashion. Her fashion collection was truly monumental, and she even designed her own pieces over the years. It means a lot to be picked out by Zaha”, said Patrik Schumacher, Partner of Zaha Hadid Architects at the opening.
Deeply influenced by Chinese Taoist philosophy, Rui Xu’s designs always blur the boundaries and structures of clothing to achieve multiple ways of dressing with surprising outcomes. Referring to the aesthetics of ancient Chinese literati society who once took dressing as a recreational pastime like painting and music, Rui Xu fuses the witty and playful essence into her design.
Gemma A. Williams, author of Fashion China, the first book to introduce the country’s hottest fashion talents recently published by Thames and Hudson, said “Rui is also one of those people who can actually combine fashion and architecture in a really natural way. The way that she approaches fashion isvery unique. There are not many Chinese designers doing that, so she is really pushing the boundaries.”
In the exhibition, audience have the opportunity of see apiece called Triumph Cloak, which was one of Rui Xu’s six unique designs created for Zaha. ‘Zaha was not only a client, but she opened a window for my ideas as a muse’, recalls Rui Xu. To pay tribute to Hadid, the exhibition is named “BEAUTY ON FIRE——FOR ZAHA” by RuiXu, implying “the heroic life of Hadid was as gorgeous as flame”. Rui Xu’s collaboration with Dr Kinor Jiang, a textile specialist at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, resulted in the successful application of metal plating onto delicate natural textiles, which creates an immerse visual effect of burning flame.
BEAUTY ON FIRE——FOR ZAHA: RUI XU's FASHION POP-UP exhibition at Zaha Hadid Design Gallery will be on 8th June, 9th June, 10th June, 13th June and 14th June 2016, from 1pm to 6pm.
Rui Xu (b.1976) is a Chinese fashion designer and contemporary artist whose works bridge fashion, painting, music and performance. She was the director of Fashion Department at China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). After one-year academic research at Royal Collegeof Art in 2015, Rui Xu set up her studio in South Kensington, London. Her solo exhibition FROM XUAN TO BLINDNESS at the Royal College of Art and fashion experiment performance CHANT OF BREATH at the Saatchi Gallery both received warm response in the UK. XU’s professional experiences include: Chief Costume Designer for 60th Miss World Final in 2010; Chief Costume Designer for China Pavilion in Shanghai Expo in 2010; Culture Director of ‘Rhyme of Chu Culture’ for 2008 Beijing Olympics; Culture Consultant for many fashion brands in China.
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Article by Lang Xiao ARTouch Consulting
Photos by Aris Huang ARTouch Consulting
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