October 12, 2023, Shanghai, China
Marangoni (Shanghai) 2023 Outstanding Graduates Fashion Show was exhibited during Shanghai Fashion Week. 11 outstanding graduates used rich design language and dynamic avant-garde design attitude to build a show with a total of 33 works under 4 themes. The future time and space journey with the theme of “LIFE3.0” uses the language of fashion to outline a surreal future world. Honorary alumni brand XUNRUO Xunruo’s “Moments & Eternity” 2024 spring and summer series integrates classic design elements into future fashion design. This is where the past, present and future blend and interoperate – continuing the fashion education concept of the past century, focusing on the cultivation of talents in the current fashion industry, looking forward to the possibilities of fashion in the future, and jointly drawing the fashion narrative context of the new era.
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This outstanding graduate fashion show was presented by 11 outstanding graduates of Marangoni (Shanghai) in 2023, with the themes of “The past future, The rise of the machines,” “The cyborg” “life biochemical era”, “Conquering space interstellar journey” and four concepts are connected in series to form the overall theme of this graduation show “LIFE3.0”. In this new era trend narrative, the rapid development of artificial intelligence and technology not only promotes the evolution of life forms, but also reshapes future humankind’s understanding of the boundaries between reality and illusion. The show brings an unprecedented visual experience to the audience with its bold mix of surrealism and uninhibited collision of rebellious spirit, and also triggers the audience’s deep thinking about technological development and changes in time and space from fashion performance. With the forward-looking international education and training of Marangoni (Shanghai), the graduates integrate avant-garde social thinking into their works with unique fashion narrative methods, and express their pioneering voices on contemporary social changes and cultural evolution. They are using new creative power to bravely challenge traditional constraints and inject fresh vitality into the fashion chapter from a forward-looking perspective.
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The second part of this show is the “Moments & Eternity” 2024 spring and summer series fashion release brought by the honorary alumni brand XUNRUO Xunruo. The independent designer brand XUNRUO Xunruo is a twin designer Chen who graduated from Istituto Marangoni with a master’s degree. Founded in China in 2011 by sisters Dan and Chen Ying, their designs have been released in multiple international fashion weeks. XUNRUO Xunruo’s “Moments & Eternity” 2024 spring and summer series reproduces a sealed culture and glorious history, bringing the glorious golden age of the ancient Pompeii city that was submerged by Mount Vesuvius into the public eye in the form of fashion. This reinterpretation of culture and history, and the reintersection of time and space, have successfully brought the magnificence and multiculturalism of ancient Pompeii civilization back to life in fashion design. The works exhibited in this show are the 2024 spring and summer series of works jointly completed by students from Marangoni (Shanghai) and XUNRUO Xunruo. The public is expected to experience this new series of designs in the 2024 spring and summer fashion market.
Since its founding in Milan in 1935, Istituto Marangoni has had a decisive influence in the field of global fashion education. After the establishment of Marangoni (Shanghai) in 2013, the school has relied on its profound Italian fashion background and international teaching methods to continue to nurture a new generation of creatives who have a keen insight into emerging markets and a thorough study of classic inheritance. Ms. Cheng Yingting, Chief Operating Officer of Marangoni China and Asia Pacific, said: “This year, Marangoni alumni won many important awards at the 27th China International Fashion Week: Furbaby won the highest award at the 27th China Fashion Week – the “Golden Summit Award” , Zic won the 29th China’s Top Ten Fashion Designers, Guo Shuxuan won the 2023 Emerging Designer, and Mao Baobao’s personal namesake brand CHICCO MAO won the 2023 Fashion Brand Award. These alumni are the pride of Marangoni. Marangoni (Shanghai) ) has been committed to cultivating Chinese fashion industry professionals with international vision and innovative thinking, injecting multi-dimensional support for the new generation of creatives, and providing a stage for cutting-edge designers to showcase their creativity.”
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As the world’s top fashion education school, Marangoni (Shanghai) has always paid close attention to hot topics in the industry. The day before the big show, Ms. Cheng Yingting, Chief Operating Officer of Marangoni China and Asia Pacific, hosted an open forum focusing on Italian sustainable fashion, gathering heavyweights in the industry to deeply analyze and discuss the current sustainable fashion situation between China and Italy. Industrial differences and future prospects. Marangoni Global CEO—Ms. Stefania Valenti, China’s well-known emerging fashion designer, Marangoni alumnus, founder of RICOSTRU brand—Ms. Ou Mingji, former CEO of Maison Margiela, executive director of Tomorrow Group/Machine A Asia Pacific Mr. Giovanni Pungetti and Ms. Chen Zhuo, chief representative of the Italian National Fashion Chamber of Commerce in China, attended as guests. The forum demonstrated Marangoni (Shanghai)’s international educational resource network and its keen attention to hot topics in the industry. Through in-depth dialogues and discussions from the perspectives of industry, education, brands and independent designers, Marangoni (Shanghai) not only provides students with a high-quality platform for communication and learning, but also demonstrates its commitment to sustainable fashion development. Firm determination and responsibility in the direction.
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On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Shanghai campus, the school invited internationally renowned fashion designer Stella McCartney to join hands with this year’s graduates to make a commitment to the sustainable development of the fashion industry. Stella McCartney provides some clothing from her eponymous fashion brand, providing students with opportunities for creative practice, giving these clothing new lives, and responding to sustainable fashion with China’s new generation of design forces. In this regard, Kristian Steinberg, Academic Director of Marangoni (Shanghai) said: “Our students work with industry leaders to develop their own advanced creative methods and designer characteristics. Personality, technical excellence and sense of direction are the most important qualities of any fashion designer. Important skills, and today our students demonstrated how much it really means: we don’t throw away, but rather treasure, collect and pass down clothing from generation to generation. We are also very pleased to partner with alumni brand Xunruo, who mentor and work with students Together we made a great capsule collection.”
Marangoni (Shanghai) provides students with international educational resources and a communication platform with top industry figures, and encourages students to discuss core issues in the industry, demonstrating the school’s determination to cultivate future fashion leaders with a sense of social responsibility. At the same time, the fashion works of outstanding graduates of Marangoni (Shanghai) will be displayed in the MODE SHOWROOM of this Shanghai Fashion Week.
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As the show came to an end, this year’s Marangoni (Shanghai) graduates turned in their own fashion answers with their cutting-edge insights and fearless creative power. The XUNRUO 2024 spring and summer show of honorary alumni Chen Dan and Chen Ying serves as a role model, encouraging Marangoni fashion design students to paint their own future fashion chapters. The college carries a higher mission: to keep up with international fashion trends and discover and cultivate a new generation of creatives with an international perspective. Marangoni (Shanghai) is not only a unique melting pot that combines the international fashion education system with Chinese characteristic culture, but also becomes a necessary bridge for future influencers in the fashion industry.
