QUEENIECHAN

Grey Sheep

Location

london / United Kingdom

University

central saint martins

Graduation year

2014

Contact

Queenie Chan is a Hong Kong-born, London-based knitwear designer and Central Saint Martin's graduate with a minimalist yet contemporary approach to creating fine knitwear and hand illustrated work. In her final year at university, she has created a sophisticated and detail-oriented collection with sumptuous silhouette and striking textures - largely inspired by Robert Morris's conceptual felt sculptures, which has been exclusively showcased at the CSM Press Show.

Having spent a few summers working with the teams at Dior and John Galliano in Paris, Alexander McQueen and Lucas Nascimento in London, she takes pride in the distinctive aesthetics and attention to detail and functionality of her pieces; as well as the magnitude of professionalism shown in her approach to the process of garment design - from ideation to sketching, knitting to finishing.

Latest Collection

TIlda

The collection is largely inspired by Robert Morris's conceptual felt sculptures. Robert Morris is a conceptual artist, which regarded as one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism. In the late 1960s, Morris tired to introduce softness and different forms into minimalism. Developing in my shapes and drapes by taking reference of the idea and the forms of Morris’s sculptures; I decided to introduce something firm and solid into knitwear.

Simona Pries, a contemporary artist, whose works always create with quartz, mirror and glasses, but feature with soft and creamy colours has greatly influenced my knitting texture and colours for my collection. Mixing acrylic pieces with felted knit and laser-cut fabrics.

The whole collection is all about making and finding a balance between the contrasts of rigidity and pliability, forming a new aesthetic for modern women.