“I WANT TO UTILIZE THIS COLLECTION TO SHOWCASE THE IMPACT OF THE TRADITIONAL SOCIETAL VALUE SYSTEM ON GENDER NORMS, WHERE CONFORMITY IS ENCOURAGED, AND MASCULINITY IS IDEALIZED. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND THE CALL TO USE GARMENTS AS A PLATFORM FOR ADVOCATING CHANGE IN A SOCIETY THAT ENFORCES THESE NORMS UNDERLINE THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY AND A CHALLENGE TO TRADITIONAL GENDER EXPECTATIONS.”

THE COLLECTION PROVOCATIVELY RAISES THE QUERY: WHAT DEFINES MASCULINITY? IS THE ACT OF RIDICULING AN INDIVIDUAL'S FEMININE ATTRIBUTES NOT INDICATIVE OF THE PROJECTION OF ONE'S INTERNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFLICT? 

-Haoran Chen