A fashion exhibition is displaying garments from local brand C/W COLLECTIVE by local fashion designer Connie Wong Man I (黃敏儀) until December 31 at the Macau Fashion Gallery (MFG) in Rua de S. Roque in S. Lázaro district. The exhibition is part of the “2021 Brand Story – Macau Original Fashion Exhibition VIII” and is co-organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM).
According to an MFG statement, cultural and creative industries have gradually drawn the attention of civil society in recent years. Therefore, MFG has been holding the series of exhibitions this year. The statement said that the local clothing industry is booming thanks to the MFG platform.
The statement underlined that this year’s event is being concluded by C/W COLLECTIVE which is an independent local fashion brand by Wong. Moreover, by adopting an avant-garde and deconstructive design style, the brand uses a mixture of different fabrics to produce unique and adverse garments with multiple ways to wear, according to the statement.
The statement noted that Wong is a local fashion designer and visual merchandiser.
Visual merchandisers design and set up products or services for display in retail settings.
She graduated from CPTTM’s “Diploma Programme in Fashion Design and Manufacture” in 2013 and was invited to join the “CPTTM Fashion Incubation Programme (MaConsef 時裝孵化計劃)” in which she was responsible for designing womenswear. Wong obtained her Bachelor’s degree of Arts in Design (Spatial and Exhibition Design 空間展示設計) from the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) in 2014. The statement added that Wong was also a selected recipient of the “Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making” hosted by the Cultural Affairs Bureau.
The statement pointed out that the “Brand Story” series was first launched in 2017, and eight local brands were selected for this year’s exhibition, namely Nega C., Lexx Moda, ANIFA, Common Comma, PUI, Demi*D, N0.42, and C/W COLLECTIVE.
Fashion design is part of Macau’s developing creative and cultural industries that aims to strengthen its role as a business innovator in the 11-city Greater Bay Area (GBA).
The gallery opens from Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free.
As part of the government’s COVID-19 prevention measures, all visitors entering the gallery have to wear a facemask, have their temperature checked and present a digital health code.
For enquiries, call 2835 3341 or visit https://macaofashiongallery.com/en/
Photos: Ula Cheang and Camy Tam
