Sophie Hong Spring/ Summer 2024. No one else works with textile quite the way Sophie does. Her use of material is a feast for the senses: Raw, shibori-dyed silk, gauzy mousseline, guangdong mud silks and seed pearls stitched at the collar… Just as the prolific Chinese painter Chang Dai-Chien was extolled for his grasp of “from heart to hand,” so does Sophie Hong render her own passion and sophistication in cloth.
We spend so much time immersed in the worlds of art and fashion that we take for granted the skill required of those who exist in both. Sophie Hong is one of those rare few who excels as not only a designer, but as an artist. Her works are as loved on the body as they are draped on the walls of her global exhibitions. Just as the prolific Chinese painter Chang Dai-Chien was extolled for his grasp of “from heart to hand,” so does Sophie render her own passion and sophistication in cloth.
The flow, the shapes, the grasp of color… No one else works with textile quite the way Sophie does. While we are particularly attracted to her shirting (and have sought it out for over two decades), we also find a particular ease within her dresses, pants and scarves. Her use of material is a feast for the senses: Raw, shibori-dyed silk, gauzy mousseline, guangdong mud silks and seed pearls stitched at the collar… You need little to dress up a Sophie piece – it’s already perfect on its own.
