Bold fashion: the Chinese designer and founder of Chictopia, Beijing-based label that creates party dresses for confident young women
- Christine Lau’s collection for spring/summer next year is loosely inspired by the feminist movement, as well as the punk aesthetic, of the 1970s
- Lau was born in Beijing, before moving to Hong Kong, then Britain, where she studied at Central Saint Martins in London
Punchy colours, impactful prints and whimsical humour – these are all trademarks of designer Christine Lau.
The founder of fashion brand Chictopia makes flamboyant clothing designed to be worn for parties, or special occasions, by confident young women, and it shows in her collections.
It certainly takes a certain verve to hit the town in a dress that is plastered with images of shellfish, or an oversized fluorescent green T-shirt overlaid with the word “famous”, floral shorts and fishnet tights.
Lau’s latest collection, for spring/summer next year, is loosely inspired by the feminist movement of the 1970s, and punk and rock influences from that era. The newspaper-style typography that featured on the Sex Pistols’ seminal punk album Never Mind the Bo****ks, Here’s the Sex Pistols , adorns a number of pieces in the 60-item collection, for example.
