Yeohlee Teng

[finalfashion]

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Yeohlee Teng
She has a book called Yeohlee:Work where she shows her patterns... her ideas are about technology and fabric, fabric utilisation, geometry, stunning minimalism... a very underrated designer.

her website

her book

Here's a great set of pictures of a cape and it's corresponding pattern.

 

[susie_bubble]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing coz I've never heard of her. I love the use of different fabric textures.

 

[.francesca]

the concept is interesting, but i find the actual work really, really boring. my favorite piece out of everything on her site is the one you posted, above. thanks for bringing it in though

 

[finalfashion]

Her design outlook is often geared towards women her own age, and her look is very uncompromising in it's reductionism that jives more with the mid-nineties than it does today, I think. I admire her for the geometry and art of what she does... it's a fashion nerd thing I guess

 

[liberty33r1b]

thanks a lot, i always loved her designs, but haven't really heard of much of her lately.....
very interesting!

 

[cerfas]

I agree with francesca on this one.
I've read a lot about her work and always love the ideas and certainly have an appreciation for them and all that goes into them, but the outcome (the clothes) doesn't seem that successful to me.

 

[finalfashion]

I agree with francesca on this one.
I've read a lot about her work and always love the ideas and certainly have an appreciation for them and all that goes into them, but the outcome (the clothes) doesn't seem that successful to me.

Hm, that's funny, you're echoing my feelings about Nothing Nothing so closely. Everyone likes different things. At least we can appreciate different aesthetics and perspectives while still disagreeing. I think that Yeohlee's strengths are her designs and her execution, whereas Nothing Nothing's strength is concept and promotion. They both add something to what fashion can be. It's all good stuff!

 

[cerfas]

I agree finalfashion, it's great when people can look at things critically and even appreciate stuff that isn't something they totally and completely love. It's fun to discuss and debate with open minded people. As for Nothing Nothing, I don't think I said that I thought the actual outcome of their concepts and practice were great, it was more their ideas and the progrsesion of their project over time that was of interest to me...seeing the birth, life, and death all documented so fully on their website -- there was something really poignant about that. And the particular way they chose to kill it too. It seemed like the thing was alive

 

[.francesca]

i can't remember exactly (which may be saying something..) but if memory serves, the thing i liked best about nothing nothing is their name though i do agree with you, cerfas - its lifespan is something that did strike me about that work as well.

but back on topic, you guys are right - there is a lot to be said for open discussion of this type of thing. i'm not a fashion designer, the medium is not something i understand from experience - i observe it. i come from a fine art and theory background, and oftentimes what i notice first about things is how they look - i admit i sometimes judge the metaphoric book by its cover. in this case, if i first saw her designs, i wouldn't be very excited about them. reading about the thought process behind them IS interesting for me, but that doesn't make the actual work awesome, too. and maybe you're right, finalfashion - it might just be for the older set and that's why i don't "get" it. and i'm not a fashion nerd - a nerd, yes, but not a fashion nerd

 

[cerfas]

More images

from
http://www.fp1.com/

 

[cerfas]

www.newyorkmetro.com

 

[cerfas]

http://128.121.78.85/

 

[cerfas]

http://128.121.78.85/

 

[cerfas]

Fall 2005 from her website, yeohlee.com

 

[cerfas]

Spring 2005

 

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FALL 2002

 

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[finalfashion]

Thanks cerfas! I'd give you some more karma if I could!

You can see her recent show there she used some famous fashion nerds such as Valerie Steele to model... and other non-model women friends... I wish I knew what Valerie Steele looked like

One feature she uses a lot is double-faced fabrics, to add interest to the cutting. She did a series of alpacas once where strips of the alpaca ran in opposite directions, the nap creating the illusion of stripes I'll see if I can find it. She also uses crepe-back satin, doubleknits, etc. This adds dimension to the clothes without ornament.

I love the handkerchief hem... I have an abiding love of square-cut and circle-cut garments... simple shapes can be so stunning.

Also I am a big fan of volumes... I discovered Yeohlee a few years ago when volumes weren't a big trend... and it just felt interesting and right to me.

Her techniques are sometimes more interesting to me than the clothes. I love how she approaches a fabric... to coax possibilities out of a single fabric, to make a simple piece that has subtle texture. She has a tendency to eliminate side seams that I love... keeps her stuff from having that die-cut look.

Ah, those are all really fashion nerd reasons to like a designer's work. I love how she pares it down... sometimes when I am struggling with my designs I realize how difficult it is to do a simple thing well...

 

[smartarse]

Fabulous And Incredible!

Yeohlee was the best of NY Fashion Spring 07 collections, imo. Truly magnificent. Well execution. Incredible architecture. By far the most innovative of the collection i've seen. B)