
The city of Torino has become, of late, the center of Italian, and not only Italian, Indie Fashion, and by that I mean fashion not treading on anyone's footsteps.


One of the most striking examples of this new movement is Walter Dang, a stylist of French-Spanish-Vietnamese origins, who studied Fashion Design at ENNA in Toulouse and at the Ecole Anne Vaute in Castres, France, and subsequently in Barcelona, Spain, at the Instituto Internacional Feli. After completing his studies, Walter collaborated in Paris with Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Pierre Cardin, before launching his own brand in Torino in 2003.
Walter Dang doesn't follow trends, nor does he show his collections one season in advance. He has no interest in prevailing current styles, does not employ professional models and, above all else, makes a strong statement with his very distinctive trait of pure freedom of expression. All this makes it practically impossible to categorize him for, yes, he does create collections like any designer would, but other activities play an important part in his production. Activities such as Art/Fashion exhibitions, with purely artistic creations such as the lamp installation at the MIAAO (Museum of Today's Applied Arts) in Torino in 2008, and theatrical costume design for the Loredana Furno Dance Theater Company, always in Torino.
In 2006, he also designed the uniforms and T-shirts for the Brooklyn International Film Festival.



Above, three outfits from the S/S 2010 collection, recently shown in Torino.

Walter Dang doesn't follow trends, nor does he show his collections one season in advance. He has no interest in prevailing current styles, does not employ professional models and, above all else, makes a strong statement with his very distinctive trait of pure freedom of expression. All this makes it practically impossible to categorize him for, yes, he does create collections like any designer would, but other activities play an important part in his production. Activities such as Art/Fashion exhibitions, with purely artistic creations such as the lamp installation at the MIAAO (Museum of Today's Applied Arts) in Torino in 2008, and theatrical costume design for the Loredana Furno Dance Theater Company, always in Torino.
In 2006, he also designed the uniforms and T-shirts for the Brooklyn International Film Festival.



Above, three outfits from the S/S 2010 collection, recently shown in Torino.

Clearly, Walter has many side activities and these are but a few. As for the clothes, they do not seem to follow any pre-established trend, for they tend to range from semi-traditional hyper-feminine romanticism to somewhat ultra-pure, futuristic lines.
I'll be interviewing Walter Dang in the Fall, so you'll be able to read more about the views of this - certainly not mainstream - designer, who has, no doubt, plenty to say for himself.
I'll be interviewing Walter Dang in the Fall, so you'll be able to read more about the views of this - certainly not mainstream - designer, who has, no doubt, plenty to say for himself.





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