Chen Zhigang'S "Starry Sky" Second Runner Up Works Are Illustrated By The Famous Model Rhododendron VOGUE.

From farmer's son to fashion designer

Healthy wheat with coloured skin, bearded hair, unruly hair, neck wrapped around a black scarf, casual jacket with classic blue jeans, this is Chen Zhigang, a little boy who will associate him with college students and gentle ladies.

"When I was in the competition, many people said I was like a clown, like a migrant worker, ha ha."

At the meeting, Chen Zhigang mocked himself.

In fact, Chen Zhigang, who was born in Changde, Hunan in 1983, is not a college student who takes the unusual road.

"Although I was fond of drawing from childhood, I want to learn fashion design, but my parents are native farmers, and my father will do some tailors. In their eyes, good reading is the right way, so I want to buy Paints, want to buy paintbrushes, and want to go to art training classes."

After finishing secondary school, Chen Zhigang learned the foundation of graphic design and went to Shenzhen in 2004.

He became a design director and pferred to Beijing.

"After saving enough money, I didn't want to continue my graphic design. I decided to quit my job and go to the best fashion design school in China."

The dream in Chen Zhigang's mind has not changed. Because of his weak basic culture curriculum, he decided to choose to study in Donghua, which is a good and talented "Raffles" in Shanghai.

As a Sino foreign cooperative college, Raffles introduced foreign professional design courses in Donghua. It used all foreign teaching courses, which made Chen Zhigang difficult at the beginning. But with the help of the assistant teacher, he gradually adapted to the international learning atmosphere and became more clear about his pursuit.

"Raffles in Donghua is not a closed box, but a platform that allows you to see a lot of things in the distance."

Chen Zhigang told reporters that foreign teachers from various countries had many things worth taking over, and foreign teachers encouraged us to open our minds and take the road of our own design.

"Participating in the design competition and practicing my skills is part of my learning in raffles, Donghua."

In May 2010, Chen Zhigang, who was in grade two in raffles, Donghua, signed up for the second season of CCTV6's starry sky.

At this time, he has won the 2009 JEANSWEST cup casual wear design competition Eastern competition third place, and 2009 Shanghai environmental protection creative competition national silver award.

"Starry sky" is a national event. From thousands of auditions to the top 4 in Hangzhou, and then to Beijing for a six-month round of cruelty elimination, from the top 16 to the top 5 in the national finals, it is known as "King Kong Bobbi" - Chen Zhigang has survived.

What is "diamond Bobbi"?

The contestants joked that Chen Zhigang had a tough appearance, but his mind was exquisite. Sometimes he spoke more lovely than the girl, and the clothes he designed were more than women.

Starry sky is sponsored by CCTV6 movie channel. From changing the cheongsam, matching the role of love outstanding women's costume, designing the modern costume for Lin Daiyu, and then designing the movie for the fashionable female editor, the female reporter, the hostess and even the female star, it also needs to undergo second designs of the burned wedding dress. Chen Zhigang has been almost tossing around all over the world, and the fabric has been used even with animal feathers.

"I slept less than 5 hours a day in the first half of the year. I got up early to start making clothes, recording programs, receiving interviews, and being busy in the early hours of the morning, and sleeping on how to design tomorrow, in case of how to deal with the PK."

At the end of the day, the more calm Chen Zhigang is, the more excellent players around him.

"Fifth elements" let the oldest of all he win the second runner up.

Choosing a movie as inspiration or theme is the theme of the final of the starry sky.

Chen Zhigang chose the movie "fifth elements" with science fiction.

"The fifth element" is a movie about the future, humanity and technology.

In the future perhaps full of machine age, I hope that through my works, people's inner feelings will be filtered thoroughly, clean and clear, and the cold world will be lit up with love.

I designed the tuxedo with an element of the lamp, hoping to embody the love that comes out.

Chen Zhigang's design is special but not alternative, pure and not simple. Exquisite tailoring embodies different levels of texture and embodies a distinctive temperament.

As one of the main judges of the creative starry sky, the Chinese designer Derek Lam, who is known as a fashion designer in New York fashion circle, praised Chen Zhigang's series of designs. "I like his color, it is pure, and it also expresses the visual effects that only movies can show."

That night, Chen Zhigang, who only studied fashion design for two years, became the runner up for the second season of starry sky.

Dressed in his own "curtain call dress", he received trophies and certificates from crouching tiger, hidden dragon, Oscar, the winner of the best form award, visual artist Ye Jintian, and movie actor Russell Wong, and won the "HP China Innovation Initiative Award" provided by "starry sky".

Third runner up is not the end of his pause.

Coming back from Beijing, Chen Zhigang has been busy returning to school to make up lessons, and embarked on a creative business plan with Creative Star cooperation.

"I hope to use the Creative Star platform to better demonstrate the charm of our original design.

I also hope that I can build up my own brand with the help of my own venture fund.

I am born for clothes.

This is Chen Zhigang's best annotation for himself.