MANNHEIM, Germany—To designers with a sense for fashion, Shen Yun Performing Arts is certainly a feast for the eyes and an evocation for creativity. “Aesthetically, it’s like fireworks!” said Christiane Fuchs, a fashion designer, of Shen Yun.
The costumes seen in New York-based Shen Yun are inspired by the attire from the different dynasties of China’s 5,000-year-old story. And each head piece and robe is designed and hand crafted each season for Shen Yun’s all-new productions.
“What I’ve always found impressive about Chinese fashion and culture are the clear colors and the way they are contrasted. For a long time, we didn’t dare to use red and pink together in Europe, and also orange. All of a sudden, it was fashionable. And this year, we also have a very colorful fashion. We have entire collections in pink, in green, in blue. And at the same time, what impresses me very much is the way these colors are combined, also in their clarity,” Ms. Fuchs said.
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