Motherhood
Matilda Tongying Liang
Fashion Design (School of Graduate Studies)
About this Item
- Title
- Motherhood
- Date
- 2025
- Summary/Artist Statement
- Matilda Tongying Liang is an avant-garde fashion designer whose work challenges conventional boundaries through experimental material play and conceptual depth. Drawing inspiration from the maternality of nature, the balance of tenacity and vulnerability found in motherhood, and the cyclical philosophies of traditional Chinese culture, her designs embody a compelling tension between strength and softness. Her work emphasizes craftsmanship and the emotional relationship between garment, body, and narrative—positioning clothing as a medium of storytelling and transformation.
- About This Collection:
- "Mother" is a beautiful word that means more than just biology. This collection honors not only human motherhood, but also the maternal strength found in nature, femininity, and the act of creation. Matilda (Tongying) Liang explores motherhood as both a metaphor and a biological phenomenon. Drawing inspiration from the resilience, vulnerability, and invisible connections shared across generations of women, she challenges traditional definitions of what it means to be a "mother." Scientific research into maternal DNA and fetal microchimerism deepen her understanding of this profound intergenerational bond.
- Course/Degree Information
- 2025 Fashion Design MFA graduate thesis collection. Presented on September 9, 2025 at 'Act 5: Fashion Design MFA Showcase.'
- M.F.A. in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025.
- Department: Fashion Design
- Related Materials
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Act 5: Fashion Design MFA 2025 Graduate Showcase - Official Trailer
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: fd_mfa_000063
Citation
Liang, M. T. (2025). Motherhood. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661644
Liang, Matilda Tongying. Motherhood. 2025. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661644
Liang, Matilda Tongying. "Motherhood." FIT Digital Repository, 2025. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661644