The Kiss of Time
Yawen Chen
Fashion Design (School of Graduate Studies)
About this Item
- Title
- The Kiss of Time
- Date
- 2025
- Summary/Artist Statement
- Yawen Chen is a fashion designer whose work blends natural elegance and romanticism, redefining modern femininity. She specializes in layered structures and intricate fabrics, capturing movement and emotion in her designs. Inspired by nature, time, and traditional craftsmanship, she balances classic and contemporary elements, creating pieces with character and depth. Her designs emphasize fine detailing, textile innovation, and artistic expression. She earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Fashion Design from FIT.
- About This Collection:
- I believe the marks time leaves on my body are not flaws but life's imprints. Inspired by Miyako Ishiuchi's Mother and Scars, this collection is a tribute to my mother. Her body changed due to breast cancer, yet her grace and femininity remained. Through asymmetry, pleats, and fluid forms, I reflect her transformation and my connection to time's traces. "The Kiss of Time" redefines beauty as something that evolves, carrying the depth of lived experience.
- 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_000067
Citation
Chen, Y. (2025). The Kiss of Time. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661701
Chen, Yawen. The Kiss of Time. 2025. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661701
Chen, Yawen. "The Kiss of Time." FIT Digital Repository, 2025. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661701