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1.Would you describe yourself as a metaphor, an analogy or an
epiphany? How so?

 Analogy. I like to think of myself as a ‘monk on savile row’.
That being said, the image of a monk on savile row is slightly an
epiphany.
 
2.How does inspiration happen for you when conceptualizing for
creating? Do you look for questions or create answers?

I start each collection with a challenge, a question though 
rhetorical at times, after which I seek out the answers to my 
questions using my clothes as a medium. For example, ss 10 was 
how many ways I could reimagine a white shirt, fw 10-11 saw me 
throwing out traditional drafting rules; would I be right or 
wrong or would I rather be free? Ss 11 is interesting with its 
mocking undertone to the collection. I want to put across a 
message that ‘more is not always more’ and we want clothes to 
return to its purest form – construction.
 
3.What does fashion symbolize in your culture?

Fashion like in all other cultures is an identity, a form of art, 
an outward expression of oneself. In Singapore interestingly, 
there’s a guerilla kind of fashion movement going on with us young 
designers wanting to have a distinct voice in the fashion scene. 

4.What does it mean to be a man in fashion growing up in your family?

Growing up under the influence of my seamstress mother, it was natural 
for me to take the fashion path, whether I am a man or a woman. 

5.Fashion reminds me of...Botox. It is addictive and it only lasts 6
months.
 
6.Fashion feels like...Endless Hurdle race. Always chasing to the next
hurdle to find out another one is drawing near. A never ending chase.
 
7.Fashion tastes like...Tobacco, it keeps you hooked on it and one can
never ever successfully quit smoking; you’ll allow yourself to slip once
in a while.
 
8.Fashion looks like...Swathes of moving black fabrics.
 
9.Fashion is...Like breathing. You don’t ask to breath, it just happens.
 
10.If you were stranded on a deserted island and all you could salvage
was an album, a book and your favorite artist, who would it be and why?

My sketch journal for my s/s 2012!

Click on more for Maxtan's S/S 2011 lookbook

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