Syndicated from China Daily
This Yiqin Yin custom “Absinthe” dress, worn by Audrey Tatou at Cannes this year, took 400 hours to create. Needless to say, Ms. Tatou’s decision to wear the frosted mint organza and silk chiffon gown is a boon to the young designer’s profile and business.
Born in Beijing in 1985, Yin left China at the age of four. Of her peripatetic life, she’s said that clothes gave her “points of reference” as she moved from country to country, eventually landing in France, where she studied at Paris’s National School of Decorative Arts.
Soon after, Yin was “discovered” at the 2010 Hyères fashion festival, a showcase of growing international importance to scout emerging creative talent. Since 2012 she has shown during the Haute Couture in Paris as a guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. She sells her couture to American and Chinese clients, but something tells me she’ll be doing a whole lot of brisk business from here on out!
Find Yiqin Yin at: Montaigne Market and ModeWalk