Join SCAD FASH for the opening of Between Reality and Fantasy, London-based fashion designer Robert Wun’s first museum exhibition. The exhibition features looks and accessories from Wun’s earliest to his latest collections, set in a contemporary installation that embodies the futurism inherent in his work.

Wun favors a narrative approach to design, embracing a global perspective that honors his heritage yet refuses preconceived notions of Asian identity. He often looks to nature to inform his work, relating the asymmetry of organic forms to the complexity of being human. In a recent collection, Wun used pleating and precise cutting to mimic the shape of a swallowtail native to his ancestral home, contrasting the delicate softness of pleated elements with layers of armor-like corsets, peplums, and harnesses. Energized by the potential of design to function as a universal language, Wun translates bold conceptual ideas into technically rigorous yet accessible garments that empower the wearer.

About the designer
Since debuting his eponymous fashion line of elaborate garments, accessories, and shoes, emerging designer Robert Wun has become a rising star in the fashion world. Wun has dressed fashion mavens Billy Porter, Solange Knowles, Lady Gaga, Lizzo, Céline Dion, Issa Rae, Tessa Thompson, and Charli XCX. His collections have been featured in Vogue, Paper, InStyle, and Wallpaper. Wun has also collaborated with film director Wong Kar-wai and designed costumes for the 2015 film Hunger Games: Mockingjay.

This event is free for museum members and SCAD Card holders, and open to the public with the cost of museum admission.