Who started it? artist/designers Amy Cheung from Hong Kong and Erkka Nissinen from Finland launched their collaboration in interdisciplinary experiments in 2008. Handkerchief Productions does it all: innovative clothes, videos, architecture, graphics and installation art. "Due to our different interests, backgrounds and places of birth, we wanted Handkerchief to be a fabric on which everything creative could be drawn," says Cheung. The business was launched during the 2008 financial crisis when Cheung's father, a fabric manufacturer, asked the duo to design something using his excess cloth. His clients had cancelled a large number of textile orders due to the credit crunch, so the enterprising duo put their heads together and created Handkerchief's debut collection, Lost Queen in Metropolis.
Why we love it: apart from the "waste not, want not" factor, we're impressed by the clothes' geometric, artistic and mathematical prints, and atypical silhouettes. "We critically examined patterns and structures. We interpreted many of the key issues [of the economic crisis] as cuts, shapes, graphics and silhouettes to make a statement." Thankfully, this also translates into wearable pieces with an edgy appeal.
What we'd pick: there are too many to list, but there's something about the horizontal stripe dress (HK$2,693) and symmetric jacket (below; HK$3,489). The undulating black skirt (HK$1,958) and black geometric trousers (HK$2,209) are striking.
Where you can get it? The brand's autumn- winter collection is available online at www.handkerchief.com.hk.
Byline: P.Ramakrishnan
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