photo: Xavier MateoOverrated-But-We-Know-Her-Because-She's-a-Chinese-Fashion-Designer Vivienne Tam said that it was "high time the West recognized China's designers for their unique talent" despite the country's reputation for low-cost production.
Tam is part of 9707, a project to showcase Hong Kong as a global design hub and puts together 10 Hong Kong designers with global brands such as Alessi and Salvatore Ferragamo.
The Tea Room would happily recreate the Boston Tea Party with a shipment of Tam "designs."
Tam told Reuters: "I want to bring out China's history and culture in my work to the West"... shit, just what your work needed.... "Because to Western people's minds, in the past, China is seen for low-cost manufacturing, they're copycats and things like that" ..... and Western people's minds are wrong because....? "They don't consider China as a creative center, even Hong Kong, too. I think we have to break this rule. It's so rich in culture and in materials and resources. There's so much creative talent here".... Newsflash, Viv, China and Hong Kong are rich in one resource: Cheap labor! See Tea Room economic alerts to learn more.
Tam added, "I think Hong Kong has so much talent because it has to do with the East and West culture here, it brings so much energy and it will create a strong platform for China and other parts of Asia, too."
Finally, something Tam might be good at! If you can't design, try your hand at being an ambassador...
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