Titles

Tenured Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, Master’s Supervisor

Professional Positions
Former Director, Department of Textile and Fashion Design, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Academic Background

·2000.09–2001.09: Master’s Degree, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

·1984.09–1988.07: Bachelor’s Degree, Department of Fashion Design, Central Academy of Arts and Design (now Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University)

Professional Experience

·2011–Present: Professor, Department of Textile and Fashion Design, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

·1999–2011: Associate Professor, Department of Textile and Fashion Design, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

·1989: Research Scholar in Fur Fashion Design, SAGA Design Center, Denmark

·1988–1998: Lecturer, Department of Textile and Fashion Design, Central Academy of Arts & Design

Professional Affiliations

·Review Expert, National Social Science Fund of China

·Review Expert, National Arts Fund of China

·Deputy Director and Secretary-General, Fashion Design Art Committee, China Artists Association

·Expert Committee Member, Beijing Cultural and Creative Industry Development Special Fund Project Review Board

·Expert Committee Member (China Region), International Commercial Art Designers Association (ICAD)

Research Focus

·Fashion Design Based on Non-Standardized Production Modes

·Contemporary Interpretation of Ethnic Costume Cultures

Academic Philosophy

1.Design Process and Methodology

oUnderstanding: Form → Structure → Essence

oDesign: Essence (Text) → Structure → Form

oDesign begins with the essence (text), where "text" represents an alternative form of existence that bears responsibility for the tangible reality.

2.International Fashion System
The hierarchical structure of the international fashion system allows upstream players to constrain downstream design innovation, not through creativity itself but through discursive dominance. This system propagates Euro-American culture, fostering cultural monopoly and colonization worldwide, creating a "secondhand reality" of Western cultural hegemony. Fundamentally, the international fashion system operates as an economic mechanism for resource and capital extraction by dominant nations.

Academic Achievements
Publications

·Authored 2 monographs; Chief Editor of the 11th Five-Year Plan textbook series Fashion Design.

·Published over 30 academic papers, including:

o“Consciousness and Reflection on Ethnic Costume Cultures in a Contemporary Context” (2020 International Symposium on Ethnic Costume Culture of the Chinese Nation)

o“The Realization of a ‘Secondhand’ Reality: On the International Fashion System and Western Cultural Hegemony” (Art Observation, September 2016)

o“Pathways for Transforming China’s Fashion Design Education” (Decoration, May 2014)

Research Projects

·Led 22 research initiatives, including:

oDesign of Flight Uniforms for PLA Air Force Pilots (2016–2020)

oCommemorative Uniform Design for Retired Chinese Armed Police Officers (2011)

oFlight Attendant Uniform Design for PLA Air Force Special Aircraft (2010)

Exhibitions

·Participated in over 20 exhibitions, notably:

oFlight Uniforms for PLA Air Force Pilots, featured in “Nation & Livelihood: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University Creative Achievements Exhibition” (2019)

oThe Last Garment, exhibited at the “From Lausanne to Beijing” 6th International Fiber Art Biennale (2010)

Awards

·Outstanding Contribution Award for Costume Design for the 60th National Day Parade (2009)

·Grand Prize (three consecutive years) at the Genuine Leather Label Cup China Leather Fashion Design Competition (1999–2001)

·Gold Medal and International Designer of the Year at the 2000 CIAE International Young Fashion Designers Competition (India)

Teaching Portfolio
Undergraduate Courses

·Fashion Design, Accessory Design, Graduate Design Projects
Graduate Courses

·Research Methods in Fashion Design
Doctoral Courses

·Contemporary Studies of Ethnic Costume Cultures

·Fashion Design Based on Non-Standardized Production Modes