It is not Spring, until all flowers blossom
IT IS NOT SPRING, UNTIL ALL FLOWERS BLOSSOM
一朵花，不是春
THE FILM
YA YI STUDIO X CURRY SICONG TIAN
IT IS NOT SPRING, UNTIL ALL FLOWERS BLOSSOM is the début collection from the New York based design label YA YI. The collection is a response to the designer’s personal experience working alongside the Chinese immigrants that make up the garment factories in New York, whose names are scarcely mentioned by the industry nor celebrated designers.
To commemorate the 1982 Garment Strike which took place in New York Chinatown, the title of the collection IT IS NOT SPRING, UNTIL ALL FLOWERS BLOSSOM comes from Shui Mak Ka, a factory worker who initialized the strike. On Mott Street, over 20,000 garment workers — almost entirely women — marched down the center of Chinatown to Columbus Park on a warm spring day in 1982. They donned union hats and raised picket signs to press for the renewal of their union contracts. United, immigrant Chinese American women called for workers’ rights that would forever impact U.S. labor history.
The collection portrays the overlooked laboring body of Asian immigrant women by recreating their portraits through female performers veiled with translucent lace and knit jacquard fabrics, adorned with heavily fringed garments and embroidered flower accessories.
Between a fashion collection, documentary film, performance film and artist book, this multi-disciplinary project involves the collaboration of more than 50 Asian and American creatives based in the US. Together, they reinterpret the garment factory space and portray the invisible working hands as a homage to the Asian American immigration history.
IT IS NOT SPRING, UNTIL ALL FLOWERS BLOSSOM
一朵花，不是春
YAYI x CURRY SICONG TIAN
FILM CREDITS
DIRECTOR
Curry SiCong Tian @curry_tian
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Yayi Chen @ya__yi_official
PRODUCER
Joyce Yueyi Xing @xingjojo @osmanthus_studios
CO-PRODUCER
Dante Jiayu Liu @dantejiayuliu
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Wenkai Wang @wwenkaiw
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Bruce Puyu Wang @bruce_wang_lee
1st ASSISTANT CAMERA
Evan Feng @evan_feng_
CAMERA PA
Shanshan Zhang @shanshan___zhang
GAFFER
Han Wang @han_2001203
KEY GRIP
Jason Chew @chewchomp
BEST GIRL
Cassie Yunzhi Zhang @cassiezyz
BEST BOY
Yu Jiang @yuyuyu.mov
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Vivienne Liu @vivienneliudesign
ART GRIP
Nicholas Brester @nicholasbrester
ART PA
Roku Jingwen Long @roku.long
Anson Li @qectus
FASHION DESIGN BY
Ya Yi Studio @ya__yi_official
ACCESSORY DESIGN COLLABORATOR (HANDBAG & SHOES)
Andrée Kong @andree_archive
STYLIST
Kellen Kauffman @kellen_______
STYLING ASSISTANTS
Jasmine Zhang @jasminekkzhang
Angel Pan @anangelorsmth
Luwenxi Song @luwenxis
HAIR STYLIST
Shin Arima @shinarima
ASSISTANT HAIR STYLIST
Rika Shimojyo @rikaringjiji
MAKE UP ARTIST
Mitch Yohei Yoshida @mitchyoshidamakeup
ASSISTANT MUA
Emma Fuka Ando @emmakeup1102
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
Erin Maher @erin.m.maher
Grace Yi-Li Tong @graceytong
LEAD PERFORMER
Leah Ogawa @leahogawa
PERFORMERS
Erin Maher @erin.m.maher
Grace Yi-Li Tong @graceytong
Hong Lin @hong.lin.liii
Xin Min @viaxmin
Ariel Ziyi Cui @arielpunnk
Leah Ying Lin @__leah______
Zhiqing Zhang @princessofchinatown
Vinca Minor @vinca_minor
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Boyang Hu @boyang_h
STILL ASSISTANTS
Stefy Lin @stefy.lin
Yichen Zhou @yichen_815
EDITOR
Qiyan Li @liqiyan2013
CO-EDITOR
Xiao Han @xiiiaoh
VFX ARTIST
Shengluo Zhang @zshengluooo
COLOR BY
Reason Studio
COLORIST
Roy Sun @coloristroy
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Ricky Yuecen Cai @rishepp
MUSIC BY
Chamberlain Zhang @chamberlainz
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