when mercedes-benz fashion week berlin (mbfwb) announced that taipei’s shih chien university would do a group show by the students of its renowned design college, we knew we were due a wildly diverse, colorful presentation – and indeed we saw a demonstration of how different the approach to what fashion can be and achieve may turn out to be.

right before the runway show, which featured a massive number of 53 outfits (including 15 from the praxes collection by the university’s own simulated fashion brand), we took backstage for this close-up material study…

also, see our other backstage production from this season here and an overview of our entire mbfwb coverage here!