It begins with nature at its most abundant.
Yong Studio turns to nature—not as a static source of inspiration, but as something constantly shifting, transforming, and leaving traces behind. At the heart of the collection is a cycle of heat, dryness, erosion, fragmentation, reconstruction, and renewal, translated into ready-to-wear through changing textures, proportions, and forms. “At its core, it’s about cause and effect, and how everything we do leaves something behind,” Yong Davalos tells MEGA.
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Nature in Motion
The collection unfolds across four distinct segments, each taking its own approach to color, texture, silhouette, and construction. Its story begins with softer, lush, and fluid pieces before moving into garments that feel increasingly textured, weathered, and fragmented—leaning into erosion and reconstruction. From there, the collection turns toward reconstruction, bringing the idea of renewal back into the clothes themselves.
Rather than treating sustainability as a separate consideration, Davalos weaves it into the collection’s construction. “We’re also reworking deadstock fabrics and giving existing materials a new life, so the idea of reconstruction becomes part of the clothes themselves,” Davalos shares. It is a process that mirrors the collection’s larger philosophy: nothing simply disappears, but instead becomes something else.
Beneath the shifting textures and contrasts remain Yong Studio’s signatures: fluid silhouettes, sculptural draping, and shapes that move with the body. This time, however, Davalos pushes those familiar codes further through more experimental constructions, proportions, and textures. “It’s about seeing how our core silhouettes can evolve without losing what makes them Yong Studio,” she explains.
But the collection also sits within a contradiction at the heart of fashion itself: an industry that continually looks to nature for inspiration while contributing to its consumption. Yong Studio does not attempt to resolve that tension so much as explore it. Between beauty and disappearance, newness and what already exists, the collection considers what it means to create in a world that is constantly changing—and how fashion, too, can adapt, transform, and begin again.
Photographed by KIERAN PUNAY of KLIQ INC.
Frequently Asked Questions
The collection explores nature as constantly shifting rather than static, built around a cycle of heat, dryness, erosion, fragmentation, reconstruction, and renewal, translated into ready-to-wear through changing textures, proportions, and forms.
Designer Yong Davalos reworks deadstock fabrics and gives existing materials new life, weaving reconstruction directly into the clothes rather than treating sustainability as a separate consideration.
The collection unfolds across four distinct segments, moving from softer, lush, fluid pieces to increasingly textured and fragmented garments, before turning toward reconstruction and renewal.
Yong Studio is known for fluid silhouettes, sculptural draping, and shapes that move with the body. This collection pushes those codes further through more experimental constructions, proportions, and textures.
Yong Davalos is the designer behind Yong Studio, known for translating conceptual themes like erosion and renewal into wearable collections that explore fashion’s relationship with nature and consumption.
