Kouklita Couture

Andrew Yang, whose fabulous fashionista rag dolls are on display at Elements, has enjoyed a lifelong love affair with art

NEW YORK-BASED multimedia artist Andrew Yang graduated from the Big Apple’s Fashion Institute of Technology, and worked at Proenza Schouler and Dennis Basso before creating the couture fashion dolls that gave him serious buzz in the fashion world. His figurines—called Kouklitas after the Greek term of endearment koukla, meaning “doll”—are either based on the looks of labels with which he has partnered, such as Lanvin and Giorgio Armani, or are a kooky and gothic bunch of characters straight from his imagination. Yang first created a stir with The New York Times debut of his effigies of US Vogue’s Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington. His dolls have since attracted a large coterie of fans and sell for as much as US$10,000. The first floor of the Elements shopping mall in Tsim…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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