01/12/2021
2017 Joe’s Blackbook Scholarship Menswear Winner has a new project called
“It has been 4 years since my family and I last visited Yunyin Monastery in the mountains of Beilun, Ningbo. Abbot Jinghua is barely a decade older than me, with a profoundly wise andcaring soul. As a Buddhist monk he had visited and lived in many well-known monasteries around the globe, before he finally chose to settle at this little and unknown monastery called Yunyin (meaning “hidden among the clouds” in Chinese).
Abbot Jinghua and I share a strong interest in exploring different ways of aesthetic expressions in this modern and contemporary social context. 4 years ago I proposed to design and make functional, unique, and beautiful clothes for the Buddhists who live and work in Yunyin. This year I finally returned and fulfilled my promise.” - Zewei Hong