when question marks become people

The drums sounded, unifying the beat of the heartbeat.Then the string music joined, such as complaints and chants.Lean less, and the sound of knocking metal and stone appears, like a background, fading in and out.

But when one listens attentively, one feels that the weakest percussion sound is the most attractive part of the whole music, like the core string of characters in a password, the only scent of flowers in winter, leading explorers to turn over The last hill, drilled out of the dense bush belt, straightened up and looked into the distance - a large area of ​​fertile fields by the river came into view.

The first model walked onto the catwalk to the beat of drums.

This is a young girl in ancient times, who is returning home briskly with her harvest.

Her hair was braided in rough braids, and the outer layer of her hair was arched in a shaggy way, as if it had been messed up by branches while walking through the forest.White faux fur wraps around her slender chest, and the brown skirt pieces are like strings of long and narrow dead leaves, swirling down from left to right, gathering the slender waist, and hanging down in layers.

The soft and sparse white wool is assembled into narrow strips, wrapping around the neck and extending towards the arms until wrapping around the middle finger.During the movement, the wool flutters gently, echoing the thin black straps wrapped around the ankles on the bare feet.

The girl is holding a spherical green handbag in her right hand, which seems to be temporarily woven from vines with slightly different thicknesses, forming the only bright color on her body.

Two small flowers and a handful of wheat ears protruded from the top of the rattan bag, and the heavy fruit grains made the wheat ears hang down.Following the angle of the wheat ears, the overlapping leaf-shaped skirts turn up waves with the girl's steps, and the "leaf bottom" flashes and disappears.

From the eyes of the audience on both sides of the runway, the light-colored inner lining of the skirt is covered with irregular circular patterns, as if randomly scattered fruits.However, when the girl walked to the front without haste, and then looked at the pattern, it was clearly a swimming cell.

The cells are composed of small geometric figures in ocher red, dark green, and gray and white, each of which has its own uniqueness. The bending and flatness of the fabric adds dynamics to them, and the dull color makes this dynamic appear bulky, as if After a long time, the cells stored in the liquid have lost most of their vitality.

These flashing and disappearing cells are like safety words in hypnotic suggestion, awakening the audience in a spiritual illusion, and the original girl in the eyes immediately changes, revealing all kinds of abnormalities: silver on the corners of the eyes and lips, sharp skirts The edge of the black strap looks like earphone tips.

At this time, the girl had already walked to the front of the runway, and the audience waited for her to turn around and return, wanting to see her more clearly.But the girl continued to move forward without any pause, stepping straight out of the edge of the runway.

There was a sound of gasping from the audience area, and someone had covered their lips with their hands, but there was no sound of stomping on the air as they expected, and no screams of pain from the runway, which was slightly higher than the auditorium.

The lively drums disappeared, and the sound of the violin moved forward, with a hint of chill in the peace.The girl walked into the darkness, and just like that, disappeared...

"Ah!" A woman couldn't help but let out a low cry.

No one wanted to look for the source of the sound, and everyone's eyes were taken away by the girl who appeared in midair.

The beam of light that had been extinguished before the opening came back on again, and with the movement of the flying saucer at the top, the beam of light also moved around the crowd in a disorderly manner.This time, the arrows in the beam of light were replaced by different natural landscapes: a desert covered with thin snow, a sea with icebergs floating, a grassland growing wildly, a lake surrounded by green trees...

The girl appeared above these natural landscapes, wearing the same clothes, taking the same steps, going up and down, walking from a beam of light into the darkness, and walking from the darkness into a new beam of light in another direction, as if relying on a pair of Barefoot walked all over the primordial world until it really disappeared.

3D projections bring it all to life.The closer you get to the bright runway, the lighter the beam of light and the images inside the beam become. The audience turned their heads to look for the figure of the girl, and suddenly felt that they were looking for traces of ancient times.

Before the image of the girl disappeared, the next male model had already walked to the middle of the runway.He has messy hair and bare feet, with wild steps, and the bag on his shoulder is like a bow.

The most striking thing is the large embroidery on his left sleeve that spreads from the edge to the shoulder.

At a distance, the embroidery is like a tree crown with a wide bottom and a narrow top, because the colors are mixed in autumn and winter.When the line of sight is perpendicular to its center, a tall tower appears, and the geometric structure supports it to reach the sky stably.

The primitive warriors carrying towers also stepped into the air at the front of the runway, and began to migrate thousands of miles in the beam of light.

Behind him, the models stepped into view one by one.Their attire has obvious primitive and natural elements, mostly a combination of white, black, gray, dark red, dark blue and brown.Except for embroidery, the fabric itself is rarely embellished with patterns. It relies on bold cutting, exquisite folding, magical interlacing and even interspersed with rings to create unexpected beauty and eye-catching style.

But none of these can compare to the bouncing thinking and expanding imagination that embroidery brings to the audience.Outdated colors, infinitely changing geometry, and the help of visual difference, the oriental dragon on the waist of the model turned into a curved bridge, and the stone ornaments on the neck formed a ring-shaped space station...

At this time, most people in the show did not know that it was flame embroidery, but this did not affect their appreciation of it.And, they will get to know each other soon.

"It was a wonderful thrill. I thought I had picked up a beautiful fossil. When I looked through the light, I found out that it was a nuclear energy recorder. It showed me an ancient memory. Before there were records, people had created Rich civilization, they collect, hunt, research and invent. When I sat in the deep sea show, I really believed that this is it, this is the way of prehistoric civilization." A critic wrote in a subsequent article.

A show is a conceptual expression, and different people have different understandings.

A guest stated her feelings after the end: "I think the designer is explaining Maverick from a new perspective. Everyone lives in the era and bears the imprint of the era, but you can live out your personality. On the premise of bravely moving forward and working hard to create, your world will be infinitely broad. Of course, the brand of Deep Sea can subtly highlight your personality so that you will not be overwhelmed by the crowd.”

There are also such different opinions: "I see 'living elsewhere' from Lockhart's works, and always maintain an attitude of integration and alienation towards the world. Only our spirit is free, and only then can we continue the beauty of the old days, and at the same time Start a new journey."

There are also interpretations purely from the perspective of fashion: "Obviously there is an aesthetic cycle, retro, innovative, and retro with technological means. The fashion industry is a place where nostalgia is full of new fun. I have a hunch that the oriental embroidery called flame embroidery will lead the way. A new trend."

After a new set of design comes off the catwalk, it is often modified according to actual needs to make it less "weird" and bright, but because of the fashion show, people have given it more things.

Lockhart allowed this endowment to continue, following everyone's speculation and analysis, driving his designs, deep sea and flame embroidery to be known to more people, allowing different people to choose his clothing because of different cognitive preferences.

It took him a while before he revealed what he meant: "I was inspired by 'inheritance'. For a while I wondered, is everything in the past all backward, or is it all good? We can't go back to the past, maybe the past isn't What we think it is now. Then it doesn’t make sense for us to copy the past intact or throw them away completely. I think the real meaning of inheritance is to continue the feeling and spirit of beauty.”

After hearing his words, everyone went back to watch the last part of the show, and had different feelings.

No new models appeared on the catwalk, the bright "moonlight" returned to darkness, all the images in the sky disappeared, all the beams of light continued to expand and fade, and finally merged into one, covering the audience on both sides.

The sound of drums, violins and percussion fades away, and the soft piano sound joins in, which is gentle and lingering, as if the eyes have touched the earth, counting every leaf and every grain of sand.

The sound of waves poured in, filling the gaps between piano notes, and trickling down to people's hearts.At the same time, the sparkling water rises from the bottom of the audience's feet, invisibly submerges the feet, and climbs up the calf.

The extremely faint light effect makes the water waves seem like an illusion that disappears in the blink of an eye, but the background of the black ground and the endless sound of waves add a layer of reality to it.Someone bent down to fetch water, and the shadow of the palm made the water pattern projection disappear and reappear.

The switching of lights, shadows and music interfered with the attention of the audience. At some point, the runway was lit up again, and a tall figure stood in the middle of the platform.Under his feet, the only bright vertical platform in the whole field extends forward, like a jade white floating road that is only passable in the ocean.

The sound of the waves gradually became louder, and the handsome oriental man started walking along the floating road.The lightly painted eyebrows and lips slightly took away the powerful impact of his appearance, but highlighted the star-like eyes even more.

No audience thought that he was not using standard model steps, but was walking slowly, and everyone present was occupied by his mysterious temperament.

Is he a priest or a son of God, or the last guardian warrior of the ancient earth?

With black hair and jade crown, white cloth boots, and the perfectly proportioned long-haired youth, this attire, which is difficult for others to control, has a sense of sacredness that makes people breathless.

The most important upper part of the robe is a bit like a military uniform, with sharp shoulders outlined, the waist gathered just right, and the four coats hanging down to the knees, giving a full sense of fall.

Collars, shoulders, cuffs, belts, hems, and large or small mountain and river patterns are arranged symmetrically.After careful identification, in the mountain-shaped trees, shadows and rivers formed by three-color embroidery, artifacts and human faces from the four ancient civilizations are irregularly embedded.

The young man holds the umbrella in his right hand and moves forward steadily.The whole body of the umbrella is silver, and at first glance it looks like an oriental oil-paper umbrella, but the actual surface of the umbrella is smaller and flatter, revealing the coldness of metal.When the faint projection is shot down, there is no way to show ripples on the umbrella surface, only wisps of white lines are reflected from time to time, like swimming energy.

This is not an umbrella, is it?arms?scepter?Launcher or aircraft?The audience guessed in their hearts.

All the softness and symmetry that the models in the previous catwalks lacked in the clothes seem to have been transferred to the young man, but these softness and symmetry have merged into a more powerful momentum, spreading from his body to the outside, soaking all the surrounding space.

No one looked away for a moment. At this moment, the explorers traveled through time and space and witnessed the demise of prehistoric civilization.

The sea water floods the cities, fields, and forests, and the world is a vast ocean. The remaining members of civilization walk to the end of the floating road, slowly look back at the world for the last time, and then sink into the darkness and disappear into the unknown space.

When the last energy of the ancient ruins was exhausted and the darkness covered them, a voice rose in some people's hearts.

No, it is not dead, the seed of civilization has been sown, and now it is in new splendor.