BRITISH ARTIST TO DIRECT A SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHINA FASHION WEEK
London, November 26
Distributed by PR Newswire Europe on behalf of Dianne Stanley.

British artist Dianne Stanley flies to China today (Friday) to direct the show on December 2 of trend-setting young Chinese fashion designer Fang Yeng at the fifth International Chinese Fashion Show in Beijing. Similar to the London Fashion Week, this is the first time a British artist has been asked to direct at this leading event which will be attended by members of the Chinese Government and the British Ambassador.
Dianne studied textile design and won the Sanderson and Leverhulme travel scholarships which took her to study in Italy, Switzerland and Paris, where she designed for the Lanvin couture collection.

Her interests have since expanded from printed textiles to the more detailed miniaturist work of hand painting on silk. This has led to an interest in the arts of the east and it was through Dianne's involvement with the East Meets West Foundation in Telford, Shropshire, that led to her work becoming known in China and to their invitation to her.

"This is very exciting for me going there as China is showing such growing fashion interest," said Dianne, who meets Fang Yeng for the first time when she arrives in China. "Fang has sent me sketches of her work and it is very modern using soft fabrics. I shall be responsible for hair, make-up, lighting and music and all I know is that her show will be called ZERO and will have three colour scenes - white, yellow and green. The first rehearsal is on Monday November 29."

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