Mei Hui Liu
Victim

With a second-hand sewing machine and an addiction to vintage fabrics, Mei Hui Liu began her line of one-offs in 2000 debuting a series of sheared wrap skirts and bandeau tops. But this Taiwan-born devotee of Victorian lace and frills soon found herself slashing some of the sweetness out of salvaged garments and antique trimmings. Raw stitching, haphazard hems, and a cut and paste philosophy, her reconstructed pieces are an ode to romance and a nod to the street.

Mei Hui's affair with London came via a detour in Italy and art school in Paris, culminating in the opening of the shop Victim in September 2001. With business partner William MacCormac, the Victim ethos sprang into action as a launchpad for a variety of spontaneous collaborations. Custom-made pieces from designer friends at the shop as well as a revolving rack for their own signature lines fill the shop as odds and ends from photographers and artists of all persuasions dot the walls and fill the corners.

The cosy space on Fashion Street off Brick Lane was a too-good-to-be-true address and 'Victim' seemed the only rightful name, especially as it blossomed into a pastel treasure chest of impromptu fixtures, antique decor, and rescued furniture. Mei Hui's mad factory-ette occupies the back and the window seats greet artists, friends, onlookers, scenesters and amateurs as a miniature salon de the.

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Text courtesy of www.meihui.co.uk
Fashions by Victim/Mei Hui Liu, Photographed by Leonard R. Greco
Modeled by Yui Kugi, Design by Justin Gagne