Changyan Jiang — BFA Fashion Design 2026

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Changyan Jiang was born and raised in China, now is a New York–based fashion designer and makeup artist whose practice centers on constructing narratives and contexts as a means of visual communication.she investigates how clothing and adornment can function as expressive tools to convey layered ideas and emotions. By merging the language of fashion, she explores the relationship between humans and the environments it occupies, often reflecting on themes of identity, memory, and presence.Changyan Jiang was born and raised in China, now is a New York–based fashion designer and makeup artist whose practice centers on constructing narratives and contexts as a means of visual communication.she investigates how clothing and adornment can function as expressive tools to convey layered ideas and emotions. By merging the language of fashion, she explores the relationship between humans and the environments it occupies, often reflecting on themes of identity, memory, and presence.

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many summers later <br> by changyan

When I interact with the world as a conscious being, I generate many thoughts and feelings, which often blend into my creations. When I create, I am always discussing a sense of belonging and security. Recording these relatively abstract and vague perceptions is both a behavioral pattern and a result for me. Each of us is carried forward by time, society, and every different era. We search for our own tranquility in the chaotic and noisy torrent. In this project, I want to try to record some of my shallow insights and confusions when I, as a conscious being, seek a sense of belonging and security. I want to try to create some scenarios in this project. I think this might be an interesting way of presentation.

I have roughly divided the content I want to express into five chapters, namely "The Land", "Shelter", "A Triangle", "Death" and "Tree". Each chapter corresponds to my interpretation of different senses of settlement, senses of belonging, sense of non-belonging. I hope to complete this narrative through these different interpretations and depictions. These five chapters together form a "map" of my search and perception of a sense of security and belonging.

"The Land" is our initial refuge.
"The Shelter" refers to our escape and resistance when facing the world.
"A Triangle" represents a temporary, subtle and fragile stability in our lives.
"Death" is the most definite physical outcome we can see, as well as our way of viewing it.
"Tree" is the balance I attempt to re-establish with the world and the peace I seek.