The husband-and-wife duo behind Kwaidan Editions showcases a new menswear line, Lu’u Dan
’s Léa Dickely and Hung La are stealthily making some of the edgiest women’s fashion around. Their five-year-old label is a reliable resource for lanky tailored trench coats, jackets, trousers, and apron dresses—in fetish rubber. Now, they’re expanding into menswear, launching a new brand they’ve named Lu’u Dan, which is Vietnamese for pomegranate bullet; more loosely it means grenade or dangerous man.
“The concept grew over lockdown,” said La, who’s previously designed at Balenciaga and Celine. “We were at home [in London], it was the whole George Floyd moment, [about] identity and race. What came up for me was a yearning for my roots.” La was raised in Rockville, Maryland, outside of Washington DC, a first generation American born to Vietnamese parents, and in his youth he rejected his Asian identity. “I remember being a kid and I wanted to go to summer camp.
The clothes also lift from La’s own heritage. The floral design on a pink silk shirt is a replica of a painting by his 95-year-old grandmother. “She used to do these beautiful Japanese-inspired paintings,” he said, and there are references to
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