RECALL
Photographer: Kathryn Huang @kathrynhuang_ // Fashion Designer: Jerome Cheung @jerome__cheung // Model: Kai Wang @kaitothelingdom
A collaboration between photographer Kathryn Huang and designer Jerome Cheung, “Recall” looks at what gets saved, what fades, and how clothing keeps a record of us. With Kai Wang as the central figure, the series moves through textures and time, pulling from Cheung’s thesis collection Intended to be Read by the Archives.
Memory leaves marks. Some are visible in worn hems and softened fabric. Others sit underneath, shaping how we move. “Recall” works in that space. The styling leans into patina and structure: raw edges, quilted panels, long lines that fall to the floor. The palette stays close to earth and stone, letting the cuts do the talking.
Huang shoots spare and precise. Light brushes the clothes, then slips away, inviting small shifts in posture to carry the frame. The images feel quiet at first, then layered. A tilt of the head, a hand at the collar, a step that pulls the skirt back to reveal weight and grain. You read them the way you read an old garment — by touch.
Cheung’s pieces reference archives without treating them as relics. Buttons sit slightly off-center. Seams show. Nothing is pristine, which is the point. The clothes behave like keepsakes: useful, personal, and full of story.
In the later looks, motion blurs and surfaces streak. The body becomes a record of passage rather than a fixed pose. “Recall” closes on that idea — preservation is not stasis. It is an active return.
