The Bite Magazine - Autumn/Winter 2025 - Issue 38

bitefashion Texture becomes language. Some pieces layer transparent organza over dense wool, creating a dialogue between visibility and concealment. Others are built from recycled synthetics that catch the light like metallic plumage. Sleeves transform into capes and collars extend into sculptural forms reminiscent of bones and beaks. There’s a sense of perpetual metamorpho- sis, nothing fixed, everything in motion. INF’s hallmark ‘one garment, multiple ways’ philosophy continues to evolve here, merging practicality with poetics. Jackets can morph into vests, hems detach, and accessories reconfigure. Each look invites the wearer to become co-author, to participate in the act of transformation. That philosophy is aesthetic and environmental. Kuo’s design language is built on sustainability as an ethic of respect for culture, craft, and continuity. For this season, he introduced an innovation in partnership with Wynist Retail Solutions Inc., transforming fabric scraps from the atelier into recycled plastic pellets that are later moulded into new garment hangers. The hangers themselves are recyclable, completing a circular system where even waste finds a second life. It’s a revolution that treats sustainability as a natural extension of the brand’s creative worldview. In many ways, ‘Raven’ is an act of resurrection. It reawakens forgotten myths and reanimates them through form and texture. The show’s emotional peak came during its final se- quence, when singer-songwriter Shen Wen-cheng, a descend- ant of the Rukai tribe, appeared in a black ensemble cut from layered silk and linen. His performance of Song of the Little River, accompanied by the recorded voice of his late uncle in Rukai dialect, had turned the runway into a living altar. The audience fell into silence. For a moment, fashion ceased to be image, but a memory carried on a current of the song. That synthesis of art, myth, and sustainability is what sets it apart in the global conversation. The brand’s trajectory, from an independent Taiwanese studio to a name recognised by Forbes, ELLE Spain, and Marie Claire Italy , has been defined by coherence. Each collection expands its mythology without diluting its message: fashion as a medium for wisdom, culture, and transformation. The garments are built to outlast trends, to carry a story. Even the afterparty extended the narrative. In collaboration with Glenfiddich, the designer transformed the rooftop of CÉ LA VI Taipei into a ‘raven’s nest’ with black feathers, silver light, and a specially crafted Raven Cocktail infused with Glenfiddich 12-Year Single Malt. More than a party, it was an immersion in the myth carried from runway to ritual, where scent, sound, and taste continued the collection’s sensory journey. Wei Kuo describes his process as “a dialogue between craft and consciousness.” That consciousness runs through every stitch. The brand’s garments invite contemplation, and they ask the