Description
Fashion × Dadaocheng: A century-old heritage from tea to suits
Dadaocheng suit culture actually started with tea
Since its establishment in 1890, Dadaocheng's Registered Tea has always focused on one thing, from prosperity to transformation and change.
In the midst of the change, the century-old City God Temple, which witnessed the tea industry and textiles and suits, actually worshiped the only patron saint of Taiwan's textile industry - the ancestor guard, why did it come about?
WANT SHOW's grandson - The warm dawn of the fashion industry in the new era, injecting the cultural wisdom of grandpa and grandma into the fashion industry
The fifth-Generation successor of the century-old tea shop, the 200-year-old Taipei Chenghuang Temple, and the million-follower fashionable grandson and manager of WANT SHOW Laundry.
Share and analyze the evolution of fashion X Dadaocheng, cloth industry, tea trade to cultural inheritance, fashion is the carrier of cultural inheritance. From their own experiences and stories, the three managers will explore for you how fashion flows into our lives and history and culture.
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▎ Active time
3/29 (Sat) 16:00-18:00
▎ Moderator
The founder of Zero Waste Fashion - Kuan Chen
▎Speaker
The Secretary of Taipei Chenghuang Temple and the vice chairman of Dadaocheng Creative District Development Association - Titan Wu
The person in charge of Wangtea Lab and the fifth generation of Wang Tea - Jason Wang
The third generation of WANT SHOW Laundry / the person in charge of WANT SHOW Laundry laboratory, Reef Chang
▎Lecture process
14:00 Check-in
14:30 The lecture begins
15:30 End of the lecture
15:30 - 16:00 mingle + end of the event
▎Location
House of story Wear
Address | 2nd Floor, No. 67, Xining North Road, Datong District, Taipei City
Transportation information | Take the MRT to Beimen Station, walk for about 10 minutes
Check-in method | Provide a phone number for check-in
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▎Titan Wu
The Secretary of Taipei Chenghuang Temple and the vice chairman of Dadaocheng Creative District Development Association, has been deeply involved in the promotion of Dadaocheng culture for many years, committed to revitalizing local history and traditional industries, connecting the past and the present, and giving new life to the old neighborhood.
▎Wang Tea
As the fifth-generation person in charge of the century-old tea shop from Dadaocheng, Jason Wang not only protects the family's traditional tea-making skills, but also founded the Wangtea Lab to promote Taiwan's tea culture in an innovative way. He combines tea tasting with life aesthetics, and through experimental tea beverage development and cross-border cooperation, he has brought a new look to the registered tea in the international market, and continues to inject new vitality into Taiwan's tea culture.
▎WANT SHOW Laundry
Once just a time-honored laundry in the alleys of Taichung, WANT SHOW Laundry has been given a new lease of life thanks to Reef Chang's ingenuity. Under the name of "WANT SHOW grandson", he promoted the fashion and retro spirit of grandpa and grandma to the world, and further established WANT SHOW Laundry Lab, which combines laundry culture, sustainable fashion and environmental protection concepts, so that the traditional laundry industry can become a platform to promote social awareness of the environment and culture.
▎House of story Wear
The Department Store is located in Taipei Dadaocheng, which is not only one of the birthplaces of Taiwan's textile industry, but also a hotspot in the fabric and garment business circles, and was once used as a textile factory. The site is located here, hoping to continue and cherish this traditional culture, so that the concept of sustainability can continue to be carried forward in the context of history.
A one-stop fashion selection from more than 20 well-known sustainable brands at home and abroad, as well as sustainable drinks, clothing rental and repair services. It also provides a sustainable curation space, as well as a teaching and venue for sustainable courses.
