Ziggy Chen’s Spring-Summer 2025 collection, presented at the Paris Fashion Week, titled “GNARTRICATE 盘枝错节 “ is inspired by a Chinese idiom. The idiot originally means intertwining roots referring to the, usually for us not visible, founding part of the plant. Roots are the life-giving source of nourishment and stability for the plant.

Ziggy Chen brings those roots into the spotlight by combining Gnarled Branches and Intricate by fusing them into GNARTRICATE. No longer underground and hidden but visible, disruptive branches that grow and spread disorderly. The collection plays with contrasts balancing each other out. Beauty and decadence, chaos and rigour, elegance and comfort.

Traditional architecture and the play of light and shadow interacting with voids and solids created by the garden of vegetation have been the source of inspiration for colors and materials used for the garments. The colors have faded with the passage of time. Therefore there are various shades of purple, alongside greens and greys used. The colors play with the connection between the walls and the garden. 

The silhouettes of the SS25 are soft, instantly suggesting comfort and naturalness. The texture of the materials and the patterns of the fabrics reflect the constructed or aggressive shapes, to embody’s soft pleasantness. Each garment brings back a natural and sinuous experience, in which the body is caressed by the fabrics, which follow it fluidly in every movement.