Xiyuan 29 Fashion Creation Base - Taipei Fashion and Culture Museum Introduction
The "Xiyuan 29 Fashion Creation Base", located in the culturally rich Wanhua District, is designed with the concept of trees as its core theme to cultivate fashion design talents in Taiwan. Formerly known as the Taipei Fashion Culture Museum, this space is now a three-story fashion hub, serving as a creative landmark in the apparel industry, enhanced by the surrounding Wanhua fashion district (Dali Fashion District). The building's exterior is brick-red, while the interior features a design that embodies the concept of a tree, aiming to become a creative tree that absorbs the historical and cultural characteristics of the Wanhua area. It is devoted to nurturing local fashion design talents and revitalizing the Wanhua fashion district by connecting local business owners with resident designers, establishing exemplary design collaboration cases, and promoting Taiwan's fashion and design industry to the international stage. Collaboration with educational institutions to nurture emergent designers is one of the main tasks of the "Xiyuan 29 Fashion Creation Base." In addition to allowing students and faculty from related university programs to schedule guided tours, the base also partners with schools for internship programs during the summer. This enables students to understand the connections between design and marketing through hands-on experience in the management of the base and collaboration with designers and activities in the Wanhua fashion district. Moreover, the base plans to offer courses on fashion trends and professional exhibition analysis, introducing new fashion information to help cultivate design talents in Taiwan. Upon entering the first floor lobby, visitors are greeted by a pure white space designed to create a sensory-rich fashion information environment, serving as a stage for designers' beautiful works. A coffee bar in the corner allows visitors to sit back and enjoy a cup of coffee while admiring creatively designed garments, reading design-related publications, and seeking their own inspirations. For those interested in learning more about the "Xiyuan 29 Fashion Creation Base," the cultural and historical development of the Wanhua District, or the profiles, creative styles, and works of resident designers, exciting videos are played on the first floor to provide visitors with a wealth of information in a short period. There are also interactive screens that enable the public to engage with the displayed content using special controllers, enhancing their understanding of the designers. The second floor serves as a mobile working platform for designers, featuring studios that are not open to the public on regular days. This is where the fountain of creativity flows, equipped with a pattern making space and offering a variety of materials for free, allowing designers to unleash their creativity and produce garments that can be regarded as works of art. Currently, five designers, including Hsu Yu-chu, Tseng Wei-hsiang, Kao Sheng-chung, Lu Hsueh-cheng, and Shih Yu-lin, are based here. In the future, new fashion designers with international market potential will be selected annually to join the base. The third floor has a space suitable for hosting small fashion shows, performances, and lectures, featuring thick carpets and curtains with excellent soundproofing. To allow for diverse and vibrant uses of the space, the ceiling is fitted with tracks for movable partitions that can create the necessary areas, designed to resemble the map of streets in the Wanhua District. The backstage area of the performance space includes a changing room for models. In the future, design-related departments are also welcome to rent the space for conducting lectures or fashion exhibitions.
