Modern vision

At her first runway show in Beijing, young designer Ding Youqiao tries to blend Chinese culture with Western style, Chen Nan reports.

Ding Youqiao is one of many young Chinese designers who mix their knowledge of Western fashion design with traditional cultural elements to present a modern vision in the clothes and accessories they make.

The 30-year-old's just-released 2015 Spring/Summer Collection, titled Rosa, was inspired by a series of photos by Austrian photographer Rosa Rendl, and imports some Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) elements in design, such as the word "rose", which is described as "beautiful stone" in Chinese literature at the time.