Caterpillar-Inspired Couture Edit
Ding Yong’s ‘Metamorphosis’ Spring 2009

Malaysian designer Ding Yong’s Spring 2009 collection is aptly titled ‘Metamorphosis.’ As Jill Sherman has noticed, Yong’s designs bear a striking resemblance to caterpillars—insects that go through a metamorphosis of their own.

Indeed, the couture pieces in Ding Yong’s ‘Metamorphosis’ mimic a hawk moth’s lifestyle from the caterpillar stage through the moth’s emergence from its cocoon.