HAMCUS – Garments for Wandering the Cosmos
Fashion that flirts with the negative space between the physical and imaginary world have always managed to capture our attention; brands that not only create technically excellent garments for the present day but also have a fixation on the future, reimagining the idea of traditional design.
One Chinese-based brand takes this to the next level, not only designing for the future but looking through a telescopic scope into a galaxy far far away for inspiration - Introducing HAMCUS.
Founded in 2015, HAMCUS is the epitome of sci-fi techwear. Since its emergence into the fashion scene, the Chinese brand has gone from strength to strength releasing vast collections of earthy and muted outfits. Known for their fascinating forms and creative vision, the garments are a marriage of urban creativity and otherworldly originality.
HAMCUS takes notes of military practicalities and splices it with the DNA of an alien race. Although they don’t describe themselves as a clothing brand, instead they are building a world that we live in through their clothing.
“HAMCUS _ is a character based on a constant evolving fictional universe storyline, and you're the characters.”
This dialect can be seen throughout each new collection, which are referred to as ‘races’. Each new season HAMCUS’ world grows, adding new races that belong to this story. Each race has a narrative with the fictional universe created and provides us with rationale behind the creative thinking of the garments.
Headed up by designer Tuff Leung, he helps to navigate us through his vast world of inspirations in the form of his functional apparel. HAMCUS is the product of Leung’s melting pot of different childhood passions such as video games, manga, movies, and art. All these different muses are distilled into his meticulously detailed, outlandish clothing, creating sci-fi armour more fitting for intergalactic travel rather than a commute to work.
With interest coming from Errolson Hugh of ACRONYM and their recent collaboration with adidas just showcased, we see no stopping this final frontier from HAMCUS.
