For its Spring/Summer 2022 collection, Opening Ceremony drew inspiration from a series of powerful portraits taken by Park Sung Jin, who famously captured the youthful charisma and attitude of South Korean school kids in the mid-2000s.

Featuring school uniform-inspired notes like collared shirts, pleats, and awkward haircuts, Opening Ceremony mixed classic codes with current cultural references, juxtaposing details from their respective Asian and American heritages to create something unique.

Comprised of shirt dresses, T-shirts and denim jackets, the line features illustrations by Taiwanese artist Li Kuanzhen of the fashion line’s “School Girl” friends: Chloë Sevigny, Karen O, Solange, Ali Wong, Bjök and Natasha Lyonne.  

“For every teenage girl or boy, uniforms have always been something to deconstruct, reimagine, personalize,” explained Humberto Leon, the brand’s co-founder. “In our collection, we wanted to investigate this rebellious attitude towards the uniforms when these become a trigger to create something new and unique in terms of style.”