Stepping into Warehouse No. 5 at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, one finds sofas, books, and architectural images scattered throughout the exhibition space. Bach’s Air on the G String flows gently through the air, quietly easing visitors into a slower rhythm as they approach the garments standing within the space.
With androgynous yet alluring silhouettes that radiate a quiet warmth, this is the Taipei Fashion Week AW26 presentation by Taiwanese fashion brand Yentity. There is no intense rhythm of a runway show. Instead, the experience feels like entering designer Tung Ting-Yen’s room and exploring the inner landscape of her mind.
Founded in 2019, Yentity has always centered on the question of how women can dress with ease. Behind its seemingly calm and restrained garments lies Tung’s long-term observation of women, as well as the life experiences she has accumulated along the way. Rather than attaching itself to traditional notions of femininity, the brand preserves subtle emotion and flowing sensitivity within clean, androgynous silhouettes. Through clothing, it offers a form of resilience and strength that can accompany the wearer at any moment.
Yentity’s Taipei Fashion Week AW26 presentation unfolded like a landscape of designer Tung Ting-Yen’s room and inner world. Photo courtesy of Taiwan Design Research Institute — Taipei Fashion Week; photography by Mai Hsien-Yun.
Reimagining Women’s Freedom Through Androgynous Silhouettes
In 2018, Tung Ting-Yen graduated from the University of the Arts London. That same year, she was selected to participate in the LCF Selected Fashion Show at London College of Fashion. The following year, she returned to Taiwan and founded Yentity. The brand name combines Yen, an abbreviation of her surname, with Entity, a word suggesting an abstract being that exists independently.
“I hope to express my connection with the world. Through my understanding of the world and emotional care for it, I want clothing to become more than clothing — to carry sincere intention.” — Designer Tung Ting-Yen
Yentity brand designer Tung Ting-Yen.
Unlike designs that emphasize the curves of the body, Yentity has always developed around androgynous silhouettes and the image of the contemporary urban woman. These directions are rooted in Tung’s past experiences. “When I was studying, I loved wearing menswear styles, but because of the differences in lower-body proportions, they were often difficult to find in sizes that fit me,” she recalls.
This difficulty led her to realize that there were many women in the world with similar needs. Through design, she hopes to move beyond gender boundaries in clothing and realize a style that is restrained yet still gentle. Even with its androgynous silhouettes, Yentity still carries a distinct feminine aura and confidence. Tung traces this quality back to her memories of studying in London.
“There, I felt a different kind of freedom. Perhaps it was the way people there felt at ease with and appreciated different facets of women that made me feel that even without conforming to traditional ideas of femininity, one could still exist as someone with feminine charm.” The freedom to exist in any form later became one of the most important sources of nourishment for Yentity’s design language. It allows wearers, regardless of identity or position, to feel comfortable and confident, while also enjoying the pleasure of styling.
Through androgynous silhouettes, Yentity conveys a unique feminine aura and confidence, presenting a style that is resilient, restrained, and gentle. It also reflects Tung Ting-Yen’s own inner journey and her observation of women’s need for self-expression.
Returning to an Original Purity, Letting Softness Enter the Garment
For its AW26 collection, Yentity presents Monochrome Continuum. This season marks the brand’s first appearance at Tokyo Fashion Week, while at Taipei Fashion Week, the collection is shown in the form of an exhibition. With a calm yet profound tone, it runs through more than a decade of Tung’s journey, from studying in London to founding her brand in Taipei and arriving at the present moment.
For this collection, Tung looks back at the original intention behind the brand’s founding, as well as the initial spirit with which she first studied fashion design. She reflects on and translates the inner thoughts she has accumulated over the past eight years. “The concept of ‘monochrome continuum’ describes not only color, but also serves as a metaphor. It symbolizes the pure heart, and the love, that the brand has carried throughout its journey.”
Love continues to transform across different times and spaces. This is also reflected in the visual evolution of Tung’s work as an architectural photography enthusiast. Her earlier works tended to be cooler and strongly structural, while more recent images reveal flowing light, shadow, and warmer elements. “I still love architecture. I love calm, restrained lines and layered depth. But as warm things have gradually appeared in my life, whether they are people who love the brand or the birth of my child, they have continuously given me strength and, in turn, changed the colors within my work.”
At the presentation, Yentity also displayed Tung Ting-Yen’s photography book, shown in the center image. The works reflect the visual evolution of her recent years as an architectural photography enthusiast — from earlier images that favored coolness and structural order, shown on the left, to images imbued with more light, shadow, and warmth as life experiences flowed onward, shown on the right. Photos courtesy of Yentity.
The quiet tension between strength and softness is also the atmosphere Yentity hopes to convey this season. “For one of the plaid coats, we specifically chose a wool-blend material with a hazy, fuzzy texture and combined it with an oversized silhouette to express the movement of urban life,” Tung explains. Another goose-yellow coat, top, and trousers, also made with richly textured fuzzy fabric, create a similar effect. Through the texture of the fabric itself, the garments highlight pattern and express an inner sense of flow.
In this season’s design process, plaid quietly became the protagonist. Beyond Tung’s personal fondness for plaid, it also serves as a translation of the urban landscape. “Plaid allows people to subtly see the face of the city. Wearing it feels like moving through an urban environment.” Yet recreating this sense of movement was not easy. Tung shares that many of the materials used this season, such as long-pile wool and heavyweight suiting fabrics, carried a sense of physical weight, and the difficulty of sewing them exceeded expectations. “How to solve the sewing challenges caused by thickness through changes in patternmaking and detail became one of the issues we faced this time. Fortunately, we approached it with a spirit of mutual support and overcame it through the strength of the team.” These processes also seem to echo urban life itself. Challenges are everywhere, but when one is accompanied by trustworthy people or objects, one eventually moves through them, allowing the thickness of life to accumulate.
Plaid became a central element in Yentity’s design this season. In addition to reflecting Tung Ting-Yen’s personal fondness for plaid, it also highlights texture through materiality and expresses an inner sense of flow.
It is also worth noting that within these designs, which move between coolness and warmth, lies Tung’s recent exploration of body, mind, and spirit. The “small flowers” hidden on the shoulders, cuffs, and other details are transformations of the angel number 333.
“I wanted to hide this symbol of blessing within the garment details, and combine it with the brand’s letters to form a motif, letting a small flower bloom on the clothing.”
To correspond with the colors of the fabrics, the embroidery threads were specially matched, creating both solid and openwork versions. Tung smiles softly as she says, “I hope that when people look at the garments, they can discover these little details as if they were treasure hunting.”
The motifs hidden on the shoulders, cuffs, and other details are not simply flowers. They are symmetrical floral forms composed from the angel number 333, which symbolizes wisdom and guidance, while also carrying the image of the brand’s letter “Y.” Yentity hopes they can become talismans on the garments, accompanying everyone who continues to explore along their life journey.
Constructing a Quiet Room Theater, Continuing an Unshaken Gentle Will
Unlike the runway format the brand had just presented at Tokyo Fashion Week AW26, Yentity chose to present this season at Taipei Fashion Week through the newly promoted format of a presentation. “Unlike a dynamic runway show where models walk quickly, a presentation allows everyone more time to look closely at the garments themselves. It also allows viewers to get closer to all the design details and more deeply feel the ideas this season hopes to convey.”
In planning the exhibition space, Tung introduced the idea of a room theater. Taking her own room as the imaginative starting point, she combined clothing, books, and sofas to create a quiet everyday still life. “Through these arrangements, viewers can be invited into their own imagination, sensing the creative process and state of mind, and more concretely perceiving the connection between clothing and life.”
For the background music, Tung continued to use Bach’s Air on the G String, which had also appeared in the Tokyo show, but here it produced a completely different rhythm and atmosphere. “As a rational and profound musician, Bach created a musical style far from noise through a calm way of thinking that feels almost architectural. This resonates with the spirit of Yentity. The deep and full tone of the G string also brings a stabilizing force to the entire presentation space.”
For this presentation, Yentity incorporated the concept of a “room theater,” creating scenes reminiscent of a living room and dressing area within an open space, allowing the garments to connect more closely with everyday imagination. The furniture, books, and other objects were also drawn from Tung Ting-Yen’s studio or personal home collection. Beyond the quiet atmosphere, footage from the Tokyo show was projected onto the exhibition curtains, while several photographs taken by Tung were also displayed, creating an interplay between reality and illusion.
“These photographic works are a visual extension of this collection, and they also leave hints for future collections,” she reveals. For Tung, Taipei Fashion Week exists like a platform, allowing the brand to communicate its voice each season, faithfully express its concepts, and create encounters within a specific moment in time. “This time, watching everyone carefully appreciate the garments and look through the displayed books, perhaps because there was more time, I could feel a kind of power that comes from slowing down.”
“The moments when each person looks carefully are beautiful, and their gazes are beautiful too. It feels as if this collection has truly entered everyone’s world.”
— Designer Tung Ting-Yen
Yentity also transformed fabrics used this season into lifestyle accessories such as book covers, allowing fashion to enter everyday life in different forms. Tung Ting-Yen believes that a presentation gives people more time to carefully appreciate the garments and displayed books, and to deeply feel the ideas conveyed this season. Each attentive expression that emerges in the space weaves together another beautiful landscape.
Speaking of the future, Tung begins candidly from a practical perspective. “When a fashion brand returns to its essence, it can never avoid business. We are also moving toward a more stable direction, and we hope to make greater progress in sales.”
These aspirations do not diminish her original intention for clothing. Instead, they allow each step to be taken with greater steadiness. From London to Taipei and Tokyo, as the brand moves through different places, its design elements and material choices have also transformed and broken through in response to Tung’s personal state of mind. Yet what has remained unchanged is her reflection on women’s lives.
“I hope women can dress with ease, and feel confidence and a sense of accompanying strength.”
A monochrome continuum continues not only as color, but also as Tung Ting-Yen’s unshaken gentle will, extending onward with those who wear the garments.
▐ Interview & Writing / Tsaishan Hung
▐ Editor & Coordinator / Irene Lin
▐ Interview Photography / Shouya Sung
About the Brand｜Yentity
Yentity combines the designer’s name, Yen, with the word Entity, which represents the idea that all abstract beings exist independently. The name reflects the brand’s emphasis on social issues and humanistic care. Yentity does not flaunt female curves or traditional feminine values. Instead, it shapes a distinctive sense of confidence: urban, intelligent, and at ease. Through androgynous cuts and colors, the brand creates a contemporary urban aesthetic.
About the Designer｜Tung Ting-Yen
Designer Tung Ting-Yen graduated from the University of the Arts London in 2018, and was selected that same year for the LCF Selected Fashion Show at London College of Fashion. From 2021 to 2025, she participated in Taipei Fashion Week multiple times, regularly presenting fashion collections.
▐ Brand Website: https://www.yentity.com/
▐ Contact: yentityofficial@gmail.com