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01 / THE JUNZI BLAZER
Controlled
ease.
The first Alan Chung garment: a relaxed single-breasted blazer designed to hold European tailoring discipline while allowing the softer proportions of contemporary Seoul menswear to breathe.
€189 target retailINK near-black01 prototype
ALAN CHUNG / ZHONG 中 / 2026
中
ZHONG
ZHONG
THE JUNZI / COLOUR STUDY
Eight colours.
One proportion.
The same Junzi silhouette, shown across the first colour exploration. These are visual colourway studies; final fabric, lab dips and production colours remain subject to sampling.
THE JUNZI BLAZER / DROP 01COLOUR EXPLORATION / 08 STUDIES
THE IDEA
Balance
before excess.
The Junzi takes its name from the Confucian idea of the cultivated person. The reference is philosophical rather than decorative: composure, proportion and conduct are translated into the garment's construction.
The cultural influence is deliberately quiet. Nothing on the garment needs to announce where the idea came from.
Proportion
A readable shoulder and lapel sit over a slightly generous body. Volume is controlled rather than exaggerated.
Movement
The body is easier, the sleeve has room, and the jacket works as a layer rather than a rigid uniform.
Precision
Clean lapel roll, disciplined pocket placement and a long vertical line keep the garment tailored.
CONSTRUCTION STUDY
Exact in line.
Relaxed in volume.
The first prototype uses a technical wool-blend direction. Exact composition remains open until mill sampling, cost and performance testing are complete.
LOOK 01THE CITY UNIFORMJunzi / Han Collar / Meridian
LOOK 02EAST COAST EVENINGJunzi / Column Polo / tailored trouser
LOOK 03RELAXED FORMALJunzi / Scholar Knit / Axis Trouser
WHAT IT IS NOT
Not a costume.
Not a uniform.
The Junzi is not a Mandarin-style jacket, a K-pop stage piece, an oversized streetwear blazer or a conventional slim office jacket. Its identity has to survive without cultural props, logos or graphic decoration.
A modern Asian influence should make the garment more precise, not more decorative.
Before this page becomes a shopping page, the physical sample must pass pattern, fit, fabric, durability and landed-cost gates. The public site will never describe development work as production-ready inventory.
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