AS A DESIGNER, YU FINDS INSPIRATION IN HIS SURROUNDINGS AND EVERYDAY LIFE. FOR HIS COLLECTION, YU BEGAN ANALYZING THE COMPOSITIONS, CONTRASTS, AND SHAPES CREATED BY NATURAL LIGHT AND SHADOWS IN SAN FRANCISCO. YU ALSO INCORPORATED HIS APPRECIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, TURNING TO THE WORK OF ANDRÉS CAÑAL AND HORST P. HORST. YU AIMED TO CAPTURE THE TEXTURE CONVEYED THROUGH THEIR IMAGES, THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, SCULPTURAL SHAPES, AND UNEXPECTED ELEMENTS. IN THIS COLLECTION, YU ALSO HONORS HIS MOTHER AND HER LONGTIME DREAM OF BEING A DANCER.