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Nostalgia Moon Modekollektion by Chelsea Shin

Nostalgia Moon Modekollektion by Chelsea Shin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Bronze in Mode-, Beklædnings- og Tøjdesign Competition Category.


BronzeMode· 2022

Nostalgia Moon Modekollektion

by Chelsea Shin

Client: Chelsea Shin

A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Mode Category

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The Design

About Nostalgia Moon Modekollektion

Book Text: Nostalgia Moon er en modekollektion inspireret af månens form og faser på nattehimlen. Kollektionen fremkalder minder om bedende nætter og erindringer om en bedstemor. Der er tilføjet cirkler til grundlæggende bluseskæringer, og fleksible stivere er placeret langs kanterne af hvert klædningsstykke. Stiverne holder den runde måns bløde kurver og giver hvert stykke en tredimensionel form. Looks er draperet på en dameskrædderdukke i størrelse 4 og en herreskrædderdukke i størrelse 36. Kollektionen blev udviklet mellem august 2020 og maj 2021.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Bronze

Nostalgia Moon Modekollektion er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Nostalgia Moon Modekollektion forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Nostalgia Moon Modekollektion tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
In 2021, Chelsea Shin started to design the collection “Nostalgia Moon” by recalling herself praying for the peace and well-being of her grandmother on the moon in the night sky. The most essential element of her design was adding circles to the basic bodice patterns and using flexible boning to the edges of each garment to emphasize the softness of the round moon that she captured every night. Therefore, the garments themselves were designed in three dimensions as if they were a round moon.
Dimensions & Packaging
All the looks are draped on a size 4 female dress form and a size 36 male dress form.
Tags
fashion, circle fashion, creative, creative fashion, boning, construction, nostalgia, moon
Design Challenge
At the beginning of the design, she printed a large circle and covered the entire body, starting with her head, and thought about how to use this massive big circle more interestingly and diversely. From one huge circle to partially incorporating a circle into the basic bodice, she experienced numerous trials and errors.
Inspiration
The collection “Nostalgia Moon”, designed by Chelsea Shin, was made to keep a promise with her grandmother, but that promise could not be kept. After her grandmother left, she used to pray for her grandmother, and recalled good memories while looking up the moon in the night sky. The more nights she prayed, the phase of the moon felt like a change in her feelings, and the moon floated alone in the night sky felt like herself. The round shape of the moon, its phase, its delicacy, and its transparency inspired her as a designer.
Project Duration
The project started in August 2020 in South Korea and finished in May 2021 in New York.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Chelsea Shin, 2021.
Image Credits
Image #1 : Photographer Jay Lim, Ylang Ylang (The Starry Night), 2021
Image #2 : Photographer Jay Lim, Man in The New Moon, 2021
Image #3 : Photographer Jay Lim, Warm D (Velvet Half Moon), 2021
Image #4 : Photographer Jay Lim, Moonstruck, 2021
Image #5 : Photographer Jay Lim, The F(ul)lower Moon, 2021

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