Gordafarid Prenda de vestir by Mina Aliyari

Gordafarid Prenda de vestir by Mina Aliyari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Moda, Indumentaria y Prendas de Vestir Competition Category.

HierroModa· 2025

Gordafarid Prenda de vestir

by Mina Aliyari

Client: Kahkeshan Shahab Danesh

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Moda Category

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The Design

About Gordafarid Prenda de vestir

Gordafarid es una prenda creada a partir de alfombras persas reutilizadas. Alfombras tejidas a mano, dañadas e inservibles, conforman el torso y conservan su estructura original. El pantalón está confeccionado en lino con la técnica del drapeado, inspirado en la vestimenta de las tribus iraníes. Una cinta para la cabeza une la geometría iraní con la técnica del origami. Un chal elaborado con alambres metálicos en espiral y tela puede adoptar distintas formas sobre el cuerpo. Las tiras ajustables permiten variar la talla y la función. La parte de alfombra también puede colgarse en una pared o colocarse en el suelo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Gordafarid Prenda de vestir ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que Gordafarid Prenda de vestir sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. Gordafarid Prenda de vestir es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This dress is a bridge between history and modernity
Reusing damaged and unusable handicrafts (Iranian carpets) and introducing them into the fashion industry without changing the original structure of the work, as well as the headband, which is a combination of Iranian geometry and modern origami technique

The items have multiple uses,
A springy and soft shawl that we can give different forms to on the body
. A carpet that can be worn or hung on the wall or placed on the floor as a work of art
Dimensions & Packaging: Blouse : width 250mm x 500mm
Pants: width 700mm x 1100mm
One look size 38
Tags: Sustainable fashion, fashion design, clothing, cultural design, origami technique, persian carpet, redesign, draping
Production Technology: This garment uses environmentally friendly materials such as linen in the pants and carpet in the torso

The pants are made using the draping technique, modeled after the clothing of Iranian tribes.

The garment and accessories use variable straps to allow for changing size and function.

A combination of metal spring wires and fabric is used to create a flexible and formable scarf.
Design Challenge: Our main challenge in this project is how to combine the main concept, i.e. free woman, with the identity of Iranian culture and art, and also the correct interaction of these two concepts with fashion with a modern approach, considering sustainable fashion.
Paying attention to the fact that not everything damaged is worthless and can be given meaning and life again by redesigning.
And another problem solved by the project is how to transform handicrafts into clothing while maintaining the original structure of the material and its harmony with the body's form and anatomy, which has turned it into a comfortable and stylish garment.
Research: Research and Investigations:
Historical facts about the clothing, arts and crafts of Iranian peoples throughout history have been made according to the different empires, and the commonalities and consequences of each part of their clothing have been considered. For this project, historical books such as the Shahnameh have been referred to in order to better understand the authenticity of Iran and the influential Iranian women, their role and power.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this design is the expression of courage, freedom and beauty of women against anti-women thinking, who stand amidst the limitations of which the Maripach spring shawl is a symbol of these thoughts, and despite their wounds, which are shown on the torso of the dress with the damaged carpet, they inspire beauty and freedom.

Because of the social, cultural and artistic meaning of this work, we named it Gard Afridi, a symbol of a brave and free woman in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2024 in Semnan and Finished in December in 2024 in semnan .
Operation Flow: Transmitting a sense of authenticity and beauty using an old Persian carpet, hand-woven trousers inspired by the Persian tribal customs, a red headband worn by Achaemenid warriors after winning a war, and a spring shawl that expresses limiting thinking like a cocoon wrapped around a woman, but a woman with her courage inspires freedom and beauty.
Team Members: Mina Aliyari
Shahin Nayyer
Image Credits: Images #1 to #5 : Photographer Mahdie Jalali ,Gordafarid ,2024