Night Tales Éadaí Agus Faisean by Feiyang Zhang

Night Tales Éadaí Agus Faisean by Feiyang Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dearadh Faisin, Éadaí agus Éadaigh Competition Category.

IarannFaisean· 2021

Night Tales Éadaí Agus Faisean

by Feiyang Zhang

Client: Feiyang Zhang Design

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Faisean Category

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The Design

About Night Tales Éadaí Agus Faisean

Bhí paisean ag Feiyang do na rudaí dorcha go léir. Na créatúir oíche; na cailleacha agus na foraoise. Fuair sí iad mistéireach agus thar a bheith spreagúil. Bhí an bailiúchán seo spreagtha ag sraith de shíscéalta dorcha. Scríobh Feiyang a cuid scéalta féin ansin chruthaigh sé carachtair aisteach, draíochtúla. Dhear sí baill éadaigh a d’oirfeadh do na príomhdhaoine #039; tréith. In ionad smaoineamh ar chruthanna éadaigh féideartha ar dtús, díorthaigh Feiyang línte, foirmeacha agus uigeacht ón dúlra, cosúil le sciatháin féileacán nó coirt crann, iad a shocrú ar bhealaí éagsúla go dtí go bhfásann foirmeacha áirithe amach go nádúrtha, ar féidir iad a chur i bhfeidhm ar chorp an duine.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Night Tales Éadaí Agus Faisean Duais Iarainn A' Design Award, aitheantas gradamach a bhronntar ar dhea-dhearaí a chomhlíonann na riachtanais ghairmiúla agus thionsclaíocha a bhíonn á n-éileamh ó chruthuithe a ndearnadh go maith iad. Léiríonn buaiteoirí Iarainn scil mhór, speisialtóireacht ard, tuiscint saineolaí agus cumas cruthaitheach a gcruthaitheoirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Night Tales Éadaí Agus Faisean ina chruthú a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear atá praiticiúil agus nuálach. Comhtháthaíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Iarainn A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr sa tionscal agus tá saintréithe teicniúla inniúla aige nasctha le heolas agus le tallann. Tá meas ar an dearadh Night Tales Éadaí Agus Faisean as a dhúthracht agus dearadh é chun feabhsuithe cáilíochta beatha a sholáthar a chabhraíonn leis an domhan a dhéanamh ina áit níos fearr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This collection is inspired by dark fairytales. Feiyang wrote her own stories then created weird, enchanting characters then design garments that fit their characteristic.

For her, the word darkness conjures all manner of things. Unknown. Unseen. Unimaginable. Unbelievable.

Feiyang enjoys the progress of making design through her own stories; by also incorporate my fabrics she created, she wishes this collection could be storytelling.
Dimensions & Packaging: The whole collection contains 5 looks, size 4 women and size 10 men.
Tags: Costume, Storytelling, Couture, Dark Fairytale, Dark fantasy, Royal College of Art
Production Technology: Instead of thinking of possible garment shapes first, Feiyang would derive lines, forms and texture from nature, like butterfly wings or tree barks, arrange them in various ways until certain forms grow naturally out of that which can also be applied to the human body.

Due to Feiyang's obsession of creating her own fabric, the collection incorporates multiple techniques including hand and machine embroidery, knitting, and screen printing. All shoes and accessories were also handmade by herself.

The creation process is almost the same as a fine artist creating an intuitive artwork.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was the process of transforming each characters from words to drawings and ultimately into three dimensional forms. Each step requires days of practicing, sampling and prototyping.

Another challenge would be the making of garment, the embroidery were both machine and hand embroidered, which were time consuming and the process requires lots of patience.
Research: The inspiration came from novels, tales and short stories that showcase psychological struggle of different character. The soul of the muses are the twisted personalities of different characters.

Feiyang grew up by reading Lilian Lee and Grimm brother’s fairytales. Their stories are known for their whimsical and supernatural elements; these stories feature combinations of familiar plots, images, and motifs.

After hundreds hours of reading and writing, the weird narratives of Night tales were made.
Inspiration: Feiyang have had a passion for all the dark things. The night creatures; the witches and the forest. She found them mysterious and incredibly inspiring.

Feiyang's design approach is very organic, raw, inherent and artistic. She never start by thinking about which type of garment she wanted to create and what shape it might take any more. Instead, she would looked into herself for inspirations and the nature for references.

This collection is inspired by a series of dark fairytales she wrote.
Project Duration: The project started on March 2017, the initial looks finished in December 2019 in Chicago but more characters are getting made in London 2021. It was featured in Chicago Soho House in May 2017. Also in the Worlds AIDS Day Fashion Show STRUT in December 2017.
Operation Flow: The whole collection is carefully embellished with beading and other embroideries on very light material that has a stable understructure. The wearer can perform, dance freely without too much weights on their body.

All silk organza were hand washed in order to create a softer texture that gives more flow while moving.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Feiyang Zhang, 2020.
Team Members: Designer:Feiyang Zhang
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer Amie Hana/Model Bella Roy and Sarah Hensley/Makeup and Hair Paula De Oliveira Silva/
Designer and Stylist FeiYang Zhang, Night Tales,2018