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Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua by Yina Hwang
Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua by Yina Hwang
Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua by Yina Hwang
Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua by Yina Hwang
Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua by Yina Hwang

Pláta Ao · 2020

Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua

by Yina Hwang

  • A' Design Award Pláta 2020 in Ao
  • CLIENT: Yina Hwang
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 52,913
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About Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua

Ko colección-pe, Yina Hwang ojehepyme'ẽ tenondeve ta'ãnga simétrico ha asimétrico-gui ombyatýva purahéi underground cultura rehegua. Omoheñói ko colección oñemopyendávo imomento tuicha ijeikuaápe, omoheñói hag̃ua ao funcional ha abstracto ha mba'e jeporu ohechauka hag̃ua imombe'upy tekove rehegua. Opaite estampado ha tejido ko proyecto-pe ha'e original ha ojeporu tenondeve cuero PU, Satén, Power Mesh ha Spandex tejido ypykue-pe g̃uarã.

About the A' Design Award Pláta

Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua ohupyty A' Design Award Pláta, peteĩ ñehechakuaa extraordinariamente prestigioso oñeme'ẽva diseño de primera línea, hechapyrãva ha impresionante-pe. Umi ganador Pláta ha'e tembiapo brillante ha heta creativo ohechaukáva expertise, talento ha agudeza sobresaliente umi diseñador-pe. Oñeha'ãrõ Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua ha'eha peteĩ tembiapo maravilloso, ejemplar, profesional ha innovador pypukuvéva. Ko diseño ohupytýva A' Design Award Pláta ha'e invento ojehechakuaáva ha ojehayhúva ohepyme'ẽva ha ombohasáva límite arte, ciencia, diseño ha tecnología rehegua. Utopia Colección Kuña Ao rehegua ha'e creación heta ojeenvidiáva omokyre'ỹva ipotapy, ome'ẽva sentimiento positivo ha omoheñóiva maravilla ha sorpresa.

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Unique Properties
The designer was brought up in a Korean society where everybody demanded perfection in appearance. Since young, her asymmetrical face made her feel like she was ugly or not up to society’s demand of perfection. That put her in a box where it restricted her freedom of thought and expression. Yina curated this collection based on her pivotal moment of self embracement while she was traveling the world in 2018, to create the functional yet abstract garments to embody the story of her experience.
Dimensions & Packaging
US size 2 to 6
Tags
Embracement, Self-empowerment, Balance, Symmetricity, Asymmetricity
Production Technology
To start this collection, I self-experimented by going towards the other end of the spectrum of what society views as “perfect” by using surgery tape to distort my physical appearance to lay down the foundation of what I will be creating. The distortion led to the collages. The collages led to the prints which also created the silhouettes to my initial prototypes. Every print and fabric in the project is original and I mainly used PU leather, Satin, Power Mash, and Spandex for the base of the fabrics.
Design Challenge
The challenge was getting the right prints on the right fabric. Every fabric has a different result of prints and has a different approach to sewing. I went through a series of fabric tests and garment prototypes to reach the final result.
Research
As I immersed myself into the underground music culture, I was inspired by how people with different backgrounds, shapes, colors, genders, and sexuality are embraced under one roof and it led me to a self-empowering moment. I researched its culture, how diverse people live and what they wear. These researches and experiments laid down the foundation of this project.
Inspiration
This project was mainly inspired by the shapes that are symmetric and asymmetric with a touch of underground music culture. Depending on the line of division, a symmetrical shape can be simultaneously asymmetric. It’s all about how you choose to perceive it. Every shape has its own beauty and every beauty has it’s own shape. This project aims to break down the wearer’s restriction for the freedom of expression, and help the wearers bring out their own spirits.
Project Duration
This project started in September 2018 and finished in January 2020 in New York and was presented in New York Fashion Week on February 7th, 2020 in New York, USA.
Operation Flow
Some of the garments can transform the shapes by attaching/detaching fabric panels using snaps.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Yina Hwang, 2020.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #2: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #3: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #4: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #5: Photographer John Carlo, 2019

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