ʻO Utopia ʻo Ka Hōʻiliʻili Wahine Wahine na Yina Hwang he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2020 A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Lole, ʻAʻahu a me Kāpili.
KalaLole· 2020
Utopia ʻo Ka Hōʻiliʻili Wahine Wahine
na Yina Hwang
Mea Kūʻai: Yina Hwang
Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Lole
Mea Lanakila i Hōʻoia ʻIa
Hōʻoia i ke Kūlana Makana no #102138Ka Hoʻolālā
E Pili Ana iā Utopia ʻo Ka Hōʻiliʻili Wahine Wahine
Ma kēia hōʻiliʻili, ua hoʻouluhua nui ʻia ʻo Yina Hwang i nā ʻano me ka symmetric a me ka asymmetric me ka pā o ka moʻomeheu mele ma lalo o ke kula. Ua kuhi ʻo ia i kēia hōʻiliʻili e pili ana i kāna manawa pivotal o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā ia iho i hoʻokumu i kahi kolamu o nā lole a me nā mea pono a abstract e hoʻopili ai i ka moʻolelo o kona ʻike. ʻO nā paʻi a me ka papana ma ka hana he kumu, a hoʻohana nui ʻo ia iā PU kaona, Satin, Power Mash, a me Spandex no ke kumu o nā ʻano lole.
Ka Hoʻomaikai
E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Kala
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Utopia ʻo Ka Hōʻiliʻili Wahine Wahine i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Utopia ʻo Ka Hōʻiliʻili Wahine Wahine he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Utopia ʻo Ka Hōʻiliʻili Wahine Wahine e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.
Ma Hope o ka Hoʻolālā
ʻEke Nūhou
Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.
- Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa
- 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.
- Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili
- US size 2 to 6
- Nā Lepili
- Embracement, Self-empowerment, Balance, Symmetricity, Asymmetricity
- ʻEnehana Hana
- 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.
- Pilikia Hoʻolālā
- 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.
- Noiʻi
- 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.
- Hoʻoulu Manaʻo
- 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.
- Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana
- 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.
- Kaʻina Hana
- Some of the garments can transform the shapes by attaching/detaching fabric panels using snaps.
- Nā Palapala Kuleana
- Copyrights belong to Yina Hwang, 2020.
- Nā Kuleana Kiʻi
- 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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