Night Tales ʻo Ka Lole A Me Ka Lole by Feiyang Zhang

Night Tales ʻo Ka Lole A Me Ka Lole by Feiyang Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Lole, ʻAʻahu a me Kāpili Competition Category.

HaoLole· 2021

Night Tales ʻo Ka Lole A Me Ka Lole

by Feiyang Zhang

Client: Feiyang Zhang Design

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Lole Category

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Colors

The Design

About Night Tales ʻo Ka Lole A Me Ka Lole

Ua makemake nui ʻo Feiyang i nā mea ʻeleʻele a pau. ʻO nā mea pō; na kupua a me ka ululaau. Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā lākou he mea pohihihi a hoʻouluhua. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia kēia hōʻiliʻili e nā moʻolelo fairytales ʻeleʻele. Ua kākau ʻo Feiyang i kāna mau moʻolelo ponoʻī a laila hana ʻo ia i nā mea ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i nā lole i kūpono i nā protagonists & #039; hiʻona. Ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo mua ʻana i nā ʻano lole hiki, ua loaʻa ʻo Feiyang i nā laina, nā ʻano a me nā ʻano mai ke ʻano, e like me nā ʻēheu butterfly a i ʻole nā lāʻau lāʻau, hoʻonohonoho iā lākou i nā ʻano like ʻole a hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ke ulu maoli, hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia i ke kino kanaka.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Night Tales ʻo Ka Lole A Me Ka Lole i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Night Tales ʻo Ka Lole A Me Ka Lole he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Night Tales ʻo Ka Lole A Me Ka Lole no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

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