Nostalgia Moon Hōʻiliʻili Lole by Chelsea Shin

Nostalgia Moon Hōʻiliʻili Lole by Chelsea Shin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lole, ʻAʻahu a me Kāpili Competition Category.

KeleaweLole· 2022

Nostalgia Moon Hōʻiliʻili Lole

by Chelsea Shin

Client: Chelsea Shin

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lole Category

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The Design

About Nostalgia Moon Hōʻiliʻili Lole

He hōʻiliʻili lole ʻo Nostalgia Moon i hoʻoulu ʻia mai ke ʻano a me nā anahulu o ka mahina i ka lani pō. Hoʻomanaʻo ka hōʻiliʻili i nā pō pule a me nā manaʻo hoʻomanaʻo no kekahi kupuna wahine. Hoʻohui ʻia nā pōʻai i nā kumu hoʻohālike bodice maʻamau, a hoʻonoho ʻia nā iwi maʻalahi (boning) ma nā kihi o kēlā me kēia lole. Ka boning ka mea e paʻa ai i nā piko olu o ka mahina poepoe, a hāʻawi i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana i ke ʻano pālākiō ʻekolu. Kau ʻia nā nānā ma luna o kekahi kiʻi hōʻike lole wahine nona ka nui 4 a me kekahi kiʻi hōʻike lole kāne nona ka nui 36. Ua hoʻomōhala ʻia kēia hōʻiliʻili mai ʻAukake 2020 a hiki i Mei 2021.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Nostalgia Moon Hōʻiliʻili Lole i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Nostalgia Moon Hōʻiliʻili Lole he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Nostalgia Moon Hōʻiliʻili Lole i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In 2021, Chelsea Shin started to design the collection “Nostalgia Moon” by recalling herself praying for the peace and well-being of her grandmother on the moon in the night sky. The most essential element of her design was adding circles to the basic bodice patterns and using flexible boning to the edges of each garment to emphasize the softness of the round moon that she captured every night. Therefore, the garments themselves were designed in three dimensions as if they were a round moon.
Dimensions & Packaging: All the looks are draped on a size 4 female dress form and a size 36 male dress form.
Tags: fashion, circle fashion, creative, creative fashion, boning, construction, nostalgia, moon
Design Challenge: At the beginning of the design, she printed a large circle and covered the entire body, starting with her head, and thought about how to use this massive big circle more interestingly and diversely. From one huge circle to partially incorporating a circle into the basic bodice, she experienced numerous trials and errors.
Inspiration: The collection “Nostalgia Moon”, designed by Chelsea Shin, was made to keep a promise with her grandmother, but that promise could not be kept. After her grandmother left, she used to pray for her grandmother, and recalled good memories while looking up the moon in the night sky. The more nights she prayed, the phase of the moon felt like a change in her feelings, and the moon floated alone in the night sky felt like herself. The round shape of the moon, its phase, its delicacy, and its transparency inspired her as a designer.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in South Korea and finished in May 2021 in New York.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Chelsea Shin, 2021.
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Jay Lim, Ylang Ylang (The Starry Night), 2021
Image #2 : Photographer Jay Lim, Man in The New Moon, 2021
Image #3 : Photographer Jay Lim, Warm D (Velvet Half Moon), 2021
Image #4 : Photographer Jay Lim, Moonstruck, 2021
Image #5 : Photographer Jay Lim, The F(ul)lower Moon, 2021