Escape Ka Lole Ho'okuʻu Hana by Huili Jin

Escape Ka Lole Ho'okuʻu Hana by Huili Jin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Lole, ʻAʻahu a me Kāpili Competition Category.

HaoLole· 2024

Escape Ka Lole Ho'okuʻu Hana

by Huili Jin

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Lole Category

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The Design

About Escape Ka Lole Ho'okuʻu Hana

Ke Kikokikona Puke: ʻO Escape kahi lole wahine i hoʻolālāʻia e kōkua i ka mea nāna e ʻaʻahu e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai ka hana. ʻAe ʻo Escape i ka hoʻololi wikiwiki ma waena o ka hana a me ka hoʻomaha, no laila e lilo koke ai kahi sutu paʻa hana a i ʻole pālule i lole leʻaleʻa maʻalahi i loko o kekahi mau kekona. Na nā kaula ʻōwili a me nā kaula huki e hiki ai kēia hoʻololi. Ke huki ʻia ka lei ʻāʻī, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka pili ma waena o nā ʻāpana a ʻae i ka lole e kau wale, kahi e hoʻololi loa ai i ke kumu hoʻolālā. Ua hana ʻia ʻo Escape me ke ʻano ʻoki kiʻi ʻole i ke ʻōpala, a mālama ʻia ke ʻōpala lole ma lalo o ʻelima pakeneka. ʻO ka manaʻo nui, ʻo ia ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kaʻawale noʻonoʻo ma hope o nā hola hana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Escape Ka Lole Ho'okuʻu Hana 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 Escape Ka Lole Ho'okuʻu Hana 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 Escape Ka Lole Ho'okuʻu Hana 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: In this project, I created a swift switch between on and off-work status through quick changes of clothes so as to help the wearer quickly get rest. In the meantime, I practiced zero-waste tailoring to achieve "single piece in two-way dressing," embodying the sustainable fashion concept from every detail of the cloth.
Dimensions & Packaging: Throughout the project's pattern making process, I used zero-waste cutting techniques in the whole project, ensuring fabric waste was kept to less than 5%, thus adhering to the principles of sustainable fashion, minimizing fabric waste during the production process.
Tags: Womenswear Design, Zero-Waste Pattern, Sustainable Fashion, Healing Garment Design, Fast-change Garment, Psychological Detachment, Workwear Design
Production Technology: In my research, I found that people often habitually pull their ties downward or unbutton their collars after work, so my first development direction is to study how to quickly change the shape of clothing through wearers’ movements.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this project came from the WeChat message prompt sound that kept coming to my mind after work.
In today’s society, it is difficult for people to truly detach themselves from work. Psychological detachment refers to the withdrawal of individuals from the working state at both the time, space and psychological perspectives after work, so that the individual is temporarily away from work in both physical and mental aspects.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2023 in Beijing and finished in May 2023 in Beijing, and was showed in Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Graduate Fashion Show in June 2023.
Operation Flow: I mainly researched two ways of making the fast switch possible: plasticity of elastic bands and pullable straps. Work outfits like serious suits and shirts can be turned into casual leisure outfits by certain adjustments within seconds.For example, applying a necktie to unfasten the connection between different sections to drape the garment so as to completely alter the design.

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