Night Tales Costume Thiab Zam by Feiyang Zhang

Night Tales Costume Thiab Zam by Feiyang Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Khaub Ncaws Zam, Ris Tsho thiab Tsoos Tsho Competition Category.

HlauKhaub Ncaws Zam· 2021

Night Tales Costume Thiab Zam

by Feiyang Zhang

Client: Feiyang Zhang Design

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Khaub Ncaws Zam Category

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The Design

About Night Tales Costume Thiab Zam

Feiyang tau mob siab rau txhua yam tsaus ntuj. Hmo ntuj creatures; cov dab thiab hav zoov. Nws pom lawv mysterious thiab incredibly inspiring. Qhov kev sau no tau tshwm sim los ntawm series ntawm maub fairytales. Feiyang tau sau nws tus kheej cov dab neeg tom qab ntawd tsim cov cim txawv, ntxim nyiam. Nws tsim cov khaub ncaws uas haum rau cov protagonists' yam ntxwv. Es tsis txhob xav txog cov khaub ncaws ua ntej, Feiyang muab cov kab, cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev ntxhib los mos los ntawm xwm, zoo li npauj npaim tis lossis ntoo tawv ntoo, npaj lawv ntau txoj hauv kev kom txog thaum qee cov ntaub ntawv loj hlob tuaj, uas tuaj yeem siv rau tib neeg lub cev.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Night Tales Costume Thiab Zam yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Night Tales Costume Thiab Zam xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Night Tales Costume Thiab Zam tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

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