Escape Ọrụ Bụ́ Isi: Uwe Mwepụ Ọrụ by Huili Jin

Escape Ọrụ Bụ́ Isi: Uwe Mwepụ Ọrụ by Huili Jin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ejiji, Uwe na Akwa Uwe Competition Category.

IgweEjiji· 2024

Escape Ọrụ Bụ́ Isi: Uwe Mwepụ Ọrụ

by Huili Jin

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ejiji Category

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The Design

About Escape Ọrụ Bụ́ Isi: Uwe Mwepụ Ọrụ

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Escape bụ uwe ụmụ nwaanyị e chere atụmatụ ya iji nyere onye yiri ya aka ịkewapụ onwe ya n'ọrụ. Escape na-enye ohere ngbanwe ọsịsọ n'etiti oge ọrụ na oge izu ike, si otú ahụ uwe ọrụ mara mma ma ọ bụ uwe elu na-aghọ uwe izu ike n'ime nkeji ole na ole. Ihe ndị dị ka ihe mgbanwe na-eyi eyi (elastic bands) na eriri a na-adọkpụ enyere aka ime ngbanwe a. Ịdọkpụ eriri olu na-atọpụ njikọ dị n'etiti akụkụ uwe ahụ ma na-eme ka uwe ahụ na-akwụda n'ụzọ dị mfe, nke na-agbanwe atụmatụ uwe ahụ kpamkpam. E ji usoro ịbakọ akwa nke na-adịghị ahapụ mkpọsa (zero waste pattern cutting) mepụta Escape, na-emezi ka mkpọsa akwa dịrị n'okpuru pasent ise. Ebumnuche ya bụ ịkwado nkewapụ uche mmadụ site n'ọrụ mgbe oge ọrụ gasịrị.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Escape Ọrụ Bụ́ Isi: Uwe Mwepụ Ọrụ meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Escape Ọrụ Bụ́ Isi: Uwe Mwepụ Ọrụ ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Escape Ọrụ Bụ́ Isi: Uwe Mwepụ Ọrụ maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

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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