Night Tales コスチュームとファッションは by Feiyang Zhang

Night Tales コスチュームとファッションは by Feiyang Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in ファッション・アパレル・衣服デザイン Competition Category.

鉄ファッション· 2021

Night Tales コスチュームとファッションは

by Feiyang Zhang

Client: Feiyang Zhang Design

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in ファッション Category

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The Design

About Night Tales コスチュームとファッションは

フェイヤンはあらゆる暗い物事に情熱を持っていました。夜の生き物。魔女と森。彼女はそれらが神秘的で信じられないほどインスピレーションを与えるものだと感じました。このコレクションは、一連の暗いおとぎ話からインスピレーションを得たものです。フェイヤンは自分で物語を書き、奇妙で魅力的なキャラクターを生み出しました。彼女は主人公たちにぴったりの衣服をデザインしました。特性。フェイヤンは、考えられる衣服の形を最初に考えるのではなく、蝶の羽や木の皮など、自然から線、形、質感を導き出し、特定の形が自然に成長して人体に適用できるようになるまで、それらをさまざまな方法で配置しました。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Night Tales コスチュームとファッションはは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Night Tales コスチュームとファッションはは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Night Tales コスチュームとファッションはは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

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