Alternative 젠더리스 패션 컬렉션 by Yu Pei Kuo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 철상 in 패션, 의류 및 의복 디자인 Competition Category.

철패션· 2021

Alternative 젠더리스 패션 컬렉션

by Yu Pei Kuo

Client: Alternative

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 패션 Category

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The Design

About Alternative 젠더리스 패션 컬렉션

얼터너티브(Alternative)는 상의, 하의, 아우터웨어를 포함한 열네 개 아이템으로 구성된 젠더리스 패션 컬렉션이다. 이 컬렉션은 그리스의 키톤, 로마의 튜닉, 중국의 심의(蓁衣), 태국의 종끄라벤 등 동서양 문화권의 고대 유니섹스 의복에서 영감을 받았다. 각 아이템은 유연한 연결 방식과 소재, 접힘 구조를 활용하여 다양한 체형에 맞게 착용감을 조절할 수 있다. 의상은 남성과 여성의 신체 모두에 착장되어 제시된다. 그 의도는 신체를 감추는 것이 아니라, 고정된 복식의 경계를 흐리고 자기 정체성을 뒷받침하는 데 있다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Alternative 젠더리스 패션 컬렉션, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Alternative 젠더리스 패션 컬렉션, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Alternative 젠더리스 패션 컬렉션, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The genderless collection project inspires Western and Eastern ancient unisex attires to gain flexible design ideas to melt into modern genderless fashion design—each item of the project design with flexibility as the solution to adjust the fitting with the different body. The collection titled "ALTERNATIVE" signs public the genderless concept, not hiding gender body but free the standard gender fashion blurs the boundary as another choice to enable self-identity.
Dimensions & Packaging: The collection contains 14 items to match different outfits with freedom, including tops, bottoms, and outwears. Each item design in reasonable dimensions under the width 500 mm X Height 200mm.
Tags: genderless fashion, ancient attire, flexible design, adjustment
Production Technology: Flexible connections, materials, and folding.
Design Challenge: Since being a student who studies fashion, the two standard pattern design methods, prototype and drapping, need to define the gender in advance to continue the design process. Although the research study and inspire the prototype from the ancient unisex attires, it is difficult to avoid the old design thinking but abandon the gender limitation. However, throughout a few rounds of the design experiment and modify the design thinking and process to melt the genderless concept and flexible design to fit with different gender one item design.
Research: The practical research explores a genderless collection wearable fitting with both gender bodies in one item with a flexible design that inspires from Western and Eastern ancient unisex attires. This study applies analyzing method to identify history, modernization, structure, and wearable skills to develop the practical experiment and melt various flexible designs with ancient costume prototypes to modernizes the collection. The genderless concept, not hiding body but free the standard gendered fashion to enable self-identity.
Inspiration: The genderless collection project inspires from the ancient unisex attires during the periods that gender and costume without a strong connection. Moreover, take the view from western to eastern culture, the project collects four ancient unisex attires of Greek Chiton, Roma Tunic, China Shenyi, and Thai Jongkraben. Throughout the analysis and comparison of the prototype, wearable skill, silhouette, features, materials to gain the ideas to melt into modern genderless fashion design.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2019 in Bangkok and finished in August 2020 in Bangkok, and was exhibited in Bangkok in September 2020 and Taipei in December 2020. The collection was also invited to present in the “Taipei Da-Dao-Cheng International Fashion Showcase”. The collection has been selected in “2021 Bangkok Design Week” and will exhibit in Bangkok in May 2021.
Operation Flow: The genderless collection project gains the idea of flexibility to fit with the different gender bodies. Each item of the project was designed with different flexibility to adjust to fit with different bodies, such as connection, materials, and folding prototype. The genderless project presents the garments on male and female bodies to show the various conditions that discovering the genderless concept not to hide gender body but blur the boundary to free the standard gender fashion.
Image Credits: Image #1: Creator YuPei Kuo, Alternative, 2021
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