Flatter Your Body 여성복 컬렉션 by Yunji Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 은상 in 패션, 의류 및 의복 디자인 Competition Category.

은패션· 2021

Flatter Your Body 여성복 컬렉션

by Yunji Lee

Client: Yunji Lee

A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 패션 Category

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The Design

About Flatter Your Body 여성복 컬렉션

Flatter Your Body는 다양한 체형에 어울리도록 제작된 여섯 가지 룩으로 구성된 여성복 컬렉션이다. 이 컬렉션은 역사적으로 착용하기 불편했던 의복인 코르셋을 재해석한다. 각 룩은 다소 여유로운 실루엣을 지니며, 가슴과 허리, 엉덩이 둘레에 레이싱 스트랩이 배치되어 있다. 원하는 부위의 스트랩을 조이거나 풀어 착용자가 의복의 형태를 조절할 수 있다. 스트라이프 프린트와 플리츠는 착시 효과를 더해 체형을 돋보이게 하는 효과를 뒷받침한다. 봄·여름 시즌을 위해 경량 울, 코튼, 울 크레이프 소재를 사용하였다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 은상

Flatter Your Body 여성복 컬렉션, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Flatter Your Body 여성복 컬렉션, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Flatter Your Body 여성복 컬렉션, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The looks are created with the initial idea to embrace all the different body types. The collection consists of a new revamped version of corsets that were originally discomforting to wear. The silhouette is a bit loose and it can be adjusted depending on your body shape with the lacing straps. In each look, multiple straps are placed around the bust, waist, and hips, which allows you to flatter your body figure by tightening and loosening the straps partially.
Dimensions & Packaging: The whole collection is 6 looks womenswear, size 0-6.
Tags: Optical illusion, Stripe, Corset, Asymmetricity, Embracement
Production Technology: The placement of fabric in each garment also resembles the X-ray of a human body. For example, light and dark blue colored fabrics are layered and patched together, and black is used on the side. Layered items are also presented in the look. As the garments are for the Spring/ Summer season, light wool, cotton, and wool crepe are mainly used. The silhouette is a bit loose and it can be adjusted depending on your body shape with the lacing straps. In each look, multiple straps are placed around the bust, waist, and hips, which allows you to flatter your body figure by tightening and loosening the straps partially. The optical illusion is an additional method that is used to maximize the effect of flattering, and stripe print and pleats are the elements to create the effect. The straps will also create movement in each look, and it will add the effect of optical illusion. The asymmetrical length and unbalanced detail elements will boost the aesthetic.
Design Challenge: The main challenge of this journey was to create the right silhouette and garment construction that resembles a corset but still provide comfort by placing straps at the right place to create the looks that flatter your body shape. Thus, the fabric selection was the most important decision since it resulted in totally different silhouettes depending on fabrics.
Research: The project aims to transform fashion into a non-stereotypical medium, which is used as a tool to help people to express who they are and not to be judged based on what society incorrectly portrays. By the "Beauty Standard" that social media portrays, consumers are being judged by their external looks only.
Inspiration: There exists a desire in human nature to attract and impress by any means necessary and this has been a long-standing goal throughout the history of fashion. A plethora of methods has been employed to achieve this goal. Some of those methods aimed to accentuate, conceal, or even alter the human body shape, but it often results in physical discomfort. Historically, the corset has been developed to satisfy human's goal to flatter the different body figures to fit the "beauty standard" of the era.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2019 and finished in August 2020 in Atlanta, USA.
Operation Flow: The looks can transform the shapes by how much you tighten the straps on the body and where you place the straps depending on the silhouette you want to draw around your body.
Patents: Copyright to Yunji Lee
Image Credits: COPYRIGHT by Yunji Lee,
Photographer, Skye Lin / Model, Allison Head, 2020