Flatter Your Body Collectio Vestium Muliebrium by Yunji Lee

Flatter Your Body Collectio Vestium Muliebrium by Yunji Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Ars Vestiaria Competition Category.

ArgentumVestis· 2021

Flatter Your Body Collectio Vestium Muliebrium

by Yunji Lee

Client: Yunji Lee

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Vestis Category

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The Design

About Flatter Your Body Collectio Vestium Muliebrium

Flatter Your Body est collectio vestium muliebrium sex speciebus constans, quae ad varia corporum genera aptanda creata est. Collectio thoracem constringentem, vestimentum quod olim ad gerendum incommodum erat, novo modo interpretatur. Unaquaeque species leviter laxam figuram habet cum fasciis ligatoriis circa pectus, medium, et coxas dispositis. Fascias in electis locis stringendo aut laxando, gerens formam vestimenti moderari potest. Picturae virgatae et rugae illusionem opticam addunt quae effectum decorum sustinet. Lana levis, gossypium, et crispa lana in tempore verno et aestivo adhibentur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Flatter Your Body Collectio Vestium Muliebrium victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Flatter Your Body Collectio Vestium Muliebrium opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Flatter Your Body Collectio Vestium Muliebrium creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

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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