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Utopia Sieviešu Apģērbu Kolekcija by Yina Hwang

Utopia Sieviešu Apģērbu Kolekcija by Yina Hwang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Sudraba balva A' Design Award in Modes, apģērbu un tērpu dizains Competition Category.


SudrabaMode· 2020

Utopia Sieviešu Apģērbu Kolekcija

by Yina Hwang

Client: Yina Hwang

Sudraba balva A' Design Award Winner in Mode Category

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The Design

About Utopia Sieviešu Apģērbu Kolekcija

Šajā kolekcijā Yina Hwang galvenokārt iedvesmoja formas, kas ir simetriskas un asimetriskas ar pazemes mūzikas kultūras pieskārienu. Viņa kolekcionēja šo kolekciju, balstoties uz savu centrālo momentu, kurā viņš sevi apskāva, lai izveidotu funkcionālu, tomēr abstraktu apģērbu un aksesuāru kolekciju, lai iemiesotu stāstu par savu pieredzi. Katra projekta apdruka un audums ir oriģināls, un audumu pamatnei viņa galvenokārt izmantoja PU ādu, satīnu, Power Mash un spandeksu.

The Recognition

About the Sudraba balva A' Design Award

Utopia Sieviešu Apģērbu Kolekcija ir Sudraba balvas A' Design Award ieguvējs, ārkārtīgi prestiža atzinība, ko piešķir augstākās klases, krāšņiem un iespaidīgiem dizainiem. Sudraba ieguvēji ir ārkārtīgi spožas un ļoti radošas izpausmes, kas parāda to dizaineru izcilo kompetenci, talantu un asredzību. Sagaidāms, ka Utopia Sieviešu Apģērbu Kolekcija būs lielisks, paraugdarbs, ļoti profesionāls un dziļi inovatīvs. Šis ar Sudraba balvu apbalvotais dizains ir ievērojams, apbrīnots izgudrojums, kas palīdz paplašināt mākslas, zinātnes, dizaina un tehnoloģiju robežas. Utopia Sieviešu Apģērbu Kolekcija ir radījums, kam daudzi apskauž, kas modina vēlmes, rada pozitīvas izjūtas un raisa izbrīnu un apbrīnu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The designer was brought up in a Korean society where everybody demanded perfection in appearance. Since young, her asymmetrical face made her feel like she was ugly or not up to society’s demand of perfection. That put her in a box where it restricted her freedom of thought and expression. Yina curated this collection based on her pivotal moment of self embracement while she was traveling the world in 2018, to create the functional yet abstract garments to embody the story of her experience.
Dimensions & Packaging
US size 2 to 6
Tags
Embracement, Self-empowerment, Balance, Symmetricity, Asymmetricity
Production Technology
To start this collection, I self-experimented by going towards the other end of the spectrum of what society views as “perfect” by using surgery tape to distort my physical appearance to lay down the foundation of what I will be creating. The distortion led to the collages. The collages led to the prints which also created the silhouettes to my initial prototypes. Every print and fabric in the project is original and I mainly used PU leather, Satin, Power Mash, and Spandex for the base of the fabrics.
Design Challenge
The challenge was getting the right prints on the right fabric. Every fabric has a different result of prints and has a different approach to sewing. I went through a series of fabric tests and garment prototypes to reach the final result.
Research
As I immersed myself into the underground music culture, I was inspired by how people with different backgrounds, shapes, colors, genders, and sexuality are embraced under one roof and it led me to a self-empowering moment. I researched its culture, how diverse people live and what they wear. These researches and experiments laid down the foundation of this project.
Inspiration
This project was mainly inspired by the shapes that are symmetric and asymmetric with a touch of underground music culture. Depending on the line of division, a symmetrical shape can be simultaneously asymmetric. It’s all about how you choose to perceive it. Every shape has its own beauty and every beauty has it’s own shape. This project aims to break down the wearer’s restriction for the freedom of expression, and help the wearers bring out their own spirits.
Project Duration
This project started in September 2018 and finished in January 2020 in New York and was presented in New York Fashion Week on February 7th, 2020 in New York, USA.
Operation Flow
Some of the garments can transform the shapes by attaching/detaching fabric panels using snaps.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Yina Hwang, 2020.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #2: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #3: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #4: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #5: Photographer John Carlo, 2019

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