Escape Kaupapa Matua: Kākahu Wehe Mahi by Huili Jin

Escape Kaupapa Matua: Kākahu Wehe Mahi by Huili Jin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Kākahu, Āhua me te Kākahu Competition Category.

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Escape Kaupapa Matua: Kākahu Wehe Mahi

by Huili Jin

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Kākahu Category

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The Design

About Escape Kaupapa Matua: Kākahu Wehe Mahi

Kōrero Pukapuka: Ko Escape he kākahu wahine i hangaia hei āwhina i te kaimau kia wehe atu i te mahi. Ka taea e Escape te huri tere i waenga i te mahi me te okioki, nā reira ka huri tētahi kaka mahi, panekoti rānei, hei kākahu ngāwari mō te wā okioki i roto noa i ētahi hēkona. Nā ngā whitiki tautika me ngā taura toia i taea ai tēnei panoni. Ki te toia te here kaki, ka wātea te hononga i waenga i ngā wāhanga, ā, ka taea te kākahu te taupuru, ā, ka huri katoa te hoahoa. I hangaia a Escape mā te kokoti tauira kore parapara, ā, kei raro iho i te rima ōrau te parapara kākahu e toe ana. Ko te whāinga kia tautoko i te wehenga hinengaro i muri i ngā hāora mahi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Escape Kaupapa Matua: Kākahu Wehe Mahi te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Escape Kaupapa Matua: Kākahu Wehe Mahi he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Escape Kaupapa Matua: Kākahu Wehe Mahi mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In this project, I created a swift switch between on and off-work status through quick changes of clothes so as to help the wearer quickly get rest. In the meantime, I practiced zero-waste tailoring to achieve "single piece in two-way dressing," embodying the sustainable fashion concept from every detail of the cloth.
Dimensions & Packaging: Throughout the project's pattern making process, I used zero-waste cutting techniques in the whole project, ensuring fabric waste was kept to less than 5%, thus adhering to the principles of sustainable fashion, minimizing fabric waste during the production process.
Tags: Womenswear Design, Zero-Waste Pattern, Sustainable Fashion, Healing Garment Design, Fast-change Garment, Psychological Detachment, Workwear Design
Production Technology: In my research, I found that people often habitually pull their ties downward or unbutton their collars after work, so my first development direction is to study how to quickly change the shape of clothing through wearers’ movements.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this project came from the WeChat message prompt sound that kept coming to my mind after work.
In today’s society, it is difficult for people to truly detach themselves from work. Psychological detachment refers to the withdrawal of individuals from the working state at both the time, space and psychological perspectives after work, so that the individual is temporarily away from work in both physical and mental aspects.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2023 in Beijing and finished in May 2023 in Beijing, and was showed in Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Graduate Fashion Show in June 2023.
Operation Flow: I mainly researched two ways of making the fast switch possible: plasticity of elastic bands and pullable straps. Work outfits like serious suits and shirts can be turned into casual leisure outfits by certain adjustments within seconds.For example, applying a necktie to unfasten the connection between different sections to drape the garment so as to completely alter the design.

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