Night Tales Kostuum En Mode by Feiyang Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in IJzer in Mode-, Kleding- en Kledingstukontwerp Competition Category.
IJzerMode· 2021
Night Tales Kostuum En Mode
Client: Feiyang Zhang Design
A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Mode Category
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The Design
About Night Tales Kostuum En Mode
Feiyang had een passie voor alle duistere dingen. De nachtwezens; de heksen en het bos. Ze vond ze mysterieus en ongelooflijk inspirerend. Deze collectie is geïnspireerd op een reeks duistere sprookjes. Feiyang schreef haar eigen verhalen en creëerde vervolgens vreemde, betoverende karakters. Ze ontwierp kledingstukken die passen bij de hoofdrolspelers. karakteristiek. In plaats van eerst aan mogelijke kledingvormen te denken, heeft Feiyang lijnen, vormen en textuur uit de natuur afgeleid, zoals vlindervleugels of boomschors, en deze op verschillende manieren gerangschikt totdat bepaalde vormen op natuurlijke wijze uitgroeien, die op het menselijk lichaam kunnen worden toegepast.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in IJzer
Night Tales Kostuum En Mode is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Night Tales Kostuum En Mode wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Night Tales Kostuum En Mode wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This collection is inspired by dark fairytales. Feiyang wrote her own stories then created weird, enchanting characters then design garments that fit their characteristic.
For her, the word darkness conjures all manner of things. Unknown. Unseen. Unimaginable. Unbelievable.
Feiyang enjoys the progress of making design through her own stories; by also incorporate my fabrics she created, she wishes this collection could be storytelling. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The whole collection contains 5 looks, size 4 women and size 10 men.
- Tags
- Costume, Storytelling, Couture, Dark Fairytale, Dark fantasy, Royal College of Art
- Production Technology
- Instead of thinking of possible garment shapes first, Feiyang would derive lines, forms and texture from nature, like butterfly wings or tree barks, arrange them in various ways until certain forms grow naturally out of that which can also be applied to the human body.
Due to Feiyang's obsession of creating her own fabric, the collection incorporates multiple techniques including hand and machine embroidery, knitting, and screen printing. All shoes and accessories were also handmade by herself.
The creation process is almost the same as a fine artist creating an intuitive artwork. - Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was the process of transforming each characters from words to drawings and ultimately into three dimensional forms. Each step requires days of practicing, sampling and prototyping.
Another challenge would be the making of garment, the embroidery were both machine and hand embroidered, which were time consuming and the process requires lots of patience. - Research
- The inspiration came from novels, tales and short stories that showcase psychological struggle of different character. The soul of the muses are the twisted personalities of different characters.
Feiyang grew up by reading Lilian Lee and Grimm brother’s fairytales. Their stories are known for their whimsical and supernatural elements; these stories feature combinations of familiar plots, images, and motifs.
After hundreds hours of reading and writing, the weird narratives of Night tales were made. - Inspiration
- Feiyang have had a passion for all the dark things. The night creatures; the witches and the forest. She found them mysterious and incredibly inspiring.
Feiyang's design approach is very organic, raw, inherent and artistic. She never start by thinking about which type of garment she wanted to create and what shape it might take any more. Instead, she would looked into herself for inspirations and the nature for references.
This collection is inspired by a series of dark fairytales she wrote. - Project Duration
- The project started on March 2017, the initial looks finished in December 2019 in Chicago but more characters are getting made in London 2021. It was featured in Chicago Soho House in May 2017. Also in the Worlds AIDS Day Fashion Show STRUT in December 2017.
- Operation Flow
- The whole collection is carefully embellished with beading and other embroideries on very light material that has a stable understructure. The wearer can perform, dance freely without too much weights on their body.
All silk organza were hand washed in order to create a softer texture that gives more flow while moving. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Feiyang Zhang, 2020.
- Team Members
- Designer:Feiyang Zhang
- Image Credits
- Image #1-5: Photographer Amie Hana/Model Bella Roy and Sarah Hensley/Makeup and Hair Paula De Oliveira Silva/
Designer and Stylist FeiYang Zhang, Night Tales,2018
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