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Escape Werklosmaakkleding by Huili Jin

Escape Werklosmaakkleding by Huili Jin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award in IJzer in Mode-, Kleding- en Kledingstukontwerp Competition Category.


IJzerMode· 2024

Escape Werklosmaakkleding

by Huili Jin

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Mode Category

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The Design

About Escape Werklosmaakkleding

Escape is een damesmodekledingstuk dat is ontworpen om de drager te helpen loskomen van het werk. Escape maakt een snelle wisseling tussen werk en rust mogelijk, waardoor een formeel pak of overhemd binnen enkele seconden verandert in casual vrijetijdskleding. Elastische banden en trekbare riemen maken deze transformatie mogelijk. Door aan de stropdas te trekken, wordt de verbinding tussen de delen losgelaten en valt het kledingstuk losjes, waardoor het ontwerp volledig verandert. Escape is gemaakt volgens de zero waste patroonknippechniek, waarbij stofverspilling onder de vijf procent blijft. Het doel is om psychologische loskoppeling na werktijd te ondersteunen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

Escape Werklosmaakkleding 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. Escape Werklosmaakkleding 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. Escape Werklosmaakkleding 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

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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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