Nostalgia Moon Aoina o Lavalava Fou by Chelsea Shin

Nostalgia Moon Aoina o Lavalava Fou by Chelsea Shin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Laei Competition Category.

ApamemeaLaei· 2022

Nostalgia Moon Aoina o Lavalava Fou

by Chelsea Shin

Client: Chelsea Shin

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Laei Category

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The Design

About Nostalgia Moon Aoina o Lavalava Fou

Nostalgia Moon o se aoina o lavalava fou na fa'aosofia mai le foliga ma vaega o le masina i le lagi po. O le aoina e toe fa'amanatu mai po o tatalo ma mafaufauga i se tamā matua. O li'o ua fa'aopoopo i mamanu fa'avae o le tino ofu, ma o pona fa'apipi'i mafai ona fetuutuunai ua tu'u i pito o ofu ta'itasi. O nei pona e taofia ai pi'oga malulu o le masina lapotopoto ma tu'uina atu ai i mea uma se foliga fa'atolu-vaega. O foliga nei ua fa'apipi'iina i luga o se fa'ata'ita'iga ofu fafine numera 4 ma se fa'ata'ita'iga ofu tama tane numera 36. Na atina'eina lenei aoina i le va o Aokuso 2020 ma Me 2021.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Nostalgia Moon Aoina o Lavalava Fou, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Nostalgia Moon Aoina o Lavalava Fou e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Nostalgia Moon Aoina o Lavalava Fou e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In 2021, Chelsea Shin started to design the collection “Nostalgia Moon” by recalling herself praying for the peace and well-being of her grandmother on the moon in the night sky. The most essential element of her design was adding circles to the basic bodice patterns and using flexible boning to the edges of each garment to emphasize the softness of the round moon that she captured every night. Therefore, the garments themselves were designed in three dimensions as if they were a round moon.
Dimensions & Packaging: All the looks are draped on a size 4 female dress form and a size 36 male dress form.
Tags: fashion, circle fashion, creative, creative fashion, boning, construction, nostalgia, moon
Design Challenge: At the beginning of the design, she printed a large circle and covered the entire body, starting with her head, and thought about how to use this massive big circle more interestingly and diversely. From one huge circle to partially incorporating a circle into the basic bodice, she experienced numerous trials and errors.
Inspiration: The collection “Nostalgia Moon”, designed by Chelsea Shin, was made to keep a promise with her grandmother, but that promise could not be kept. After her grandmother left, she used to pray for her grandmother, and recalled good memories while looking up the moon in the night sky. The more nights she prayed, the phase of the moon felt like a change in her feelings, and the moon floated alone in the night sky felt like herself. The round shape of the moon, its phase, its delicacy, and its transparency inspired her as a designer.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in South Korea and finished in May 2021 in New York.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Chelsea Shin, 2021.
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Jay Lim, Ylang Ylang (The Starry Night), 2021
Image #2 : Photographer Jay Lim, Man in The New Moon, 2021
Image #3 : Photographer Jay Lim, Warm D (Velvet Half Moon), 2021
Image #4 : Photographer Jay Lim, Moonstruck, 2021
Image #5 : Photographer Jay Lim, The F(ul)lower Moon, 2021