Escape Ofu mo le Tuueseeseina mai Galuega by Huili Jin

Escape Ofu mo le Tuueseeseina mai Galuega by Huili Jin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Laei Competition Category.

UʻameaLaei· 2024

Escape Ofu mo le Tuueseeseina mai Galuega

by Huili Jin

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Laei Category

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The Design

About Escape Ofu mo le Tuueseeseina mai Galuega

Escape o se ofu mo tamaitai ua fuafuaina e fesoasoani i le tagata e ofuina e vavae ese mai galuega. E mafai e le Escape ona faia se suiga vave i le va o galuega ma le malolo, o lea ua avea ai se suti aloaia po o se ofutino aloaia e avea ma ofu fa'afiafiaga i totonu nai sekone. O fusi mafiafia (elastic bands) ma fusi e mafai ona toso o loo faataatia ai lenei suiga. O le tosoina o le fusiua e tatala ai le fesootaiga i le va o vaega ma faataga ai le ofu e faasusu ifo, lea e sui ai atoa le mamanu. Ua faia le Escape e ala i le tipiina o mamanu e leai se otaota (zero waste pattern cutting), ma o otaota ie e tausia i lalo ifo o le lima pasene (5%). O le faamoemoe, ia lagolagoina ai le tuueseeseina faalemafaufau pe a maeʻa taimi o galuega.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Escape Ofu mo le Tuueseeseina mai Galuega, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Escape Ofu mo le Tuueseeseina mai Galuega e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Escape Ofu mo le Tuueseeseina mai Galuega ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

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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