Peregrina Teuga Fa'afiafia Fa'asolopito o le Tulaga by Kimberly Phipps-Nichol

Peregrina Teuga Fa'afiafia Fa'asolopito o le Tulaga by Kimberly Phipps-Nichol is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Teuga Fa'aaliga Competition Category.

UʻameaTeuga Fa'aaliga· 2026

Peregrina Teuga Fa'afiafia Fa'asolopito o le Tulaga

by Kimberly Phipps-Nichol

Client: Kimberly Phipps-Nichol, RoKi Design

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Teuga Fa'aaliga Category

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The Design

About Peregrina Teuga Fa'afiafia Fa'asolopito o le Tulaga

O le Peregrina o se teuga fa'afiafia a tama'ita'i mai le vaitau o le 1900, ua fa'aalia fa'atasi ma teuteuga ma se ofu i totonu fa'a-Edwardian. O ofu ua faia mai mea ua toe fa'aaogaina, mea ua toe si'itia le tāua, mea tuai fa'aleaganu'u ma mea talafeagai ma le vaitau, e aofia ai le vavae, hemp, silika, lino, fulufulu mamoe, saito mago, fulu ma mea fa'apipi'i u'amea. E faigofie le mamanu, e atagia ai tomai sa fa'amoemoeina mai se tagata su'i ofu i le aiga i le vaitau o le 1900. O vaega autu o le suti e mafai ona fa'aliliuina i itu e lua, o lea o se seti e tasi o vaega e maua ai ni teuga se tele. O mea fa'apipi'i natia po'o mea e lua ona fa'aaogaina, e aofia ai fa'amau ma matau ma mata, e fa'atumauina ai le sa'o o vaega ma lagolagoina ai le mamafa o ie mamafa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Peregrina Teuga Fa'afiafia Fa'asolopito o le Tulaga, 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 Peregrina Teuga Fa'afiafia Fa'asolopito o le Tulaga 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 Peregrina Teuga Fa'afiafia Fa'asolopito o le Tulaga 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: Peregrina is a 1900 era ladies stage costume with accessories and an Edwardian slip made from repurposed, upcycled, antique and era appropriate materials. The pattern for the suit is simple to reflect the level of design and construction capability that would have been expected of a home sewist circa 1900. What is truly innovative about this suit is that it is reversible. This flexibility provides a series of outfits from just one setup, in a nod to the tailor mades of the time.
Dimensions & Packaging: Suit fits a US women size 4, and dimensions vary due to wrap style.
Bust up to 105 cm
Waist up to 76 cm
Hips up to 115 cm
Submission Materials Contents include Cotton, Hemp, Silk, Linen, Wool, Straw, Feather, and Metal Hardware.
Tags: Costume, Stage wear, Theater wear, Historic costume, Suffragette, Travel, Wearable art, Traditional craft culture, Creative design, Historic reenactment
Production Technology: Research, pattern drafting, mockups and production took over 500 hours. Only era available contemporary fabrics were used where antique materials could not be sourced. Antique hardware and silk were used where feasible. While a basic sewing machine was used for main construction, only straight and zig zag stitches were employed to maintain era consistency. Most of the suit and all mockups were made from repurposed drapes saved from a now closed natural fibers boutique.
Design Challenge: There were two main challenges for this costume. First was sourcing antique and era-appropriate materials on a very small budget. Second was making the main costume components completely reversible while still preserving modesty and a correct silhouette. The reversibility required mockups with significant trial and error to ensure true era appropriate design and construction.
Research: Historical references for design, construction, fabric patterns, colors and fibers include photos of 1900 era ancestors, plus online and print resources. Online resources included US Census Bulletin of era available fibers, as well as database searches of museums with era relevant clothing archives. Print Resources included reference books published by museums with era relevant clothing archives, along with numerous fashion and dressmaker magazines from the years 1900 through 1910.
Inspiration: Created in response to a call for a 1900 era historic costume for actors portraying suffragettes and women traveling across North America. The suit was inspired by inherited heirlooms and documents of a true free spirited Muse who embodied the independent characters to be depicted. The Muse had traveled extensively in this time and is a distant relative of the designer. The name is a nod to the family maritime roots and boat name at that time, Peregrinator, hence the nautical details.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2024 in Houston, Texas and finished in January 2025 in Houston, Texas.
Operation Flow: The reversible components use hardware that is either dual purpose or hidden to ensure a sleek form. Buttons at inner and outer skirt waist sides are both used as closures and shirtwaist connection to support the skirt. This keeps individual pieces from shifting out of alignment while elegantly transferring and distributing the weight of heavy materials. Hooks and eyes ensure critical components retain points of contact important for appearance and flow while moving on stage.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Andy Phan, Main, 2026
Image #2: Photographer Andy Phan, Optional 1, 2026
Image #3: Photographer Andy Phan, Optional 2, 2026
Image #4: Photographer Andy Phan, Optional 3, 2026
Image #5: Photographer Andy Phan, Optional 4, 2026