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Utopia Хатын-Кыз Киеме Коллекциясе by Yina Hwang

Utopia Хатын-Кыз Киеме Коллекциясе by Yina Hwang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге in Мода, Кигезмә һәм Кием Дизайны Competition Category.


КөмешМода· 2020

Utopia Хатын-Кыз Киеме Коллекциясе

by Yina Hwang

Client: Yina Hwang

A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге Winner in Мода Category

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Colors

The Design

About Utopia Хатын-Кыз Киеме Коллекциясе

Бу коллекциядә, Йина Хван, нигездә, җир асты музыка культурасына кагылган симметрияле һәм асимметрик формалар белән рухландырылган. Ул бу коллекцияне үз-үзен кочаклауның төп мизгеленә нигезләнеп, үз тәҗрибәсенең хикәясен гәүдәләндерү өчен функциональ, ләкин абстракт кием һәм аксессуарлар коллекциясен булдыру өчен ясады. Проекттагы һәр басма һәм тукымалар оригиналь һәм ул тукымалар нигезендә PU күн, Сатин, Пауэр Маш һәм Спандекс кулланган.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге

Utopia Хатын-Кыз Киеме Коллекциясе – A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге җиңүчесе, бу гадәттән тыш абруйлы танып белү, ул югары класслы, чибәр һәм тәэсирле дизайннарга бирелә. Көмеш җиңүчеләре – үз дизайнерларының искиткеч белемен, талантын һәм үткенлеген күрсәтүче бик ялтыравыклы һәм иҗади эшләр. Utopia Хатын-Кыз Киеме Коллекциясе искиткеч, үрнәк булырлык, игътибарга лаеклы профессиональ һәм тирән яңалыклы әсәр булыр дип көтелә. A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге җиңүче бу дизайн – сәнгать, фән, дизайн һәм технология чикләрен алга җигүче файдалы, югары бәяләнгән уйлап табу. Utopia Хатын-Кыз Киеме Коллекциясе – күпләрнең көнләшкән, теләкләрне уятучы, уңай хисләр китерүче һәм хәйранлык һәм гаҗәпләнү тудыручы иҗат җимеше.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The designer was brought up in a Korean society where everybody demanded perfection in appearance. Since young, her asymmetrical face made her feel like she was ugly or not up to society’s demand of perfection. That put her in a box where it restricted her freedom of thought and expression. Yina curated this collection based on her pivotal moment of self embracement while she was traveling the world in 2018, to create the functional yet abstract garments to embody the story of her experience.
Dimensions & Packaging
US size 2 to 6
Tags
Embracement, Self-empowerment, Balance, Symmetricity, Asymmetricity
Production Technology
To start this collection, I self-experimented by going towards the other end of the spectrum of what society views as “perfect” by using surgery tape to distort my physical appearance to lay down the foundation of what I will be creating. The distortion led to the collages. The collages led to the prints which also created the silhouettes to my initial prototypes. Every print and fabric in the project is original and I mainly used PU leather, Satin, Power Mash, and Spandex for the base of the fabrics.
Design Challenge
The challenge was getting the right prints on the right fabric. Every fabric has a different result of prints and has a different approach to sewing. I went through a series of fabric tests and garment prototypes to reach the final result.
Research
As I immersed myself into the underground music culture, I was inspired by how people with different backgrounds, shapes, colors, genders, and sexuality are embraced under one roof and it led me to a self-empowering moment. I researched its culture, how diverse people live and what they wear. These researches and experiments laid down the foundation of this project.
Inspiration
This project was mainly inspired by the shapes that are symmetric and asymmetric with a touch of underground music culture. Depending on the line of division, a symmetrical shape can be simultaneously asymmetric. It’s all about how you choose to perceive it. Every shape has its own beauty and every beauty has it’s own shape. This project aims to break down the wearer’s restriction for the freedom of expression, and help the wearers bring out their own spirits.
Project Duration
This project started in September 2018 and finished in January 2020 in New York and was presented in New York Fashion Week on February 7th, 2020 in New York, USA.
Operation Flow
Some of the garments can transform the shapes by attaching/detaching fabric panels using snaps.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Yina Hwang, 2020.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #2: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #3: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #4: Photographer John Carlo, 2019
Image #5: Photographer John Carlo, 2019

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