Nostalgia Moon Àpapọ̀ Aṣọ Ìṣàwáàrí by Chelsea Shin

Nostalgia Moon Àpapọ̀ Aṣọ Ìṣàwáàrí by Chelsea Shin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àṣà Ìmúra, Aṣọ àti Ẹ̀wù Competition Category.

IdẹÀṣà Ìmúra· 2022

Nostalgia Moon Àpapọ̀ Aṣọ Ìṣàwáàrí

by Chelsea Shin

Client: Chelsea Shin

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Àṣà Ìmúra Category

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The Design

About Nostalgia Moon Àpapọ̀ Aṣọ Ìṣàwáàrí

Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìwé: Nostalgia Moon jẹ́ àpapọ̀ aṣọ tí a hùmọ̀ láti inú ìrísí àti àwọn ìpele òṣùpá lójú ọ̀run alẹ́. Àpapọ̀ yìí ń rántí àwọn alẹ́ àdúrà àti ìrántí ìyá àgbà kan. A fi àwọn òṣùká kún àwọn àpẹẹrẹ ìpìlẹ̀ oke aṣọ, a sì gbé egungun rọ̀gbọ̀kú-rọ̀gbọ̀kú sí egbé gbogbo ẹ̀wù kọ̀ọ̀kan. Egungun náà ń dì àwọn ìsábẹ́ yíyí rírọ̀ ti òṣùpá yíyí, ó sì fún ẹ̀wù kọ̀ọ̀kan ní ìrísí onígun mẹ́ta. A wọ àwọn àṣọ náà sí orí àwòrán obìnrin oníwọ̀n 4 àti àwòrán ọkùnrin oníwọ̀n 36. Àpapọ̀ yìí ni a ṣe láàrin oṣù Ọ̀gọ́sítì 2020 àti oṣù Èbìbí 2021.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Nostalgia Moon Àpapọ̀ Aṣọ Ìṣàwáàrí jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Nostalgia Moon Àpapọ̀ Aṣọ Ìṣàwáàrí yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Nostalgia Moon Àpapọ̀ Aṣọ Ìṣàwáàrí ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

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