Rebirth 女装系列 by Jessica Zhengjia Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 时装、服饰与服装设计 Competition Category.

铁时装· 2022

Rebirth 女装系列

by Jessica Zhengjia Hu

Client: Jessture, LLC

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 时装 Category

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The Design

About Rebirth 女装系列

这个系列的想法是揭示隐藏在冬季精神中的美丽。服装遵循极简设计原则，保持清新利落的外观，廓形简洁，轮廓清晰。超大衣领、尼龙搭扣和不对称结构等细节为造型增添视觉亮点。低饱和度的莫兰迪色选择有助于中和色温，为服装营造出更加柔和优雅的质感。没有必要跟随别人。美隐藏在真实的自我中，纯粹、简单、独特、特别。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Rebirth 女装系列是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Rebirth 女装系列将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Rebirth 女装系列因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Less is more, the key idea of Minimalist design, is the core concept of this collection. The main idea is to keep everything simple by taking advantage of simple silhouettes and clean garment outlines. Simple silhouettes generate fresh and cool visual appearance. Slightly exaggerated and asymmetric structures add highlights to the looks. Oversized details, such as big sized buttons, enlarged Velcro loop closures, and hems with extra length, help create visual tension to the pieces. Colors are selected from low saturated greyish tomes which can neutralize color temperatures to provide more gentle, easy and graceful feeling for the looks.
Dimensions & Packaging: All garments are made in size M, but slightly oversized.
Tags: Jessture, womenswear, outerwear, fashion, fashion design, apparel, garment, coat, winter coats
Production Technology: Basic materials of this collection included regular knit jersey, Lycra, cashmere and woolen fabrics. Oversized structures and distinct details such as exaggerated collars, asymmetric pleats and special Velcro loop closures generated visual impact for the looks. The Morandi color palette created a neutral gentle temperature for the environment. These are a group of low saturated colors with greyish tones. Unlike bright and high saturated colors, they can easily mix and match with each other. By applying Morandi colors to the designs, the wearers will have more flexibility in choosing and matching pieces with different colors, and therefore allowing more freedom in creating their own unique personal styles.
Design Challenge: In order to follow the principle of minimalist, I tried to keep everything as simple as possible without diminishing the aesthetic property and quality of the garments. The challenge was how to make simple silhouettes attractive. If not by applying complex layers or structures, color selection would be a proper solution in this case. If the Morandi color palette pictured a beautiful clear ice field, then it was the monotone color matching system that built up layers of snow and icebergs for the picture of winter wonderland.
Research: Color theory and color psychology are always important components of design technique. For this collection, color systems are carefully studied and selected based on the Morandi color Palette. Low saturated colors could fit in the winter atmosphere well. And the quality of high compatibility makes the Morandi colors easier to blend in with each other. Since the collection follows the key idea of minimalist, instead of structurally layering up the pieces, I decided to use same tonal colors with different shades in the same pieces as well as in a complete look. Those tonal shades can improve layer depth and stereovision of the garments spontaneously. In this way, the garments can keep their simple and neat silhouettes, while those tonal shades and colors work on creating layers and visual tension for the looks at the same time.
Inspiration: If winter comes, can spring be far behind? It is my favorite line from Shelley’s famous poet Ode to the West Wind. Winter is usually considered as a dull and faded period. Plants wither and decompose. Unlike flourish spring, winter might be a boring season with less vigor and vitality. However, I believe there is power of life and energy hidden behind the winter season, inside the branches, or beneath the ice and snow. This time, I wanted to reveal and share the lively spirit of this low-key season with stylish tones. Winter should not be associated with decline. It is the hope of dawn and rebirth of a year.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2018 and completed in December 2018 in Shenzhen China, and was launched and presented during the Vancouver Fashion Week in March 2019, in Vancouver, Canada.
Operation Flow: The purpose of this collection is to appreciate the beautiful spirit of the winter season. Winter is a low key season which may not be as flourish as spring, as passionate as summer, or as colorful as fall. If comparing a year to one of our common regular day, winter may be the cleaning and showering time before bed. We clean off dust and dirt, remove makeups, change to pajamas and lay in bed. For sure it is the end of a day, but this may also be the most pleasant and restful moment of the day. No need to dress up carefully and work hard to please the others. At this moment, we can appreciate our true selves without worries. As a designer, I wish all wearers can feel comfortable to express their own aesthetics and feel good about themselves when wearing these garments. Oversized structures and asymmetric details increase the wearers’ interest and creativity of the looks. Morandi tonal colors make the garments easier to match and therefore generate more flexibility for the styles. Winter is like our true selves. We are all born simple but unique and special.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Thirteen Studio, Model Nelli, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Thirteen Studio, Model Nelli, 2019
Image #3: Photographer Thirteen Studio, Model Nelli, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Thirteen Studio, Model Nelli, 2019
Image #5: Photographer Thirteen Studio, Model Nelli, 2019