Escape 脱离工作服饰 by Huili Jin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 时装、服饰与服装设计 Competition Category.

铁时装· 2024

Escape 脱离工作服饰

by Huili Jin

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 时装 Category

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The Design

About Escape 脱离工作服饰

Escape(逃离)是一款旨在帮助穿着者从工作状态中抽离的女装。它让人在工作与休息之间迅速切换,正式的西装或衬衫可在数秒内变为休闲便装。弹性束带与可拉动的系带令这一变形成为可能:拉动领带即可解除各衣片之间的连接,使衣物自然垂坠,从而彻底改变整体造型。Escape 采用零浪费裁剪版型制作,面料损耗控制在百分之五以下。其设计初衷是帮助人们在下班之后实现心理上的抽离。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Escape 脱离工作服饰是 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Escape 脱离工作服饰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。Escape 脱离工作服饰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: 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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