V Vissi 時裝系列 by Vickie Au is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 可持續產品設計 Competition Category.

銅可持續產品· 2021

V Vissi 時裝系列

by Vickie Au

Client: V VISSI : revisit

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 可持續產品 Category

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Colors

The Design

About V Vissi 時裝系列

V Vissi係一個可持續時裝系列,分為三個系列呈現。第一個系列「衣架」利用布廠樣本冊剩餘嘅布料碎片,製作成男女皆宜嘅西裝外套。第二個系列「綠色調」將服裝製造商嘅開發樣辦同原型升級再造,當中有多件單品可以有兩至三種穿法。第三個系列「布料故事」採用嚟自日本同意大利嘅認證優質布料。印花採用數碼印刷技術,並使用可生物降解嘅油墨。所有服裝均按需生產,以減少庫存浪費,支持循環時裝系統嘅發展。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

V Vissi 時裝系列是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計V Vissi 時裝系列將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。V Vissi 時裝系列出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This collection aims to co-created with the professional, fashion & apparel stakeholders to design and customize sustainable and ethical products. We believe dress better to unite our community and start something meaningful. We are conscious about style and totally committed to making fashion for good.
Sustainable fashion is a process of fostering change to fashion products and what we are doing is a new prospective to the fashion system. We believe that sustainable initiatives are the key to bring positive impacts in making a better environment to the community and world.
Three series of merchandise to response and evolve the fashion system from Linear Economy to circular economy.
The series I is called Hangers, which is collaborating with different supplier and using their high-end brunch book fabric to redesign and let consumer to experience the good quality material / fabric in a more customized way.
The series IIis called Shade of Green, which is collaborating with different high quality standard manufacturers to co-create by using their stock to redesign and give the to every pieces of garment and let them to become a master pieces. We choose the factory who are making J Crew and Theory garment for this project.
The series III is called Fabric Story, which is exploring good quality fabric and material to let every season have the update of material to response the circular economy in an update and practical way.
Materials are chosen very carefully and sourced only from reputable suppliers. Most of the strategic partner with us are sharing the core value to support the sustainable fashion. Each piece is created, first and foremost, to bring something new, special, and lasting into the world. It is not just fashion as usual. In this era of sustainability clothes, we focus on true statement piece that tailored with strong lines and details, a androgynous personality, and a sense of quality that endures, season after season. Sustainability is an endeavor high on our agenda.
Dimensions & Packaging: Three series of merchandise to response and evolve the fashion system from Linear Economy to circular economy.
Series I – Hangers
Collaborating with different supplier. Using their high-end brunch book fabric and redesign to let consumer to experience the good quality material or fabric in a more customized way.
Series II, Shade of Green
Collaborating with different high quality standard manufacturers to cocreate by using their stock to redesign and give the to every pieces of garment and let them to become a master pieces. We choose the factory who are making J Crew and Theory garment for this project.
Series III, Fabric Story
We explore good quality fabric and material to let every season have the update of material to response the circular economy in an update and practical way.
Tags: sustainable, fashion, sustainability, good quality, BCI, Multi-styling, Luxury Fabric
Production Technology: Collection of sustainability
Three merchandise in different materials and garment making method to demonstrate the execution of collection in sustainable way.
Series I, Hangers
We collaborate with supply chain and collecting fabric brunch book from them. Using those leftover fabric swatch to upcycle and redesign. Having the connection with Lanificio F.lli Cerruti, dal 1881, we collected the fabric brunch book and redesign the signature unisex blazer.
Series II, Shade of Green
We co-create with the manufacturer, collecting their development samples or prototype, upcycling and redesign to give the garment second life or even a more beautiful signature pieces.
In addition, we apply the multi styling design to let garment can be fully utilized. Some of the garments are designed to wear more than 2 or 3 ways to extend their usage upon the user wearing it in different occasions.
We are also collaborating with Brother Hong Kong, using the GTX Garment Printer Machine with biodegradable ink to develop a series of upcycling product. Each style is upon the customer request to design and produce. Every pieces are design on demand to resolve the inventory problem. We were even helping client to recycling the used shirt and gave a new print on their plain shirt to give the second life of the garment.
Series III, Fabric Story
We choose better quality materials, even sustainable material with certificate. We used fabric from Japan and Italy this time. And, some of them with the certificate of BCI cotton.
Apart from the better quality material, all of our printed fabric are using Biodegradable Ink with the digital print method to solve the inventory and pollution problem when print the fabrics.
Research: Three merchandise in different materials and garment making method to demonstrate the execution of collection in sustainable way.
Series I – Hangers
Solution I - Collaborate with supply chain and collecting fabric brunch book from them. Using those leftover fabric swatch to upcycle and redesign. Having the connection with Lanificio F.lli Cerruti, dal 1881, we collected the fabric brunch book and redesign the signature unisex blazer.
Series II - Shade of Green
Solution II - Cocreate with the manufacturer, collecting their development samples or prototype, upcycling and redesign to give the garment second life or even a more beautiful signature pieces.
Solution III – Multi Styling Design. Some of the garments are designed to wear more than 2 or 3 ways to extend their usage upon the user wearing it in different occasions.
Solution IV – Collaborating with Brother (HK), using the GTX Garment Printer Machine with “Biodegradable Ink” to develop a series of upcycling product. Each style is upon the customer request to design and produce. Every pieces are design on demand to resolve the inventory problem. We were even helping client to recycling the used shirt and gave a new print on their plain shirt to give the second life of the garment.
Series III- Fabric Story
Solution V – Using better quality materials, even sustainable material with certificate. We used fabric from Japan and Italy this time. And, some of them with the certificate of BCI cotton.
Solution VI – Apart from the better quality material, all of our printed fabric are using Biodegradable Ink with the digital print method to solve the inventory and pollution problem when print the fabrics.
Inspiration: Fashion is the second most polluted industry in the world. The collection of sustainability is providing an option to the sustainable fashion conscious supporters with a fashionable, wearable and affordable designs. We target to bring fashion people to revisit the fashion industry in a sustainable approach.
Project Duration: The project had been started since the end of 2018. The collection had been launched at September 0f 2019 at Hong Kong CenterStage with the first fashion show to public which managed by Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The collection had been sent to Shanghai and presented at DFO international (multi label showroom) for 2 weeks. We got the international showroom, showroom, select shop and department store enquiries, such as Printemps/ Paris, Greyhound/ Paris, Lafayette/ Paris, Doors/New York but we didn’t launch even make mass production due to the covid 19.
Operation Flow: Three series of merchandise to response and evolve the fashion system from Linear Economy to circular economy.
Series I – Hangers / Collaborating with different supplier. Using their high-end brunch book fabric and redesign to let consumer to experience the good quality material / fabric in a more customized way.
Series II – Shade of Green / Collaborating with different high quality standard manufacturers to cocreate by using their stock to redesign and give the to every pieces of garment and let them to become a master pieces. We choose the factory who are making J Crew and Theory garment for this project.
Series III – Fabric Story / We explore good quality fabric and material to let every season have the update of material to response the circular economy in an update and practical way.
Patents: V VISSI with the certificate of registration of trade mark in Hong Kong under the owner of Vickie AU.
Image Credits: All photos: Photographer/ William Law All Photos: Models/ Under A1M Model Agency Management. All Designs: Under V Vissi with the IP registration.