Gordafarid 服裝 by Mina Aliyari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 時裝、服飾及成衣設計 Competition Category.

鐵時裝· 2025

Gordafarid 服裝

by Mina Aliyari

Client: Kahkeshan Shahab Danesh

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 時裝 Category

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The Design

About Gordafarid 服裝

歌達法莉德係一件用回收波斯地氈製成嘅服裝。破損、無法再用嘅手織地氈構成上身部分，並保留返原有嘅結構。褲子就用麻布以垂墜剪裁技術製成,靈感嚟自伊朗部落嘅傳統服飾。頭帶結合咗伊朗幾何圖案同摺紙技術。用金屬彈簧線同布料製成嘅披肩,可以喺身上塑造出唔同形態。可調節嘅帶子容許尺寸同功能上嘅變化。地氈部分仲可以掛喺牆上或者放喺地面展示。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Gordafarid 服裝是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Gordafarid 服裝將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Gordafarid 服裝因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This dress is a bridge between history and modernity
Reusing damaged and unusable handicrafts (Iranian carpets) and introducing them into the fashion industry without changing the original structure of the work, as well as the headband, which is a combination of Iranian geometry and modern origami technique

The items have multiple uses,
A springy and soft shawl that we can give different forms to on the body
. A carpet that can be worn or hung on the wall or placed on the floor as a work of art
Dimensions & Packaging: Blouse : width 250mm x 500mm
Pants: width 700mm x 1100mm
One look size 38
Tags: Sustainable fashion, fashion design, clothing, cultural design, origami technique, persian carpet, redesign, draping
Production Technology: This garment uses environmentally friendly materials such as linen in the pants and carpet in the torso

The pants are made using the draping technique, modeled after the clothing of Iranian tribes.

The garment and accessories use variable straps to allow for changing size and function.

A combination of metal spring wires and fabric is used to create a flexible and formable scarf.
Design Challenge: Our main challenge in this project is how to combine the main concept, i.e. free woman, with the identity of Iranian culture and art, and also the correct interaction of these two concepts with fashion with a modern approach, considering sustainable fashion.
Paying attention to the fact that not everything damaged is worthless and can be given meaning and life again by redesigning.
And another problem solved by the project is how to transform handicrafts into clothing while maintaining the original structure of the material and its harmony with the body's form and anatomy, which has turned it into a comfortable and stylish garment.
Research: Research and Investigations:
Historical facts about the clothing, arts and crafts of Iranian peoples throughout history have been made according to the different empires, and the commonalities and consequences of each part of their clothing have been considered. For this project, historical books such as the Shahnameh have been referred to in order to better understand the authenticity of Iran and the influential Iranian women, their role and power.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this design is the expression of courage, freedom and beauty of women against anti-women thinking, who stand amidst the limitations of which the Maripach spring shawl is a symbol of these thoughts, and despite their wounds, which are shown on the torso of the dress with the damaged carpet, they inspire beauty and freedom.

Because of the social, cultural and artistic meaning of this work, we named it Gard Afridi, a symbol of a brave and free woman in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2024 in Semnan and Finished in December in 2024 in semnan .
Operation Flow: Transmitting a sense of authenticity and beauty using an old Persian carpet, hand-woven trousers inspired by the Persian tribal customs, a red headband worn by Achaemenid warriors after winning a war, and a spring shawl that expresses limiting thinking like a cocoon wrapped around a woman, but a woman with her courage inspires freedom and beauty.
Team Members: Mina Aliyari
Shahin Nayyer
Image Credits: Images #1 to #5 : Photographer Mahdie Jalali ,Gordafarid ,2024