At the beginning of the semester, I was asked: “What is Fashion?”. I wrote it’s about style, dressing, and trend. Through this course, by breaking down and discussing different terms within the concept of fashion- style- dress, I now have a more cleared and specific definition about this complicated social and cultural practice. We choose […]
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Intro to Fashion Studies #4 – Reflection of “Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT” Submit Assignment
This exhibition presented by Museum at FIT, for the purpose of celebrating 50th anniversary about this resourceful fashion museum, includes 33 of the most influential from 200 ever held exhibitions at MFIT. The curator chose 3 to 5 pieces from each passed highlighted exhibition, gathered them in the same spot decorated with its own theme. […]
Dress Practice Interview – Reflection Submit Assignment
(images of Quinn and her wardrobe) The dress practice interview conducted with my high school friend Quinn, who currently in her junior year at Bentley University in Boston, was relaxed through the whole process. We mainly talk about her idea towards her everyday styling and how she presents her subjectivity in her way of style-fashion-dress. […]
Proposal of Topic Choice
Date: 04/21/1995 Model: my mother at her age of 23 Designer: unknown This is such an unusual image to me that my mom would never dress like this. The shoulder pads and the trousers are so exaggerated that masculinity silhouette is highlighted. She lives in a city closed to HongKong and in the 1990s, the […]
Intro to Fashion Studies #2 Fashion Advertisement and Gender Portrayal
Toogood labeled as a unisex outwear clothing brand introduces creative and practical outfits for all gender and sizes. In this campaign photoshoot for their collection 006, it’s clear to see that this new social media based designer brand has a very strong voice about their products. Simplicity is throughout this whole collection. Inspired by farmers, […]
Intro to Fashion Studies #1 Christopher Breward’s Aphorisms
I chose two aphorisms in Christopher Breward’s foreword to Fashion Studies to discuss and analyze in the following. Fashion is intensely personal, in the same way that poetry is intensely personal. It is a medium through which personal stories can be told, memories re-lived and futures foretold. Like any creation of art, designers move people with […]
Final Project
Brief intro It’s an outfit inpired by deconstructing my musline pieces, and the color pattern from my previous research. It includes a blazer as the outwear and a silk organza dress to match underneath. My idea is to evoke a sensory feeling while wearing the pieces. Therefore, I chose a smooth and light outwear tech-fabric, […]
Bridge Project 5: Reflection
It all felt like yesterday, that I got off the airplane, waited two hours to pass the custom, and took a yellow taxi, to slap my self at the face, realizing I am in New York. Every morning I need to slap myself with cold water to remind myself where I am. New York is […]
Submission and Reflection on the Muslin Submit Assignment
I chose a blazer jacket to pattern, because I have interests in knowing how it’s constructed, also it fits my topic. My idea is to change the item with the length and adding details to the piece. As a blazer that once designed for men and now available to women, it transmits the idea of an across-gender […]
The Collection: Illustrations and Print Design Submit Assignment
GENDERLESS This collection is about unisex fashion. I discovered different ways of designs that could apply to both men and women. By using simple prints like stripes and checkboard on basic forms, I created a collection of pair looks, with slight changes between womenswear and menswear. final print repeating unit: Process: Part of my research’s goal […]