New Port + Jean Paul Gautier

For this design project, I, first, started to research about Jean Paul Gautier’s style. I saw his early collections to this season’s collection. After the search, I found out that he usually designed woman’s wear in a masculine way and a straight-line silhouette for woman’s coat. Also, Jean usually made a trench coat for women’s coat and he liked pleated skirts a lot. Then, I also looked for the clothing that Delaware Indians, who inhabited in New Port for very long time, used to wear in early 19th Century. I saw a hunting coat, which men were used to wear, and I though it would be very interesting if I redesign the coat for women in these days. Therefore, for my new hunting coat for today’s women, I highlighted a straight line of the shoulder to keep his style. For the skirt. I designed an A-line pleated skirt, which is over the knee that was inspired by Delaware Indian’s very long skirt.

For this redesign project, I didn’t want my designs to be looked as old-fashioned clothing, and I didn’t want people to notice that my designs are came from Delaware Indian’s clothing. Therefore, I tried to redesign them in very modern style but also keep the important features of both Jean Paul Gautier and Lenape’s fashion.