Learning Portfolio Post #4 (250 words total) Post images of one object from the FIT exhibition “The Body: Fashion and Physique”. What does your object communicate about the relationship between fashion and the body? How does the designer’s investigation of the body relate to your own investigation of the body (through embodied […]
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[Intro to Fashion Studies] Inclass Writing #2
Topic: What I consider to be ‘glamorous’, and what object have made me feel that ‘glamour’ To be honest, from my country South Korea, the word ‘glamorous’ is only used to refer to women who have giant curves on their bodies. People only with body like Kim Kardashian were called glamorous and skinny celebrities […]
[Intro to Fashion Studies] Posting #2
Post an advertisement for a fashion brand and explain how gender is portrayed through the clothing, models, etc. Does the advertisement reinforce traditional gender norms or does it subvert (go against) them? Include one quote from Fashion and Cultural Studies to support your answer. A photograph named “Korean Woman” by Wan Lee, displayed by Dior […]
[Intro to Fashion Studies] Inclass Writing #1
“Perhaps we can think of fashion as ‘custom for a time’ and culture as ‘custom over time’.” Culture, which means distinctive way of life of particular group of people and period, is in some way very similar with fashion, which is a prevailing custom of the time, in terms of its definition. Both words are […]
[Intro to Fashion Studies] Posting #1
Choose any two of Christopher Breward’s aphorisms from his forward to Fashion Studies, which you read in Week 1. Explain what each of the two aphorisms means (in your own words) and explain why you agree or disagree with them. “Fashion is gossip. Never underestimate the power of gossip. Semiologists are driven into ecstasies of […]
[History of Fashion] Topic Choices
Date: 1973 Country: South Korea Designer: Unknown Model: Jang (23) Indeed the trend of fashion has been changing rapidly each year, and the rate of change of fashion in South Korea has been unreal. Women were accustomed to wearing Korean traditional dresses called Hanbok until late 1920s, and clothings from western culture that were imported […]
[Space/Materiality] Project 2: Process and Outcome
Our second project was based on patterns and how to fit the pattern on our body. The animal I chose was a half moon betta fish which has repeating hexagon shaped scales, and fins that seem to have stripes on. SKETCHES From the 5 brainstorming sketches, I chose the idea of making a sweatshirt that has […]
[Integrated Studio & Seminar 2] Final Reflection
Integrative Studio & Seminar end-of-course reflection What connections can you make between your final project and the rest of your work this semester? There are no direct connections in terms of the content of the studio projects, but I think they showed my increased interest toward fashion design. From my second sets of collages that […]
[Constructive Sketching] Final: Composite 3-point perspective cityscape Drawing
Concept Board Process Final Detail Pros and Cons from the critic Pros: 1. detailed hatching, expression of roof tiles 2. effective expression of oldness 3. good idea 4. good perspective, every line matches up Cons: 1. there should be more detail on the black-outed part of grass 2. too strong […]