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Fashionable Guan Gong Stage Wear

LIANGI INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. Stage Wear Costume Design

Fashionable Guan Gong

Drawing inspiration from the attire of Guan Gong, the deity worshipped at the Puji Temple in Daxi, Taiwan, boasting over a century of intangible cultural heritage. This work challenges the representation of Eastern deity culture through Western three-dimensional tailoring. Simultaneously, it employs digital algorithms to explore the application of textile technology in traditional hand-embroidered works, aiming to reduce weight and enhance durability. Main techniques embroidered fabric labels, embroidery, and the application of mixed media in ethnic stage wear design.

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Foam of Desire Clothing Design

Kaiqi Zhang Clothing Design Costume Design

Foam of Desire

Grounded in a critique of the desires and emptiness that define modern consumerism, this piece uses garment design to interrogate the alienation festering within material wealth. It reimagines seventeenth century aristocratic attire, shaping a moldable fabric into a voluptuous silhouette that mimics a body devoured by desires. A palette of turquoise blue, clashing with sweet pink and sickly yellowish green, creates a superficially alluring yet deeply disquieting effect. This tension invites viewers to contemplate the nature of desires.

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Hmong Silver Heritage Skirt

Zehui Ni Heritage Skirt Costume Design

Hmong Silver

Cherished in the Qing and Ming eras, the Mamian heritage skirts are beloved for their symbolism of power and strength. Two exquisite techniques in oriental history : mother of pearl inlays and Hmong silver craft serves as the foundation for this design. Owning a Mamian heritage skirt is akin to possessing a fragment of oriental mystery. It is a celebration of nature's wonders, human ingenuity, and the timeless pursuit of beauty that transcends eras and cultures.

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Turandot Armor Costume

Cynthia Gómez Ramírez Costume Costume Design

Turandot Armor

The costume industry generates pieces that become obsolete when the season ends, because they can rarely be used again. So, of this problem was that a sustainable costume project was proposed, which present a design for an operatic outfit using sustainable techniques such as upcycling with knitting deadstock and a creation of biomaterials made from orange waste based on the circular economy. The project seeks to reuse existing materials and develop new materials in order to counteract pollution in fashion.

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Miao Attire Innovation Cultural Fashion Design

Rufan Lin Cultural Fashion Design Costume Design

Miao Attire Innovation

Miao Attire Innovation is a costume design that reinterprets traditional Miao clothing with digital tools. The garments are developed through artificial intelligence pattern generation, digital twin technology and three-dimensional modeling. Three-dimensional printing and eco-friendly fabrics are used in production, which reduces material waste. Each design can be customized in size and detail according to the wearer. Digital imaging combines virtual and real scenes in the fashion photography. The aim is to preserve ethnic dress while supporting sustainable production.

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Peregrina Historic Costume

Kimberly Phipps-Nichol Historic Costume Costume Design

Peregrina

Peregrina is a 1900 era ladies stage costume, presented with accessories and an Edwardian slip. The garments are made from repurposed, upcycled, antique and period appropriate materials, including cotton, hemp, silk, linen, wool, straw, feather and metal hardware. The pattern is simple, reflecting the skills expected of a home sewist around 1900. The main components of the suit are reversible, so one set of pieces provides several outfits. Hidden or dual purpose hardware, including buttons and hooks and eyes, keeps the pieces aligned and supports the weight of the heavy fabrics.

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Traditional Parure Jewelry Set

Ekaterina Korzh Jewelry Set Costume Design

Traditional Parure

This project revises a traditional Russian jewelry set by combining sustainable technologies with traditional craft techniques. The Russian Traditional Parure features three key elements: a Celebration Tiara, a faux amber neckpiece, and an Ojerelok neckpiece. Ekaterina researched jewelry from the Russian North to revive its crafts and history, incorporating new sustainable methods like creating faux amber from recycled glass. Additionally, she expanded design possibilities and developed a unique method for applying the cloisonne goldsmithing technique directly onto recycled glass.

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