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ReWork Project Yang, Chia-Huang, Fashion MA, UCA Rochester 09.12.15

GOAL: to transform the old damaged bike jacket

Bike Jacket

The leather of the sleeves has been ruined.

The leather of the front part has already broken.

In this old leather bike jacket,there are lots of injuries, such as the ruined leather and the broken zipper.

The front zipper has already broken.

The Damaged

The Damaged

In this old leather bike jacket,there are lots of injuries, such as the ruined leather, the broken zipper and the lining.

The leather of the front part has already broken.

The zipper of the sleeves has already broken.

The leather of the front part has already broken.

There are several stains in the lining.

There is a big hole in the right-front lining .

There are also some stains and holes in the red cottoned lining .

step

ONE

In order to repair the broken leather, the stained lining, I started from unpicking the two front part and the sleeves of the bike jacket.

UnPicking

Remove the right-front lining because it’s broken.

Keep the left-front lining.

After the unpicking process, I got rid of the ruin parts and got the pattern of the original bike jacket.

The right-front and the left-front pattern.

As I got the sleeves and the front part out, I could use the shape to cut the new ďŹ t pattern.

The sleeve pattern.

step

TWO

The leather of the sleeves and the two front patterns.

ReCutting As I got the sleeves and the front part out, I could use the shape to cut the new ďŹ t pattern.

In order to ďŹ nd enough space to cut the fronts, I recombined the fabric of the removed sleeves and place the old front pattern on them to match the pattern shape.

As for the right-front lining part, I cut the original lining pattern from the lining of the sleeves.

The Original Front Part.

The New Front Part from the Sleeves.

The Lining

The sleeve lining.

The left-front leather

I cut the original lining pattern from the lining of the sleeves for the right-front lining part, and then cut the left-front leather fabric to ďŹ t the welt.

step

THREE

Fixing I cut some diamond-shaped leather pattern from the rest leather fabric to cover the stains on the lining.

The reason of choosing the diamond shape is that it can ďŹ t the diamond pattern of the lining.

To match the leather diamond on the left side, I also put some leather diamond on the right side.

step

THREE

Replacement Because the front zipper has already been broken, I chose to replace the function of the zipper with four pairs of magnet button.

The four pairs of magnet buttons are placed on the front pattern, and I’ve made sure that the zipper will match with each side when the magnet buttons are attached.

The right side.

The left side.

The front.

This bike jacket has been transformed into a bike vest and it could be an unisex garment as its style is punk and cool.

Iconic images

The cottoned lining.

—————— Cut the front from here , because the collar is still good.

End the arm hole ——— with welts.

The right-front pattern.—————

The right sleeve.

The left sleeve.

————— The left-front pattern.

————— Sew back the belts after replacing the pattern.

Bike vest Description/Keywords

Original defects: The ruined leather / The injured zipper / The broken lining / The stains.

Goal: Repair the function.

Style Materials/Accessories Color Status Manufacturer details /Measurement

Improvements: The replaced leather / The new button function / The dedicated repaired lining.

Punk / Street / Rock / Unisex Leather, cottoned lining, zipper, magnet buttons, snap-fastener Black / Red ReWork / Vintage 1.The front patterns are cut from the combination of the sleeves fabric.

2.The edge of the arm hole should be end with the welt.

3.The zipper should be matched together by pairs of magnet buttons.

A: 65 cm B: 53 cm C: 35 cm D: 60 cm

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D

B

C

School Trousers

GOAL: to make it comfortable for women to ride a bike

This pair of trousers is made from school uniform fabric and it will cause the wearer to feel itch because of the fabric, and this kind of fabric is not exible.

As for the pattern, it has a high and tiny waistline and the wide legging.

As the project goal is to make this pair of trousers for women to wear riding a bike, I start from thinking the way how women ride a bike, and try to imitate the motion.

step

ONE

Experiment As the project goal is to make this pair of trousers for women to wear riding a bike, I start from thinking the way how women ride a bike, and try to imitate the motion.

I put on the trousers, imitate the motion of riding a bike and ďŹ nd that it is difficult to bend my knees because the fabric can not extend, it is not exible.

I mark the place of my knee and the extension part on the trousers when I bend my knee.

———— The extension part.

——— Knee point.

Knee point. ————

———— The extension part.

The extension part. ————

step

TWO

Cutting I cut out the bending knee squire area I mark on the trousers.

25 cm 17 cm

step

THREE

Matching In order to match the squire of the bending knee part, I cut the rest of the legging in the same length (plus the 2cm seam length) as the wideness of the squire to get the fabric.

25 cm

25 + 2 cm

With the rest fabric from the legging, I need to make them unpicked.

And I need to iron them to make them totally at.

step

THREE

Testing I try two different ways of folding with the at fabric to test the function and the appearance.

The Box-Fold.

The Single-fold.

The Single-fold.

In the end, I choose the single-fold because it can easily be opened and refolded, and it looks better.

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5 cm

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——————— 2.5 cm ———————

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5 cm

Iron it protruding >

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Iron it concave

——————— 2.5 cm ———————

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5 cm ——————— 2.5 cm ———————

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5 cm

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——————— 2.5 cm ——————— 5 cm

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To make the single-fold…

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Seam 1 cm ——————— 2.5 cm ——————— 2.5 cm ———————

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——————— 2.5 cm ——————— 5 cm

——————— Seam 1 cm

Iron it protruding and concave.

step

FOUR

Attaching

Before attaching the single-fold to the trousers, I cut four gaps around the four corners of the square to make it easier to attach the fabric.

The single-folds should be stable by sewing up the side before attaching to the trousers.

Before attaching the single-fold to the trousers, I cut four gaps around the four corners of the squire to make it easier to attach the fabric.

step

FIVE

Narrowing After I attach the single-fold to the trousers, I ďŹ nd that the legging it too wide, so I decide to narrow the legging a little bit.

1 cm

1 cm

ge d e e h End t

welt. e h t with

When the leg is straight, the folds are all close neatly.

When the leg is bend, the folds will open to give the space for the knee motion.

Iconic images

—————— The original waistline, pockets and zipper.

Six single-folds downward.——————

Knee.——————

—————— The narrow leg.

Bike trousers Description/Keywords

Original defects: The inexible fabric / The uncomfortable pattern.

Goal: to make it comfortable for women to ride a bike.

Style Materials/Accessories Color Status Manufacturer details /Measurement

Improvements: The space to bend the knee.

Casual Suiting, zipper, buttons Gray ReWork / Vintage 1. There are six single-folds in each leg and each depth is 2.5 cm.

2.The folds start 42 cm away from the waistline.

A: 70 cm B: 25 cm C: 17 cm D: 21 cm E: 42 cm

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E B C

D

GOAL: to make a daily carrying bag from a old shirts

Old Shirts

step

ONE

Cutting

step

TWO

Attaching

Back

Sleeve

Attach one sleeve to the collar from the back side as the handle.

Follow the original sewing lines and then sew up all the edges.

Front

The bag can be carried with arms or with shoulder.

It is made of the shirts and it still looks like the shirts.

Iconic images

Attach the sleeves to the collar.——————

—————— Cut the corner into arc.

——— Cut the corner into arc.

Bag 1 Description/Keywords

Original defects: Weakness / Oldness.

Goal: to make a daily carrying bag.

Style Materials/Accessories Color Status Manufacturer details /Measurement

A B

Improvements: Easy-carrying handle / Unique shape Casual Suitting, bottons White ReWork / Vintage 1.The sleeve should be attached to the collar and the bottom of the bag as the handle.

2.The corners of the bag should be cut into arcs.

A: 38 cm B: 35 cm C: 42 cm

C

GOAL: to make a daily carrying bag from a old shirts

Old Shirts

step

ONE

Cutting

Cut out the collar and sew it at on the neck hole.

step

TWO

Put the sleeves aside, fold the shirts from the half length, and fold it again from the middle line.

Folding

Fold the sleeves cross to the other side as the handle, make the sleeves at and even.

step

THREE

Sewing

The cuff should be sewed on the top along the arm hole.

The side should be sewed up as well.

The bag can be carried with hands or with arms.

It’s very strong because it has two layers and thick handle, and the size is suitable for carrying stuff around.

It is made of the shirts and it still looks like the shirts.

The bag can be carried with hands or with arms.

It’s very strong because it has two layers and thick handle, and the size is suitable for carrying stuff around.

It is made of the shirts and it still looks like the shirts.

—————— Fold the sleeves.

Sew around the edge.——————

Attach the cuff on the top.——————

—————— Sew up the side part inside

—————— Make the collar flat.

The middle line..——————

Bag 2 Description/Keywords

A

Original defects: Weakness / Oldness.

Goal: to make a daily carrying bag.

Style Materials/Accessories Color Status Manufacturer details /Measurement

Improvements: Easy-carrying handle / Unique shape / Strangeness Casual Suitting, bottons Army green ReWork / Vintage 1.The collar, pockets, arm holes, placket and cuffs should be sewed up.

2.The sides of the bag should be sewed up inside the bag.

A: 40 cm B: 41 cm C: 49 cm

B C

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