In collaboration with Alexander McQueen
ICARUS WINGS
Eun Pyo Hong
Arrogance noun
Icarus Wings/
the quality of being arrogant. “the arrogance of this man is astounding”
Challenging the nature
Consequences
: the son of Daedalus who to escape imprisonment flies by manmade wings but falls into the sea and drowns when the wax of his wings melts as he flies too near the sun.
Challenging Nature
Escaping from our own creation
: The story of Icarus wings is very similar to what we experience with environmental issues. We try to escape from what we had done, using nature in our benefits again. How ever it has started to backlash.
Arrogance
Renaissance “Human is all”
RUFFLES
Arrogance
ERA OF REASON : There has been a significant progression in science in Renaissance time. Therefore, humans started to value science and reasons more than nature and emotions.
LACES
Facing Consequences
Icarus Wings/ Challenging the nature
: the son of Daedalus who to escape imprisonment flies by manmade wings but falls into the sea and drowns when the wax of his wings melts as he flies too near the sun.
20 07
Oil Spill
: The MT Hebei Spirit oil spill was a major oil spill in South Korea that began on the morning of 7 December 2007 local time, with ongoing environmental and economic effects.
Consequences
Dying Birds
Consequences
Oilly Feathers : There has been a significant progression in science in Renaissance time. Therefore, humans started to value science and reasons more than nature and emotions.
: Used TPU yarn to depict, oilly bird feathers
: Birds became victims of the what humans have done
Collection Lineup
Knitted Corset : linked on the stretch part with tubular, mimicking boning of the corsetry. Then non-stretchy TPU part was sewn on the backside of the tubular to reduce the crease.
PROCESS
Fitting
Hand Stitching
LOOK