! I am an artist/ designer/ entrepreneur exploring the intersection between art, fashion, and technology. My work aims to generate a personal narrative of communication with my audience with various mediums and platforms. Inspired by my background in Network Engineering and previous entrepreneurship experience in technology, I tend to examine daily objects with an interdisciplinary perspective. I am seeking the potential for improvement and innovation through the process of transformation, with the desire of creating an unconventional relationship between forms and functions. My work, in general, is to establish my design language system and a vocabulary to communicate with my audience, through a wide range of platform/ media, such as art, fashion, technology, design, etc. My recent projects focus on exploring digital fashion design process. By merging fashion and technology, I discovered several digital fashion design workflows which not only generate nontraditional silhouette but also reflects the relation between virtuality and reality. The goal of this collection/ project “TRANSCENDENCE“ is to discover the alternative by applying digital fashion design method to America’s most iconic/ traditional material- denim. In this collection, each look forms within a certain timeline, from the past to the present, and finally transform into the future. There are also looks serve the purpose of indicating the error occured during the digitalizing process. The whole collection combines traditional denim treatment method, such as bleaching and indigo dying, with innovative 3d digital construction design workflow. And presenting this collection with the most advanced technology such as AR and VR, will give the audience an immersive experience and shorten the distance between virtuality and reality.
TRANSCENDENCE noun
existence or experience beyong the normal or physical level.
LOOK_1: PROCESS INITIATED
Top: 3D Constructed Selvedge Denim Jacket
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Long sleeve raw selvedge denim jacket in dark indigo. Metal zipper closure at front. Contrast stitching in gold. Inspired by Levi’s front pleated Type-I trucker jacket. 3D constructed elbow panel made of vintage Levi’s jeans. Made of Cone Mills White Oak selvedge denim.
LOOK_1: PROCESS INITIATED
Bottom: 3D Constructed Selvedge Jeans
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Wide leg raw selvedge denim jeans in dark indigo. High rise. Four-pocket styling. Zip-fly. 3D constructed knee and calf panel. Vintage jeans pocket facing. Vintage Levi’s leather patch.Contrast stitching in gold. Made of Cone Mills White Oak selvedge denim.
LOOK_2: ANALYZING INTERRUPTED
TOP: Reconstructed Levi’s+Wrangler merged jacket Bottom: Reconstructed raw denim panel bleached jeans
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LOOK_3: DUPLICATE ENTRY
TOP: Reconstructed duplicate short sleeve shirt. One side screen printed in white. Bottom: Reconstructed duplicate long sleeve denim shirt as skirt. One side bleached, the other side indigo dyed.
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LOOK_4: TRANSCENDING
Top: Reconstructed bleached Levi’s denim shirt jacket with 3D constructed panel. Bottom: Reconstructed Levi’s jeans with 3D constructed panel.
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LOOK_4.5: TRANSCENDING
Top: Reconstructed duplicate printed T-shirt. Bottom: Reconstructed Levi’s jeans with 3D constructed panel.
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LOOK_5: TRANSCENDENCE
Top: 3D constructed canvas jacket.
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LOOK_5.5: TRANSCENDENCE Bottom: 3D constructed canvas pants.
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TRANSCENDENCE
Video by YANG! STUDIO
TRANSCENDENCE Designer: @yangz0929 Photographer @peachitoria Models: Look_1 & 2: @__shin0517 Look_3: @yw.hu Look_4: @w.luuuuu Look_4.5: @aaaaalun Look_5: @ritayuk01 Look_5.5: @pinkieduck Stylist: @iam1anli Special Thanks Prof. @bopha____ Prof. @shvny Prof. Kichi Ogawa