Activating Bodies, Assessment 2

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#reversefit

#flatdrape

The lens series has been developed to show a more cohesive aesthetic standpoint. A collaboration with a local embroiderer has added couture embellishment to the motif.

#abstraction #garmentasartefact

#abstraction #garmentasartefact

#garmentfunction #bodyandobject

#editorial #moodshot

#theadventuresofFeiFei Avatars are like Barbies, who have exciting secret lives when they are not being played with. Feifei got caught on surveilllance camera going to an exhibition.

#digitalpatternmaking #flatdrape #3Ddrape Showing how the same outfit would be expressed in two different programs.

Showing my digital pattern skills for IRL production.

Personifying the avatar, who looks at an image of her outfit as a flat lens. The avatar is a metaphor for the consumer and is intended to provoke contemplation around our relationship to the fashion image.

#onlinefittingroom #lockdownfashion #digitalstylingsession Originally a speculative look at what an online styling experience could be. Resulting surreal images show quirks of algorithm.

Simultaneous fitting, live models UK 10am vs Australia (8pm)

#lockdownfashion #digitalstylingsession #fashiontherapy

multiple cameras/digital garments on a single body

#lockdownfashion #digitaldesigntool #mattress runway

For further experimentation: multiple perspectives/single garment

Text as a filter of fashion experience #ebay #socialmedia #second

dhand #bacteriafree #antilaundry #onesize #fashionasproduct

Publication Strategies: normalizing the digital garment through standard magazine layouts #fashionasproduct

Fashion Show Strategy 1:

Hijack

A range of scenarios of models trying on clothes, sitting on their phones, walking around in other designers’ outfits, while the digital garments “hijack” their bodies and other designers’ collections, making surreal silhouettes. The contrast between the unsuspecting model, unsuspecting passerbys and what the viewer sees will be the point of interest.

A model walks up to a reflected surface/mirror to see how they look in their outfit.

Models sit quietly during show prepara mobile phones, waiting for hair and ma

The model tries different angles, keeping eye contact with the reflection.

Little do they know that some of this ti digital garments.

The camera films the reflection, projecting a digital garment on the reflection, while the model is still clothed in ordinary garments. #emperorsnewclothes

The digital garments sometimes make wrap around the body, but stay flat in f

The quirky silhouettes of the digital gar postures will be the point of interest.

ations, chatting, checking their akeup, having a snack, etc.

As multiple people cross in front of the camera, the digital garment will “jump� and transfer to other bodies.

ime they are actually modelling

The garment may stay for only seconds, as it tries to find a body and map parts onto each relevant body part.

odd silhouettes, as they cannot front position, even at a side angle.

This ability to move to other bodies, and the fleeting nature of the garment’s presence will be the point of interest.

rment in ordinary physical

#uberfastfashion #transientfit #dressvsundress

Fashion Show Strategy 2:

Express Yourself

With dramatic movement and dance, digital garments will show their weightlessness and dynamic range of silhouettes. A diverse range of people will show the versatility of digital garments and how they can enhance individual character and vibrancy. A few sample videos will be shown to models (eg. an older model, a male and a female) as guides.

Artists:

Pippilotti Rist: Video artist. Screen grain as an artistic effect Cindy Shermann: female characters, social archetypes, fake identities Barbara Probst: multiple camera angles

Other: Rene Magritte Women’s fashion magazines The World of Barbie Paper Dolls Social media Free image/video website, pexels.com