Press Release
Escape Work Detachment Garment by Huili Jin Wins the A' Design Award in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design
Huili Jin honored for fashion, apparel and garment design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Escape Work Detachment Garment by Huili Jin has been granted the A' Design Award in the Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design category. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Escape Work Detachment Garment
Escape is a womenswear garment designed to help the wearer detach from work. Escape allows a quick change between work and rest, so a formal suit or shirt becomes casual leisure wear within seconds. Elastic bands and pullable straps make the transformation possible. Pulling the necktie releases the connection between sections and lets the garment drape, which alters the design completely. Escape is made with zero waste pattern cutting, and fabric waste is kept below five percent. The intent is to support psychological detachment after working hours.
About Huili Jin
As a fashion designer currently residing in London and immersed in both study and daily life, I am dedicated to merging sustainable practices with a focus on the female wearing experience. Hailing from China, I strive to liberate clothing from the fast-paced fashion world, reorienting attention towards both the sensation and comfort of wearing garments. I view clothing as a second skin, offering wearers deeper layers of significance.
Award Record
With this recognition, Huili Jin is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Award
The A' Fashion Design Award is an international fashion design competition recognizing good fashion designs by best fashion designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to fashion designers, apparel designers, garment designers and textile designers from all countries. Typical entries include runway collections, dresses, suits, skirts, outerwear and jackets. The awarded fashion designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fashion
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/159249
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/159249
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!159249
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/353473
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Escape Work Detachment Garment
- Function
- Work Detachment Garment
- Category
- Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Fashion
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Lavender, Silver and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Huili Jin
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #159249
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In this project, I created a swift switch between on and off-work status through quick changes of clothes so as to help the wearer quickly get rest. In the meantime, I practiced zero-waste tailoring to achieve "single piece in two-way dressing," embodying the sustainable fashion concept from every detail of the cloth.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for this project came from the WeChat message prompt sound that kept coming to my mind after work. In today’s society, it is difficult for people to truly detach themselves from work. Psychological detachment refers to the withdrawal of individuals from the working state at both the time, space and psychological perspectives after work, so that the individual is temporarily away from work in both physical and mental aspects.
- Realization and Technology
- In my research, I found that people often habitually pull their ties downward or unbutton their collars after work, so my first development direction is to study how to quickly change the shape of clothing through wearers’ movements.
- Operation and Interaction
- I mainly researched two ways of making the fast switch possible: plasticity of elastic bands and pullable straps. Work outfits like serious suits and shirts can be turned into casual leisure outfits by certain adjustments within seconds.For example, applying a necktie to unfasten the connection between different sections to drape the garment so as to completely alter the design.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2023 in Beijing and finished in May 2023 in Beijing, and was showed in Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Graduate Fashion Show in June 2023.
- Specifications
- Throughout the project's pattern making process, I used zero-waste cutting techniques in the whole project, ensuring fabric waste was kept to less than 5%, thus adhering to the principles of sustainable fashion, minimizing fabric waste during the production process.
- Keywords
- Womenswear Design, Zero-Waste Pattern, Sustainable Fashion, Healing Garment Design, Fast-change Garment, Psychological Detachment, Workwear Design
