Bronze Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design · 2022
Nostalgia Moon Wearable Art
by Chelsea Shin
- A' Design Award 2022 Bronze Winner in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Chelsea Shin
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About Nostalgia Moon Wearable Art
Nostalgia Moon is a fashion collection inspired by the shape and phases of the moon in the night sky. The collection recalls nights of prayer and memories of a grandmother. Circles are added to basic bodice patterns, and flexible boning is placed along the edges of each garment. The boning holds the soft curves of the round moon and gives every piece a three-dimensional form. The looks are draped on a size 4 female dress form and a size 36 male dress form. The collection was developed between August 2020 and May 2021.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- In 2021, Chelsea Shin started to design the collection “Nostalgia Moon” by recalling herself praying for the peace and well-being of her grandmother on the moon in the night sky. The most essential element of her design was adding circles to the basic bodice patterns and using flexible boning to the edges of each garment to emphasize the softness of the round moon that she captured every night. Therefore, the garments themselves were designed in three dimensions as if they were a round moon.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- All the looks are draped on a size 4 female dress form and a size 36 male dress form.
- Tags
- fashion, circle fashion, creative, creative fashion, boning, construction, nostalgia, moon
- Design Challenge
- At the beginning of the design, she printed a large circle and covered the entire body, starting with her head, and thought about how to use this massive big circle more interestingly and diversely. From one huge circle to partially incorporating a circle into the basic bodice, she experienced numerous trials and errors.
- Project Duration
- The project started in August 2020 in South Korea and finished in May 2021 in New York.
- Inspiration
- The collection “Nostalgia Moon”, designed by Chelsea Shin, was made to keep a promise with her grandmother, but that promise could not be kept. After her grandmother left, she used to pray for her grandmother, and recalled good memories while looking up the moon in the night sky. The more nights she prayed, the phase of the moon felt like a change in her feelings, and the moon floated alone in the night sky felt like herself. The round shape of the moon, its phase, its delicacy, and its transparency inspired her as a designer.
- Image Credits
- Image #1 : Photographer Jay Lim, Ylang Ylang (The Starry Night), 2021
Image #2 : Photographer Jay Lim, Man in The New Moon, 2021
Image #3 : Photographer Jay Lim, Warm D (Velvet Half Moon), 2021
Image #4 : Photographer Jay Lim, Moonstruck, 2021
Image #5 : Photographer Jay Lim, The F(ul)lower Moon, 2021 - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Chelsea Shin, 2021.
Colors of Nostalgia Moon Wearable Art
Design Interview about Nostalgia Moon Wearable Art
The inspiration for my collection, NOSTALGIA MOON, came from the image of me looking at the moon and praying for my grandmother who I miss. I felt that the shape of the moon changes every day and the color of the night sky were similar to my emotional changes that occur when I think of my grandmother, and the moon looked just like me.
While designing this collection, I thought a lot about how to combine circular patterns and basic bodice patterns more interestingly and naturally. I wanted to find the naturalness and new silhouette of the circular pattern when it was placed on a person's body, rather than being too three-dimensional and representing the circle itself.
I want to develop more interesting designs that show myself and participate in various competitions around the world.
After numerous trials and errors, it seems that it took 5-6 months from design concept to finalized production.
I decided to pursuit my own inspiration.
None of my designs are being produced or used by another company.
When I designed this collection, even though it has been a while since my grandmother left me, I cried first when I thought of my grandmother, and there were many days when I couldn't control my emotions. In a way, I turned away not to be sad, but it was never a good overcome. So when I think of my grandmother, I sublimated those feelings and thoughts with fashion so that I wouldn't cry.
No, I tried to focus on my own creativity because this collection means a lot to me as I mentioned earlier.
The target customer for my design is mainly women and men in their 20s and 30s.
NOSTALGIA MOON: it is a name that expresses the lyrical feeling of the round moon up in the night sky and and a person's feeling of missing others.
Most patterns were drawn by hands and large circles were printed using Adobe Illustrator to draw elaborate circles.
The unique aspect of my design is that the garment itself creates different silhouettes whenever it moves because of the soft boning on the edges.
When I first designed, I was just gloomy when I thought of my grandmother, so the design itself was very melancholy. However, I wanted to design in a different direction because I started designing this collection to overcome those negative feelings.
I desperately needed a criticism of my design and other people's reactions. I wondered how my design was evaluated in a wider world away from school.
While designing and producing this collection, I studied the flexibility of fabric a lot. When the trimmings of different strengths such as boning and polyester horsehair braid went in, I could learn how the fabric behaves. After this collection, I became interested in fabrications.