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Dark grey wool mini dress with vest top neckline, crocheted copper wire, balloon skirt, basque, and adjustable underarm sections. Upon pulling the strings located on the front and sides of the dress, the waist fabric cinches and uncinches, proving itself to be lightweight and flexible.

Size 820x620x200mm, 600 gr., 2018

concept

Drawing from how Chinese traditional architecture balances function and decoration to construct a unique architectural system by using personal craftmanship language to building on the human body. Textiles are crocheted using copper wire and yarn, which creates an expansion/compression of the entire garment through movement of the body, inspired by traditional flexibility of joinery structures in architecture. What at first sight appear to be very rigid and structural pieces are actually light creations that can be instantly transformed by the simple pull of a string.

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