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technical description

Hooded raincoat made from kitchen paper towel, ALA TIANAN®’s first prototype that involves the Hooded raincoat made from kitchen paper towel, ALA TIANAN®’s first prototype of using laminated kitchen paper to make the function-wear. The fabric is composed by three layers, consisting of kitchen paper towel, waterproof top layer and breathable jersey backing. The fabrication system takes inspiration from Gore-Tex, and the silhouette is referred to the shoulder sleeves jacket, merged with the classic outdoor-wear hood design. To bring in the outdoor wear function & streetwear aesthetics, the raincoat is finished with sealing taping, sportswear reflective taping, and silver spray painting. The raincoat is worn over a pair of kitchen paper trousers, created through a “dissolving quilting”, inspired by the coaching and quilting techniques from the 90s leather bomber and biker jacket. The hand-quilted parts are coloured with water-soluble pigments. The trousers present “dissolved” effects, drawn and created with water-dissolving toilet paper. Their knee design is referred to the classic motorcycle trousers, functioned as the reinforcement and cushion.

Size 1360x690x130mm, 2021

concept

Tianan’s collection is a playful and critical experiment on clothes’ fabrication, cost, and function. Garments were mainly developed from disposable material - kitchen paper towels, toilet paper, expired plasters. Water was also a key element in the design process: by experimenting with dissolving and fading away, the outfits are a metaphor of the poetic deconstruction of structure and function. They embody the intention to dissolve value, to make nothing into something, or take nothing and make something out of it. This is not “elite-exclusive” fashion made from expensive fabrics. Classes merge along with cultures and tastes and Tianan reflects the current streetwear status as luxury, to represent this union of streetwear and luxury which is, at the same time, a new division. The goal is to develop affordable coolness, advocating the authentic wearer of streetwear, who can’t afford designer clothes. An interpretation of streetwear’s rawness, timelessness, and its honesty with respect to what is happening in the world.

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