Fashion Project 2: Body Image & Positivity

-Week 1~Week 14-

(22.8.2022~7.12.2022)

Fashion Project 2

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Theme: Body Image & Positivity

In this project, students are tasked to design one RTW collection that consists of 3 looks inspired by ‘Body image and positivity’. The student is required to symbolize a logical relevance to the fabric manipulation, texture or any elements that can exhale a message through their story (metaphor) in their RTW collection.

-Week 1-

Our lecturer briefed us about body image, body positivity and body shaming. Afterward, he showed us some designers' designs that are inspired by body image. He also asked us to do some research about body image, fabric manipulation, and explore a subject matter to create a fashion collection that brings out the awareness of body image & positivity.

-Week 2~Week 4-

Done initial research and do a mindmap to show my lecturer our ideas.

Mindmap link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFLMdtQ91k/Iv7cm09jiyTnHKEHV6jtfA/edit?utm_content=DAFLMdtQ91k&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

 

My understanding of Body Image

At first, I do research to find out more about body image. Basically, body image refers to our physical appearance. For example, height, size/weight, appearance, skin colour, hair colour, etc. What do you think about yourself, do you like yourself? As everyone is born to be different, so we have to accept our own appearance and love ourselves. 

-be confident

- dress up yrself in the way u like

-go with healthy lifestyle

-inspired by skin patches which are Vitiligo and Birthmark

-change people's mindset, cause they usually think this kind of skin is weird and ugly, this may cause them feel anxious and unconfident 

-stop judging their skin, nothing wrong with their skin, is normal

-try to discover their beauty

The reason that causes Vitiligo:

The cells responsible for making skin pigment are called melanocytes. In vitiligo, melanocytes are destroyed, resulting in a loss of pigment and the appearance of white patches.

Vitiligo can affect any area of skin, but it commonly happens on the face, neck and hands, and in skin creases.

Reason that cause Birthmark:

• Vascular birthmarks happen when blood vessels don't form correctly. Either there are too many of them or they're wider than usual.
  
• Pigmented birthmarks are caused by an overgrowth of the cells that create pigment (color) in skin.

Visit1- 21/9/22

-share about what is body image and positivity

visit 2- 5/10/22

-Share our design concept and initial design to the kids

-think and create a slogan based on my design concept and body posititvity

visit 3- 19/10/22

Process of creating moodboard:

The body image that I choose for this project is Vitiligo and Birthmark. 
People with this body image may feel unconfident about their body and would like to conceal the patches on their face/body as well as they are different from others. Besides that, the first impression or feeling when people see them will think they are ugly, weird and may judge them. I believe the Birthmarks or Vitiligo is a gift for them to make them look unique. So they have to accept their body marks and be confident to show their body positively.

Design Process:

Process of Fabric Manipulation: