“Cut 2 Self”
Concept | In today’s society we are encouraged to express our individuality and not be afraid to standout from the crowd. Fashion is one of the more popular ways for people to express their individuality. The different ways people style themselves can speak a lot to their personality. Instagram is used as a platform for people to showcase their personal styles and today, we are exposed to numerous amount of content everyday with just a flat screen of the phone.
The concept for this spring collection developed from the idea thinking of our body as a product and clothing becoming the packaging that works to house the product; the clothes become a packaging that creates self-image for the public to see. Looking into different types of package designs for products, I paid close attention to the relationship between the design it self and functionality of containing the products. The research process includes looking into the flat to form production process of the clothes and the packaging. Both begin with flat paper patterns, which later turns into a three-dimensional shape that becomes a container for an object or the body.
Designing the three looks, I knew it was important for me to design clothes that were functional. This collection consists of minimal and oversized silhouettes. Through the use of long lines that follow the natural curves of the body, the clothes extenuate the beauty of the body. This collection draws inspiration from the flat patterns of the package design patterns.
Bio | Angelina Lee is a fashion designer born in Seoul, South Korea. Angelina is currently residing in Chicago to receive her BFA degree with emphasis in Fashion Design at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Although she was born in Korea, she left Korea at a young age to live in Vancouver, Canada and Irvine, California. Because she moved around different parts of the world, she was naturally exposed to different cultures and scenery. In her concept development for her designs, she refers back to her different exposures of the world. Architecture and geometrical shapes plays a huge part in her inspiration and she draws back to her surroundings from Canada and California . Angelina resides between Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seoul.