My name is Ellie Tie. I am a junior in the Fashion Core Program at SAIC. Garments are so close to the daily life of everyone, and being able to express my idea, to have a voice and to show my aesthetics in designing garments is exciting to me. My sophomore project last year won the Fashion Council Award at SAIC. The junior project this year explores the merging of different individuality of each member in my family reflecting on the wardrobe, and what the overall impression of my family will give to others. I am also interested in costume design and film. I feel very powerful to create characters by dressing them and seeing fictional characters come to life with my imagination of what they would wear. I enjoy similar things in fashion design and costume design, which is to express narratives, thoughts and aesthetics on the human body.
Family Album: Intimacy, Look1
Model: Xiaorong Ma (my mother)
Family Album: Intimacy, Look2
Model: Ellie Tie (myself)
Family Album: Intimacy, Look3
Model: Qi Tie (my father)
Family Album: Intimacy, Concept Board
collaged with vintage photos of my family
Family Album: Intimacy, Collection
Each look is customized for the specific member in the family
Family Album: Intimacy, Conceptual Photoshoot
Polaroid pictures collage
Family Album: Intimacy, Photoshoot No. 1
Family Album: Intimacy, Photoshoot No. 2
Family Album: Intimacy, Photoshoot No. 3
Project Statement for “Family Album: Intimacy”
As we have lived in COVID-19 pandemic over a year, all human beings around the world were given much more time to stay at home with the people we share the living space with. As each individual has their own personalities and characteristics, the endless time we spent with each other living together makes our individual characteristics merge. When we present ourselves to the audience, an overall impression of this group of people who have an intimate relationship is shown as a whole. Personally, I share a living space with my parents. Thus, this project explores the merging of different individuality of each member in my family reflecting on the wardrobe, and what the overall impression of my family will give to others, which I would like to call it the spirit of a family. The project is developed along with the idea of fashion sustainability that many unwanted garments and fabrics are recycled and reused in the process.