Androgyny Patterns Collection --- Garment Designs

Swatch Book

Favorite Patterns

 Garment Designs

Inspirated textiles

The three textiles above show the feeling of androgen by using lots of lines and soft edges shapes. I like how these textiles combine sharp and soft concept together. The reason I feel those textiles related to my topic-"Gender" is that the massive lines give the idea of masculine and the rounded shape or puzzle patterns show the feminine lady's feeling. In my opinion, I always insist that geometry is a good way to represent sex, the way to arrange lines and shapes can create magic result and different strong feelings.

For my topic, I want to show more about neutral, androgyny. Thus, the mixed ideas of each gender in one textile is great example to show neutral. 

They seems to include everything about "gender", but they also only present one idea--- "Androgen".

Pattern Construction Process

Line Group

Point Group

Plane group

Motif&Colors

Sketches

Color Palette

Final Motif

Beauty Map

Beauty Map

Labels

MAN WITH DRESS SUIT

SHOWS BELLY TOP AND LACE TRUMPET SHAPE PANTS

SHOWS BELLY TIGHT VEST 

NEUTRAL DESING IN STRUCTURED COLLAR 

FEATHER CORSET ON WHTIE SHIRT

HIP SHAPED DRESS IN ROCOCO FEMININE STYLE TAILCOAT

TRADITIONAL MENSWEAR STYLE

TRADITIONAL WOMENSWEAR STYLE

EXAGGERATE SHOULDERS POWER

EVENING DRESS WITH CASUAL PANTS

WOMEN WITH SUITS

HIGH WAIST OVERALL WITH MEN’S BLACK SUIT COAT

WOMEN’S POWER 

FORMAL BLACK AND WHITH SUIT WITH GENTLEMAN STYLE POCKET MATCHES CASUAL SILK PANTS 

Each of those labels are sticked beside the photo on Beauty Map

1. Topic: I am studying What happens when traditional stereotypes of Masculine and Feminine are reversed?

2. Question: because I want to find out How women's power and androgyny have expressed  in fashion.

3. Significance: in order to help my reader understand the connection between gender and culture in fashion.

Research Theme

My Research Theme is "Gender"

I want to research more about 

"What happens if traditional stereotype Masculine and Feminine are revised?"

Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibition Tour

I really enjoyed the "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk" exhibition. 

 The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk 

In the exhibition, I realized how exquisite the designer's work was. Every pieces was cared by little tiny details, there were no flaws anywhere. I could see the designer not only spent a lot of time on those dresses, but also the methods to exhibit. Like the decoration in every room, the careful choses of fabric on the wall, the lighting colors and the interior design of emotions; the singing models which were so surprising and awesome, and the way they standing to show the garments were so confident. For me, I felt every exhibit room gave me different visual feeling, which really matches the main idea of different collections.

I admire how bold Jean Paul Gaultier is. When I was walking through every collection section, I saw what others did not dare to design in that time period, even for now. Those unique combination of forms and fabric not just a revolution at that time, it's still a revolution in nowadays fashion industry.

I found different "revolutions" were divided in different section, for me I would explain sections as "Women's power","every girl can be fashionable"( in the exhibition there were few oversize models were wearing fantastic dresses) "neutral" "sexual"(sexy corsets) and "high-class world".

I like how he expresses himself in his designs, also expresses many kinds of human type in collections. For example, he designed suits for women, also evening dress with pants, perfectly showed women's power.Also, he designed lace clothes and dresses for men which satisfied some men's dream. I think, he is not only designs fashion, his designs are more about culture. He showed people's secrets and thoughts boldly in his design. 

From Jean Paul Gaultier's interview online, I found his inspirations were from his life, like the people around him, natural around hime and culture around him. I can see that from his designs, that is so obvious, because every collection seems like a story behind it, a culture behind it.  Not every collections seems all about beauty and fashion, some of them are not so pretty but the theme of that collection is very interesting. 

For me, most of my inspirations are from life also. However, I think sometimes I consider too much about beauty, and forget the original reason why I choose the theme. Really learnt a lot from Jean Paul Gaultier's exhibition.