ZOE ECONOMEDIS STUDIES PERCEPTION

Last week I did a wonderful collaboration with the talented photographer Zoe Economedis. She is a magician with her camera. I left everything in her control (which is usually hard for me to do because I tend to micro-manage), but I am super happy with the results. Here are the photos, enjoy :)

FROM NOTHING TO...

This was an experiment I did at the end of the design development process in 'A Study of Perception'. I changed a few variables, using non-self-supporting fabrication, blowing up the scale of the cubes, and separating the cubes into different seams instead of having them conjoined in the previous garments. Originally I planed to keep the various sized cubes hanging and have the dress as a drape piece in juxtaposition to the previous structured pieces in the project. However out of curiosity I wanted to see if gravity wasn't a factor, what would the dress look like, And it transformed, from something subtle, into something grand; front something opaque, into something translucent, from something flat, into something three-dimensional; from something ordinary, into something magnificent. And all I did was opening it up. :)

A STUDY OF PERCEPTION

'A Study of Perception' is a collection based on the principle that everything is relative. Heaviness and lightness can not exist without the other. In the development process of this collection, I explored many ways of creating heaviness out of lightness and vice versa. The end result is an interesting visual deception that is both light and heavy, complex yet minimal. Big thanks to the talented team that pushed through on a very cold, rainy and windy day.

Designer / Stylist / KARA X LIU

Photographer /  Leo Zou

Model / Sam Frew @ Lush International Model Management

Hair & Make-up / Brooke Boseley

 

INSTINCTUAL BEAST

A couple of experiments created in the Instinctual Beast studio, turning something as soft and gentle looking as the floral print silk organza into something that looks a little hostile and dangerous. Some of my friends nicknamed the cubed sleeve jacket the 'Calamari Jacket', and the neckpiece the 'Durian Collar'. :)