We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Chelsea Shin about their original and creative Wearable Art design work. Chelsea Shin is an award-winning fashion designer, that makes our world a better place with their original wearable art works.
Chelsea Shin ("CS") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Nostalgia Moon Wearable Art. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
CS : The inspiration for my collection, NOSTALGIA MOON, came from the image of me looking at the moon and praying for my grandmother who I miss. I felt that the shape of the moon changes every day and the color of the night sky were similar to my emotional changes that occur when I think of my grandmother, and the moon looked just like me.
CS : While designing this collection, I thought a lot about how to combine circular patterns and basic bodice patterns more interestingly and naturally. I wanted to find the naturalness and new silhouette of the circular pattern when it was placed on a person's body, rather than being too three-dimensional and representing the circle itself.
CS : I want to develop more interesting designs that show myself and participate in various competitions around the world.
CS : After numerous trials and errors, it seems that it took 5-6 months from design concept to finalized production.
CS : I decided to pursuit my own inspiration.
CS : None of my designs are being produced or used by another company.
CS : When I designed this collection, even though it has been a while since my grandmother left me, I cried first when I thought of my grandmother, and there were many days when I couldn't control my emotions. In a way, I turned away not to be sad, but it was never a good overcome. So when I think of my grandmother, I sublimated those feelings and thoughts with fashion so that I wouldn't cry.
CS : No, I tried to focus on my own creativity because this collection means a lot to me as I mentioned earlier.
CS : The target customer for my design is mainly women and men in their 20s and 30s.
CS : NOSTALGIA MOON: it is a name that expresses the lyrical feeling of the round moon up in the night sky and and a person's feeling of missing others.
CS : Most patterns were drawn by hands and large circles were printed using Adobe Illustrator to draw elaborate circles.
CS : The unique aspect of my design is that the garment itself creates different silhouettes whenever it moves because of the soft boning on the edges.
CS : When I first designed, I was just gloomy when I thought of my grandmother, so the design itself was very melancholy. However, I wanted to design in a different direction because I started designing this collection to overcome those negative feelings.
CS : I desperately needed a criticism of my design and other people's reactions. I wondered how my design was evaluated in a wider world away from school.
CS : While designing and producing this collection, I studied the flexibility of fabric a lot. When the trimmings of different strengths such as boning and polyester horsehair braid went in, I could learn how the fabric behaves. After this collection, I became interested in fabrications.
