Eva Chen
Collection
Encounter
Five years ago, I left my homeland and arrived on a strange continent. The unfamiliar environment made me anxious. My only happiness was to take an hour's subway to visit galleries and museums in Washington D.C. To me, time and space are meaningless in a museum. Exhibits have been treated carefully by museum staff members no matter what or where was it from.
I collected brochures from all the museums I've been to. This fantasy deeply influenced me and inspired me to transform my feelings and impressions into a fashion collection.
Research Process
I studied photos of the exhibits that I took before from my perspective, a visitor. Then I researched videos and books from museums, who observed the exhibits from a perspective as a restorer, preserver, and collector.
I recorded the whole process and showed it in my selection of fabrics, design of prints, and sketching of silhouettes. I will utilize this collection to tell my fanciful encounters with museums.
The Idea of Framing
I studied photos of the exhibits that I took before from my perspective, a visitor. Then I researched videos and books from museums, who observed the exhibits from a perspective as a restorer, preserver, and collector.
I recorded the whole process and showed it in my selection of fabrics, design of prints, and sketching of silhouettes. I will utilize this collection to tell my fanciful encounters with museums.
I explored the repetition elements. Just like in a museum, different paintings were displayed in one room, forming a kind of overlapping. After photoshopping frames on my model, I sketched out a geometric pattern based on the shapes I got.
Prints Design
I looked for common features of lace and decorative frames. Using the method of collage, pick parts of the pattern in the frame, and designed a few new prints.
Final Line-up Drawings and Fabric Choices
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Garment Detailed Front and Back
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Photo Shoots
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Accessory Design and Photo
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Bio
Xi Chen or Eva Chen. A designer, an artist, a traveler who has not settled yet. She travels around the world constantly because her soul needs to break the cage and get free. She won't stay in a place for long. The world is very big, and she wants to see it.
Eva has a special love for museums. Her hobby is taking pictures of the exhibits in the museum after each visit. She unilaterally believes that as long as she takes a photo with the exhibits, they will become her friends and remember her name.