IN THIS PROJECT, WE WERE PAIRED TOGETHER TO CREATE A FASHION COLLECTION BASED ON AN ASSIGNED GARMENT. MY PARTNER AND I WERE ASSIGNED THE AVIATOR JACKET AND DEVELOPED A CONCEPT CENTERED ON EVERYDAY OBJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR INTENDED FUNCTION.
OUR RESEARCH EXPLORED THEMES OF AVIATION, OBSCURITY, AND DYSFUNCTIONALITY. WE WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN UNUSUAL AND LESSER-KNOWN STORIES FROM AVIATION HISTORY, SUCH AS GILMORE THE LION, WHO FAMOUSLY TRAVELED BY AIRPLANE. THESE REFERENCES INFORMED OUR EXPLORATION OF OBJECTS AND GARMENTS THAT CHALLENGE EXPECTATIONS AND CONVENTIONAL USE.
THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION, WE INVESTIGATED THE IDEA OF DYSFUNCTIONALITY BY REIMAGINING FAMILIAR FORMS AND MATERIALS. KEY DESIGNS INCLUDE A COAT CONSTRUCTED FROM THE STRUCTURE OF TROUSERS, A BACKWARDS JACKET THAT DISRUPTS TRADITIONAL WEARABILITY, AND A BUTTON-UP SET MADE ENTIRELY FROM FUR, INSPIRED BY THE UNSETTLING TRANSFORMATION OF FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS INTO IMPRACTICAL ONES. DRAWING INFLUENCE FROM ARTISTS SUCH AS MERET OPPENHEIM, WHOSE FUR-COVERED TEACUP RENDERED AN EVERYDAY OBJECT UNUSABLE, OUR COLLECTION QUESTIONS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FUNCTION, FAMILIARITY, AND DESIGN.