WS 2016/17 - ABK ID
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PLOP –
AESTHETICS OF
ENCASING MATERIALS
IN FASHION
„plop“ is a fashion collection consisting of three objects, inspired by encasing materials.
The project criticizes the consumer- and throwaway society, in which single-use products still continue to exist in many areas.
The link created here between the fashion and packaging industries takes a particularly critical stance on fast fashion, where garments are little more than a disposable, low-quality products – no more than disposable packaging for the body.
The aim was to imitate the look of cheap, non-textile materials, which normally are of totally functional and non-aesthetic origin. Bubble wrap, rescue blankets and acoustic foam were focused because their original qualities can be conceptionally transferred into fashion: packaging materials wrap objects, rescue blankets protect people, acoustic foam isolates – clothes are encasing, protecting and warming bodies.
The imitation with more durable materials creates a brief moment of irritation and is thus intended to stimulate thought and reflection.
with Laura Velasco
supervised by Prof. Winfried Scheuer
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Gold and Silver
Gold to the outside, silver to the inside – that’s the way rescue blankets are used to warm someone – which a jacket is also supposed to do.
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Details
Functional details like zip fastener, eyelets, cords and cord stoppers enable an easy, intuitive handling and width adjustment.
Shoe Sole
The structure of acoustic foam transferred into a polyurethane rubber molding makes a nice footprint.
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