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http://dx.doi.org/10.5850/JKSCT.2009.33.8.1253

Origami Inspiration in Contemporary Fashion  

Yim, Eun-Hyuk (Dept. of Fashion Design, School of Art, SungKyunKwan University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles / v.33, no.8, 2009 , pp. 1253-1261 More about this Journal
Abstract
The paper-folding effect of origami signifies a planarization of the body which questions the three dimensional construction of the body in a more conventional clothing system. Un-structured, variable space posited between the body and clothes, and an absence of gender identification characterizes the planarization of the body. Origami inspiration in fashion stresses a will-to-form rather than mere bodily proportion and structure, which explores a trans-extensity that goes beyond the boundary of the body. This study inquires on the influence of origami as a method to create new vestmental space in contemporary fashion. The flat-plane clothes of origami-inspired design are no longer cut to the body and the clothes could be altered by the wearer. The space is introduced in between a three-dimensional dress-body and the body. Origami-inspired design in Japanese avant-garde fashion deconstructs the convention and promotes a symbiosis of body and clothing instead. The shape of the body is completely estranged by three-dimensional sculptures, alluding to the paper folds of origami and the movement of the body that are transmitted to the clothing through fine folding that transform into an unexpected event.
Keywords
Origami; Planarization; Alterability; Gender-neutral; De-functionalization;
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