ITS . international talent support 2013

"the only key to the future is free, uncontaminated, unlimited creative people."

-Renzo Rosso.

Percy Lau, Chinese.

SEEING IS BELIEVING?

during the summer Percy designer and made a set of transparent mahjongs. when four people play mahjong, the focus of the game is not the mahjong anymore, but the tension and suspicion between players. From this idea, Percy began to question herself about what "transparency" means. is "seeing" truly "believing"? how does transparency affect what we see? inspired by various artist such ad Dalì, Hyungkoo Lee and Stelarc, the collection wants people yo doubt the reality of what they see.

Ana Rajcevic, Serbian.

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a collection of five sculptural headpieces exploring the fluid concepts of identity-construction and self-representation. the collection is focused on peeling-off layers of identity, stressing the fragile nature of self and our own conceptions of who we are in relation to the world around us. elegant and visually striking headwear covering the entire space for eyes represents the unknown, a raw, faceless desire awaiting to be unleashed. underneath the surface lies a face that cannot see and cannot be seen. instead, the viewers are invited to search for beauty in the hidden corners of their own imagination, a beauty yet to be discovered.

Marie Cabirou, French.

EPHEMERAL COLLECTION

the Spine Collection was inspired by skeletons. the main idea was to link their graphism, structure and movement. it is minimalist in the way that the whole project is done with one type of element repeated over and over. it led Marie to link intrinsically the shape with the material. she constructed using linear elements as if she were drawing in three dimensions. for the collection photoshoot, the jewels are lighted up in reference to the abyssal creatures.

Takahiro Ueno, Japanese.

IT'S BETTER TO BURN THAN TO FADE AWAY

Takahiro researched Renaissance ladies' hairstyles and mixed them with second-hand grunge t-shirts. a feature of Renaissance hairstyle is the mixture of hair braiding and jewelry. jewelry is often braided with hair and the braids make beautiful patterns on the head, turning the hairstyle itself in actual jewelry. to create that feeling, Takahiro used special braiding techniques and braided the second-hand grunge t-shirt strips with swarovski elements and industrial golden rings.

Xiao Li, Chinese.

UNTITLED

one day, maybe humans will leave the earth and go to another planet. We will wear new materials and Xiao imagines people wearing silicone garments walking on the streets. To develop her silicone pieces she makes moulds of her knitted fabrics: by developing a soft silicone material and dipping her real knitted fabrics in it, she obtains the moulds. In her design process she literally fuses the silicone mouled knits to the actual real knits, ad if introducing the future of wearable materials by combining them with today’s fabrics.

Nelly Hoffmann, French.

SANCTUS FLAMM

the analytic development of a story is at the core of Nelly’s research and work methodology. For this collection she imagined a band of gangster breaking into a church and plundering its symbols, fabrics and ornaments, in order to make their own protective armours – which reveal the urban origins of who wears them – to wrap themselves of a sacred and all-powerful aura in order to survive and reign over the urban landscape. Researching the outfits of hip-hop icons such ad Run DMC and Booba, these are the kings of the streets on thei own personal crusade.

Polina Yakobson, Irish.

OMMATIDIUM

the concept of the collection blend visual illusion, movement and zooming into the structure of microforms. Polina aims at finding the grotesque by going into the details of common objects, showing how light can give the illusion of movement when projected through lenticular lenses and by using deconstruction and visual effects of three-dimentional perspective. The techniques used in the outfits visually mimic pure nature, with its organic shapes (leather) and high-tech innovations (lenticular lenses).

Keren Yaar, Israeli.

NO MIND

the collection deals with Samurai armours in feudal Japan. They are a symbol of power, cruelty and restraint, while revealing a colourful world full of complexity and fantasy. The Bushido or the “way of the warrior” is a speacil lifestyle which is symbolized by masculinity and pugnancy. The Samurai is always careful at dominating his passions and avoids emotional expressions. How can the shield be cracked? Which kind of defensive layers do modern human wear? What lies between the shield an the wearer?

Han Chul Lee, South Korean.

Winner of fashion collection of the year ITS2013

SAVAGE GRACE

the character of Hannibal in the movie “The silence of the Lambs”, “Red Dragon” and “Hannibal” inspired Han Chul, particulary the moments when he shows his brutality in elegant and impeccable suit. Inspiration also derives from the Japanese Yakuza gangsters. They usually wear suits but underneath they are covered in tattoos. When making important decision, they uncover one arm revealing the tattoos as if to manifest their violence. The aim with this collection was to capture this distorted beauty mixed with savageness and elegance.

Paula Cheng, American.

THE BEAST WITHIN

Paula was inspired by her personal fascination with man, mythical beasts and their relationship as reflected in Greek Mythology and in Art History. Using shades of grey that appear to be reminding the colour of classic Greek sculpture and yarns including wool, silk mohair, viscose, lurex and nylon, the collection is a fantastic bestiary that explores the symbolism of primitivism, sacrifice, innocence, admiration, strenght, cruelty and love between two supreme beings.

Takahiro Ueno, Japanese.

IT’S BETTER TO BURN OUT THAN TO FADE AWAY

When Takahiro began working on this collection his opinion was that may people, especially in Japan, were just looking for cool, sexy and cute outfits forgetting about real beauty, one of the most important aesthetic concepts for him. For this reason he tried to develop garments according to his personal sense of beauty, giving the viewers of his work the opportunity to re-think about how important this simple yet fundamental concept is. Takahiro’s garments burst out from a combination of 15th century menswear, second-hand grunge t-shirts and Japanese book binding.

Tomohiro Sato, Japanese.

WEAK MAN’S DREAM

there is an amusement park that allows the soul to play in exchange for suffering. Many are the things one can experience in the amusement park and all of them bring back memories to reality. Memories turn into clothes that can be worn. If memories fade, clothes become more simple. But Tomohiro’s memories embed in his unconscious and create his style. His clothes will help him not forget his memories.

Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese

Winner of fashion collection of the year ITS2012

DEVIL’S CLOTH – THE INVISIBLE BECOME VISIBLE

this collection is inspired by the book “The Devil’s Cloth”, written by Michel Pastoureau. Looking back on the history and the connection between patterned, spotted, especially striped clothes and the idea of diversity in the Middle Ages, people in striped clothes were normally described as traitors, impure, aggressive, immoral or deceitful. There is a huge gap between our contemporaty sensibility – which turns “variety” into a positive value – and the sensibility of people of the Middle Ages, who invested above all in that notion on pejorative values.

photo : valentinacunja