Yolenda Huang Portfolio 2021

ABOUT ME

I view textile and fashion as an extension of one’ self or an expression of one’s personal story. Fashion textiles is not only visual clothing but is also the invisible elements included in clothing. As a fashion print designer with woven background, I have always wanted to express my work in multiple forms and to apply personal experience and stories in my design practice. I was exploring to use of textiles functions as a kind of positive propaganda for diversity, challenge the ideals of beauty to create works that spoke to different body stories and a different range of emotions.

My collection made by jacquard woven fabrics which employ art and fashion to explore conceptual and body kinetic possibilities. I place myself as a link between design creator and storyteller through my making skills.

“ Body image can be operationalized as the picture we hold in our minds of the size, shape, form, and the worth of our bodies ”

- Slade, 1994

• Colour & Materials Research

• Aim : Experiment with various materials and techniques to transfer the beauty of skin marks on the fabrics.

• Experimenting with spray-dye on different type of fabrics.

• Painting Development

• Abstract painting to demonstrate the skin texture

• Inspired by the online campaign “AllIs Fine With Me”, it has seen thousands of women take to social media to protest unrealistic beauty standards by sharing selfies showing off their “imperfections” including acne, hair loss, and stretch marks.

• Painting Development

• Inspired by scars, abstract paintings are used to demonstrate the beauty of skin scars.

• Materials & Colour Development

• Inspired by scars, abstract paintings are used to demonstrate skin scars.

• Experimenting with various yarns and colours combinations on top of abstract painting.

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Materials & Colour Development

• Main idea : celebrate each one’s uniqueness and promote a culture where diversity of thinking.

Materials & Colour Development

• Print Design Development

• Experiment with different painting methods to express the distorted body shape.

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Distorted body image study

• Distorted body image study

• Experiment with large-scale distorted body painting and display it on the body to explore how patterns change the appearance of the body.

• Drawing from distorted body shapes.

• Drawing from distorted body shapes.

• Visualisation print designs on the body

• Sustainable Materials Information

• Jacquard woven fabrics

• Recycled polyester

• Tension polyester

• Water-resistant

• Featherless recycled

• Jacquard woven fabrics

• Recycled polyester

• Tension polyester

• Water-resistant

• Featherless recycled

• Jacquard woven fabrics

• Recycled polyester

• Tension jersey fabric

• Recycled polyester

Padding : Featherless recycled from plastic bottles.

Design Development

Design Development