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River to Ocean All Gender Fashion Collection

Yiyao Nie All Gender Fashion Collection Fashion Wednesday, 16 September 2026

River to Ocean

River to Ocean is an all gender fashion collection of six looks. The collection is divided into three themes named Meet with flowers, Meet with air and Meet with earth. Each theme includes one womenswear look and one menswear look in the same pattern with different colour palettes. Layers, pleats and small handmade flower details give the garments a fluid movement. Custom fabrics were developed, and leftover fabric pieces were reused through a new fabric manipulation method to avoid waste. The hats and one vest are 3D printed in resin and assembled by hand as wearable sculptures.

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Aphros Transformable Bottomwear

Ke JIANG Transformable Bottomwear Fashion Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Aphros

Aphros is a modular fashion system featuring a sculpted bodysuit with Victorian-inspired sleeves and interchangeable bottom pieces. Designed for sustainable versatility, it enables seamless transition from casual to formal wear through its innovative connectable design. The garment integrates technical materials and embodies a narrative of transformation and adaptive elegance.

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Turquerie Womenswear Collection

Catalina Paladi Womenswear Collection Fashion Monday, 14 September 2026

Turquerie

Turquerie is a womenswear collection inspired by the visual culture of the Ottoman Empire. The collection is composed of six silhouettes and ten custom made pieces, in sizes extra small to medium. Luxury materials such as jacquard, velvet and chiffon create colour contrast and fluidity, enriching simple shapes and clean modern lines. Layered fabrics of different density and opacity, together with stylized sleeves and ruffles, give the garments a sense of movement. Many stitches are sewn by hand, as the fabrics are delicate.

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Sense Move Costume

Zhulin Shi Costume Fashion Sunday, 13 September 2026

Sense Move

Sense Move is a light emitting costume designed for dancers. The costume folds into geometric shapes that follow the movement of the body, forming a kinetic sculpture on stage. Light effects express changing emotions. A slow fade suggests breathing, and a flash suggests excitement. A sensing glove is included as part of the costume. When a member of the audience touches the hand of the dancer, the light changes in response to the touch. The design aims to strengthen the emotional connection between performers and viewers.

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Embrace the Poetry of Self Apparel

Ji Yibo Apparel Fashion Saturday, 12 September 2026

Embrace the Poetry of Self

Embrace the Poetry of Self is a womenswear collection based on the dress. The structure of a traditional men's shirt is embedded into a feminine dress, and three dimensional cutting is used to merge the two forms. Clothing structures are deconstructed and reshaped to blur the boundaries between gendered garments. The result is one garment that can be worn in several ways. Function and appearance are combined in a single piece. The collection reflects on female identity and on the spatial relationship between clothing and the body.

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Humpback Whale Song Conceptual Fashion Design

Maryam Yazdanpanah Conceptual Fashion Design Fashion Friday, 11 September 2026

Humpback Whale Song

The collection is inspired by, the humpback whales and their songs. The idea of the project started to develop during and after a deadly injury that happened to the designer of the project. she sought help from a sound engineer friend of hers, to extract the sound spectrum of the humpback whale song. The process was followed by the design of a new graphical pattern with reference to the main sound spectrogram. Due to the cubic form and pixelated nature of the final pattern, she travelled to city of Yazd home of ikat in Iran to create her very own handmade fabric.

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