Between Oceans
This look is inspired by seaweed in the ocean. The top explores the wrinkling of these plants when they are on the water floating around, by using rushed nylon that has a shiny and malleable quality to it. However, the pants are made from a jacquard fabric that was railroaded to achieve a longer and more varied pattern. The seaweed in the pants mimic the appearance of these plants when they are laying on the shore and the sunlight is shining on them. When this happens, different colors and tones appear on their surface, due to the refraction of light on the wet seaweed. By using a loose twill, the seaweeds are able to have different colors depending on the angle from which they are viewed.
This look conveys light being reflected onto the surface of the water, and how these reflections shape the water creating new forms. The multilayer jacquard that includes a monofilament gauze with tie downs, mimics water, its rippling and movement. The overlaying and shifting of the pattern behind the gauze represents the distortion of the lights that are being reflected onto it, as a result of the effect that the consistency of the water has on the light when light is refracted through it. The idea of layering this jacquard fabric on the skirt was inspired by the act of waves crashing one after the other against the shore in an irregular yet continuous manner.
This look explores three different corals that brighten up the depths of the ocean: sea urchin skeletons, barnacles and zoanthids. The decision of making a puffy, more playful skirt was inspired by buoys and life jackets. This engineered Jacquard fabric was woven in pockets except for the seaweeds that were programmed as tie-downs to separate the different pockets that would later be stuffed. The top was silk screened with the same pattern of the barnacles and covered by a navy mesh to give a greater sense of depth. Lastly the swimming cap is a knit jacquard, created by using hold to create a seamless sea urchin skeleton.
