Knot Dress by Polly Ho |
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| DESIGN NAME: Knot PRIMARY FUNCTION: Dress INSPIRATION: Inspired by the Chinese knots, we developed a collection including accessories which make by traditional handmade Chinese knot buttons. The history of knot buttons began in the Zhou Dynasty in China. Handmade knot buttons have become exquisite artworks, and have tremendous aesthetic value. The designer wants to carry the demand of such craftsmanship so that the sheltered workers can make use of their own skills to support their living. Meanwhile inheriting the traditional Chinese techniques. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: By this Chinese knot buttons collection, the designer would like to encourage more people to appreciate the Chinese culture. Knot actually has a double meaning, in Chinese, the character 結 mean integrating, linking, the extension meaning is getting married. It is a kind of structure but at the same time bring good luck to people. For this project, the designer would like to give this work to some local sheltered workshop from Hong Kong, to make these knot buttons which can support for their living. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: This collection includes 5 clothing items and 6 accessories PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: This project started in February 2017 and finished in September 2017 and was joined the official Tokyo Fashion Week Catwalk in October 2017. LIFE with GOOD Design Exhibition in Hong Kong, Good Design Award x common room & co. 19 Mar - 8 Apr 2018 Kyoto x Hong Kong Design Exhibition in Japan, by Myriad of Design Alliance 18 Nov - 30 Nov 2017 FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The making of a handmade know button is a kind of the Chinese culture. The team make all the buttons handmade with the workers from a local sheltered workshop. They use recycle fabric to match with the buttons for our clothing collection and recycle leather to match with the buttons for their accessories collection. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 5 outfits, size in UK 10 TAGS: Chinese, traditional craftsmanships, heritage, sustainable, knot, Chinese buttons RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Looking at research from the Chinese clothing history, from historical book and movie from the library. Then we try to apply a simple method by combining 2000 pair of handmade buttons to make a dress and about 100 pairs of handmade buttons on bag and backpack. CHALLENGE: All the knot buttons are handmade. It consumes a lot of time and human power. But the knot buttons head is much bigger than the tail. So, later on, the designer tried to layout the button in a herringbone pattern to avoid this. As a matter of fact, the team collaborate with the local community, workers from sheltered workshop to make the buttons for this project, and later on, they can have their own workers to make the clothing and accessories. ADDED DATE: 2018-06-17 05:51:28 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Andy Honpong IMAGE CREDITS: Photographer / Noel Chau, Makeup and Hair/ Kapo Kwok PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Loom Loop 2018 |
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NAME: LOOM LOOP PROFILE: Designer Polly Ho graduated from School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, going on to study at the University of Central England. A trip to Guangzhou, she discovered a heritage fabric called Canton silk which is an intangible cultural heritage of China, thus she quit her job and launching her own brand, Loom Loop in 2013, she acted as a fashion consultant for a number of China brands. Loom Loop’s first collection was launched in spring/summer 2014. She is a real advocate in the slow fashion movement, heritage, sustainability, and east meets west are the ingredients that underpin the brand. By her second collection, she was scouted by the global CEO of the South Beach hotel in Singapore built by Norman Foster and designed by Philippe Starck, this golden opportunity landed her a sizable corporate project and put her brand beyond Hong Kong. Since then, she has gone on to win SME’s Youth Entrepreneurship Award 2015, Design for Asia Award 2015 & 2016 — Category Award (Bronze), Perspective 40 under 40 Award for Fashion Design 2016, and RITAHK award for Retailer of the Year for Small Business 2016, A’ Design Award 2017(Silver), German Design Award 2018, Distinction. She has presented catwalk show at Tokyo Fashion Week in 2015, 2016, 2017. She also presented catwalk shows at the official New York Fashion Week 2016 and 2017 and London Fashion Week 2019. |
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Knot Dress by Polly Ho is Runner-up for A' Design Award in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category, 2018 - 2019.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Polly Ho. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Polly Ho. |
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