21th century Fashion

Inspired by two of David Lynch movies "The Elephant Man"(1980) and "Erasehead"(1977), the project aims to "recycle"beauty and human identity.  Since the beginning of human civilization, the function of clothing is a protection of human body both physically and mentally. However, function was being abused when people tried too hard to cover faults/wounds/scars by more fabrics and cosmetics makes one look like a Christmas present  package instead of real protection because they block the way to truly face to ourselves.The more faults have been hidden, the more we afraid of them. Think in another way, faults or wounds are somehow beautiful not only apparently, but the fact that once we accept our own fault which originally belong to ourselves, they become real protection that can be substituted to fabric or cosmetic which are harmful to environment and human relatively, skin that origin in our won body is the best protection of us, that's how the term"First Skin came up with.

Capable form of human body 

Examples of faults on skin

Examples of twisted body skin

Conceptual human body by American photographer Jane Tuckerman

The Sea Star looks to be covered in jewels, diamonds and rosy quartz. 

Actually they are ossicles  andpustules, making colored patternsto camouflage the Sea Star, 

or warn predators away, protecting themselves by their own skin.

Microscopic picture of scab

Material experiment

Transparent styrofoam pattern  

Design process

Recycling beauty

Everyone are different, since when baby-liked and

 milky color skin and beautiful are equality? 

Try to accept what’s origin in our body so that 

maybe even pimples on our face can be treated 

as pearls. 

Recycling human

People cover upFaults, wounds and scars by perfect appearance. 

Everything become transparent under x-ray. 

When everything is see through , 

its time for us to start to accept and appreciate their beauty. 

Recycling identity

Figure print represent identity.

What we wear in daily life represent who we are.

Put your figure print on to authorize a dress to be yours.