A Selection of Details from My Graduate Portfolio - Created to Display My Year Process As an ‘Exhibition’

AMELIA WANG

a selection of details from my graduate portfolio - created to display my year process as an ‘exhibition’

instagram: @ameliawang.design

exhibition, curation, display. I hope for my graduate collection to be viewed as an exhibition. It is a halt in time, to capture and re-tell memories that are held within clothing. I have specifically placed focus on personal family stories since the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The collection objectifies and presents the experiences of three generations within my family: from my Popo (paternal Chinese grandmother) to my Baba (father), and also me.

I have designed garments which cross classical fashion boundaries, steering from what usual connotations of ‘fashion’ are, and instead functioning across both commercial and non-commercial contexts. The collection should be appreciated as a build-up of memories and experiences coming together with the present in both wearable and scultpural ways; to be appreciated whether it is on a living and moving body or not. AMELIA WANG

Developing new dimensions for my

portfolio. ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 textile select react and and and craft refine adjust ROOM 3 respond and develop ROOM 7 Making a 2D illustrations exhibition space

that can be CENTRAL SPACE

navigated by the INTRODUCTION viewer. ROOM 2 COLLECTION PLACEMENT curate, hang, MY GRANDMA AS MY MUSE display

Project stages ROOM 8 technical drawings divided into rooms. ROOM 1 ROOM 9 research accessories and communicate Taking a walk through my graduate collection. exhibition map AMELIA WANG

room plan to imagine my 2D work in a 3D setting. ROOM 1 AMELIA WANG AMELIA WANG

communist control

imperial opulence AMELIA WANG bordering +framing. AMELIA WANG ROOM 2 single garment designing.

Rather than designing in full looks, I have experimented with designing in single garments, drawing on tracing paper and manually layering and piecing the single designs together. Working in this way allowed for varied compositions, and meant that I could play around with layering different pieces together in numerous ways. This method also resonates with how I personally dress and style myself, making the designing process more personal to me. Rather than thinking about my personal dress sense as ‘looks’, I prefer to jigsaw my clothes together in a different way to how I wore it previously. I want to encourage individuals to pick and select garments to style in a personal way. AMELIA WANG AMELIA WANG ROOM 3

TADITIONAL HANGING METHOD FOR CHINESE ROBES

extracting the sleeve curve for silhouette development. AMELIA WANG AMELIA WANG ROOM 4

developing a personal symbol - hands AMELIA WANG AMELIA WANG ROOM 5

TPE LATEX STRAP DEVELOPMENT - FEEDING THROUGH SLITS TO INTERTWINE WITH GARMENTS

refining details.

TAKING BABY TROUSERS APART AT THE SEAMS AND APPLIUEING ON TO NEW TROUSERS

MOLDABLE HALTER NECK LAYERING AMELIA WANG AMELIA WANG interrupted byclosure ofstudios. manufacture oflook6 coat - AMELIA WANG FRONT ROOM 8 LOOK 1 ADJUSTABLE TROUSERS JACKET WITHOUT DISPLAY STICK JACKET WITH DISPLAY STICK CURVED BUTTON STAND SHIRT

BACK AMELIA WANG EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART GRADUATE COLLECTION LOOK 1 TECHNICAL DRAWING MAY 2020 AMELIA WANG AMELIA WANG BACK FRONT

DOUBLE SLEEVE JACKET

KNIT POLO NECK JUMPER

CUT OUT ADJUSTABLE SHORTS LOOK 2

AMELIA WANG EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART GRADUATE COLLECTION LOOK 2 TECHNICAL DRAWING MAY 2020 FRONT

WIDE SLEEVE LONG SHIRT WOOL WAISTCOAT WOOL STRETCH TROUSERS LOOK 3

BACK AMELIA WANG EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART GRADUATE COLLECTION LOOK 3 TECHNICAL DRAWING MAY 2020 AMELIA WANG AMELIA WANG BACK FRONT

CROP WOOL VEST

KNIT POLO NECK JUMPER

TIE ADJUSTABLE SKIRT LOOK 4

AMELIA WANG EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART GRADUATE COLLECTION LOOK 4 TECHNICAL DRAWING MAY 2020 AMELIA WANG BACK FRONT

WIDE SLEEVE SHIRT

CUT OUT ADJUSTABLE SHORTS

DRESS WITHOUT DISPLAY STICK

DRESS WITH DISPLAY STICK LOOK 5

AMELIA WANG EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART GRADUATE COLLECTION LOOK 5 TECHNICAL DRAWING MAY 2020 AMELIA WANG BACK FRONT

COAT WITHOUT DISPLAY STICK

COAT WITH DISPLAY STICK

KNIT POLO NECK JUMPER

CROP WOOL VEST

HALTER NECK x 2 TO BE LAYERED

TIE ADJUSTABLE TROUSERS LOOK 6

AMELIA WANG EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART GRADUATE COLLECTION LOOK 6 TECHNICAL DRAWING MAY 2020 AMELIA WANG creating a virtual space to link to my a future proposal. portfolio. In order to address my collection’s life after construction, I have considered the impact of transporting it to another space through creating a online exhibition platform: linking a digital space to my process portfolio will carry the relevance of documentation and human interaction with my collection relevant in future years to come.

The popularity and dominance of QR codes being used in daily life is ever-increasing, particularly in China, whereby almost anything can be controlled with a mobile phone. Linking elements of my collection process to a wider digital space through just the scan of a code would be a way for the viewer to have a personal connection with my exhibition. These codes could be situated at the bottom of portfolio pages and next to images or text. Individuals could then be taken through am intensified journey of more in-depth and detailed explanations, whilst being able to manoeuvre the digital space in any location or time.

As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, our degree catwalk show was cancelled. Creating a QR code that could take viewers into a VR space would be fascinating. It would provide an opportunity for my garments to be seen on a body in motion. Perhaps there could even be a way for the garments to be placed onto photographs or videos of these individuals, so that a personal connection can be built to juxtapose such a socially fragmented time. PERSONAL INTERESTS FASHION WORK + EXPERIENCE

San Mei Gallery June 2018 Internship at Isa Arfen LANGUAGES CONTACT INDUSTRY SKILLS One month working across the company. My sisters and I have established a thriving gallery in South London. It has been an English (native) [email protected] Pattern Cutting, December 2016 Work Experience at Wales Bonner opportunity to develop a small business and Chinese Mandarin (fluent) @ameliawang.design Industrial Sewing Assisted in the lead up to Fashion Week Mens. has given me varied skills in networking 07596094678 Machine, and collaboration. The cross-disciplinary February 2015 Internship at Temperley London www.ameliawangdesign.myportfolio.com Domestic + Industrial programme has a focus on promoting and One month working across the company. Knitting Machines, facilitating emerging artistic practice. WeChat QR code: Illustration, June 2019 Backstage assistant at Graduate Fashion Week (www.sanmeigallery.co.uk, @sanmeigallery) Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office Suite. November 2016 Volunteer at Molly Goddard exhibition at NOW Gallery Ealing Youth Orchestra Assisted visitors with embroidery on the Goddard dresses. Being the lead violinist for a large London March 2018 Creative Committee for Edinburgh Charity Fashion youth orchestra on a weekly basis throughout Show my secondary school education demonstrates Head of creative team. my dedication, team spirit, and leadership skills. Regularly attending the university September 2017 Class Representative for Year 2 Fashion Design orchestra also underlines that I am organised Attended university meetings on a monthly basis. and committed to planning my time well.

AWARDS + ACHIEVEMENTS EDUCATION April 2020 Guardian X GFW Columnist Finalist Article written as a ‘Class of 2020’ graduate. 2017 - 2020 The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh College of Art August 2019 Kubla Khan group exhibition at Safehouse 1, Peckham, London Fashion Design BA (hons) Textile work exhibited. CLASS OF 2020 February 2019 University India Trek amelia Selected to research sustainability in the fashion industry in India. 2016 - 2017 Central St Martins Fashion Foundation January 2019 Finalist of Michael Kors bag design competition Distinction My bag sent to Michael Kors New York offices for the team to review.

November 2018 Finalist of Cass Art Draw Fashion Illustration Competition Notting Hill and Ealing High School Three fashion illustrations exhibited at Cass Art’s Glasgow Art Space. A* A A wang September 2018 Finalist of Mackintosh coat competition Selected by the Director of Mackintosh to be Awarded with Mackintosh fabric. The fabric is notoriously difficult to work with, meaning I was able to develop and improve my technical skills significantly.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES + WORK April 2018 The Diversity Network Fashion Forum at the National Museum of 王三妹 Scotland 2019 - present Working in bars and catering July 2017 Origins Exhibition Student representative for Central Saint Martins Fashion & Textiles foundation August 2018 Maths & English Tutor for KS2 at the annual Truman Brewery exhibition.

August 2017 The Swan at Tetsworth Antiques May 2017 CSM 1Granary finalist Centre/Auction House Featured in an online article for my foundation final piece (www.1granary. com/inside-central-saint-martins/next-generation/).