HEAJOO (YVONNE) LEE
As My Name
2020 Exhibition: International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), Virtual, US.
The purpose of this wearable art piece was created to commemorate the women’s suffrage movement and to inform all people about 100 people names who fight for the women’s rights to vote. All final pattern pieces were digitized by using NScan Automated Pattern Digitizing System and the Universal Laser ILS model was utilized to cut out all pattern pieces for this design. The silhouette of this garment was inspired by the overalls, which were designed for working men to provide much more comfortable design after World War I. All alphabetic letters (100 signers’ names) that were laser-cut from the outer layers of pleats were gradually attached from the bottom to the top in the side of the pants panels as if to express a peaceful echo of their inner voice for the women’s suffrage.