Woven Sculpt is a menswear collection developed from the principles of Japanese joinery and Zen philosophy. Translating the approach of joinery to the methodology of attire making: Joinery is joining two or more woodblocks by only carving them in particular forms to aid assembly with no external assistant. Therefore instead of relying on the general technique of using a sewing machine to make garments, clothes are built by joining by the fabric itself via hand-weaving.
Besides, convenience is a purpose that many people in fashion industry are pursuing, which is also one of the causes makes fast-fashion the second polluting industry world-widely. Woven Sculpt went against that principle by avoiding the machine-manufaturing stages, and was highly time-consuming. Via the collection, I wanted to evoke the precious process of hand making and bring to the public another version of menswear – wearable art pieces.