CFDA+ Design Thesis

CFDA+
Design Thesis

OUR EPIGENOMES

Identical twins begin their lives in a very similar fashion, with nearly identical genomes inherited from their parents. Our Epigenomes collection stems from a culmination of the following personal changes. Although we are very close as identical twins and share much of the same genome, my sister and I couldn't be more independent. Yet we will always share an unspoken understanding of each other’s beings. A lifetime of differing experiences has caused certain personalities to develop, uniquely conditioning each of us to our parallel respective environments.

The collection features unisex articles of clothing with a focus on functionality and silhouettes informed by a careful investigation into the finer details of repetitive design systems. Accessibility of certain functions is solely transformed by problem-solving with a sensibility of one’s environment. A monumental balance of asymmetry and the corresponding chemistry of garments themselves is the resulting combination of research with my own understanding of the reflection of natural opposites.