academic conceptual response
Candy Land — An Academic Response to Rei Kawakubo
An academic fashion project responding to Rei Kawakubo through surreal confectionery and organic imagery, material exploration, technical development, and an original illustrated collection. The project is presented as Melissa's conceptual response, not as a collaboration with or work by Rei Kawakubo.
Story & process
An academic fashion project responding to Rei Kawakubo through surreal confectionery and organic imagery, material exploration, technical development, and an original illustrated collection. The project is presented as Melissa's conceptual response, not as a collaboration with or work by Rei Kawakubo.
Palette: dark brown, caramel brown, chocolate brown, mushroom beige, olive green, forest green, raspberry pink, red, rainbow multicolor, black, white.
Materials: dark brown fleece, caramel brown wool, rainbow fleece.
Techniques: conceptual moodboarding, digital collage, material and color development, fashion illustration, technical garment flats, collection development, garment construction, front-and-back look documentation.
Candy Land is Melissa Chavez’s academic response to Rei Kawakubo. It is not a collaboration or Rei Kawakubo work, and third-party reference imagery is not presented as Melissa’s work.