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The Sensorialist

Jingyi Xu

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Jingyi Xu is a multi-cultural fashion designer graduated from MA womenswear in London College of Fashion driven by the belief that fashion garments can be a profound tool for caring oneself. Her life and academic experiences in China, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom have shaped her distinctive aesthetic vision, spirit of challenge, problem-solving abilities, and creativity. The practice aims to design garment that are both intellectually aesthetically elegant and therapeutic human-centered.

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The Sensorialist collection integrates stress-relief elements into the language of contemporary fashion. It redefines clothing as an integrated therapeutic tool, utilizing customized tactile fillings to create a multi-sensory experience that delivers tangible therapeutic value. This approach achieves an intrinsic unity between aesthetic form and genuine stress-alleviating function. Through consistent sensory feedback from different people, the collection keeps upgrading through weight distribution, subtle acoustic properties, and adaptive forms. The design transcends aesthetics but blends into the wearer's contemporary wardrobes. Allowing people to maintain an aesthetic sense of beauty and fashion while also deriving physical and psychological therapeutic benefits from their clothing.

Final work

An overall lookbook for the final 4 looks from this collection

Lookbook

Designer: Jingyi(Corina) Xu

Photographer: Jingyi(Corina) Xu

Model: Jingyi Xu

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Touch it, Feel it, Hear it. and be Healed...

Look 1&2 Details

Details 1

Look 1: Refill with buckwheat. weighted hem. sonic therapeutic when moving.

Look 2: Refill with soft eco TPE material. sensory stress relief.

Refill with cherry stone. sonic therapeutic when moving.

Refill with lavender. soothing smell.

Look 3&4 Details

Details 2

Look 3: Refill with soft eco TPE materials. sensory stress relief. 'secret' touch in detials.

Refill with buckwheat. around neck. physical soothing.

Look 4: Refill with soft eco TPE materials. sensory stress relief. 'secret' touch in detials. soft cushion feeling.

Detachable pieces.

Research and process

  • Transferring stress relief toys onto the body
  • Expanding the scale
  • Transferring stress relief toys onto the body
  • Integrate with fashion aesthetic
  • Construction process
  • More possibilities

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The Sensorialist

The Sensorialist collection integrates stress-relief elements into the language of contemporary fashion. It redefines clothing as an integrated therapeutic tool, utilizing customized tactile fillings to create a multi-sensory<...

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