LEANNE YANSIN CHOI
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
COPY, FOLD, HOLD: WHAT IS INSIDE THE SUITCASE?
Copy, Fold, Hold: What is inside the suitcase?’ is a practice-based Masters’ project navigating the performative relationship between Diaspora and Fashion. Leanne reflects on nostalgic moments from her Grandma and Mother’s wardrobe in Australia and Hong Kong, defining how everyday materials and lived experiences in domestic spaces reflect our identity. Through the diffusion and appropriation of existing objects, textiles, and garments, it interrogated ideas of transition, memory, language, and customs into garment-merged suitcases. The transformative nature pays response to her mother’s commonly spoken phrases, such as ‘Take an extra top with you, it is cold outside’.
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Image credit: Photographer: Mira Pedlar, Hair and Makeup Artist: Kate McWilliam, Talent: Jenny Guo