Marist Fashion

PRESS @ NYFW

SON JUNG WAN

MAGAZINE PHOTOSHOOT / TECHNOLOGY

While at this photoshoot, I was in charge of behind the scenes videography. My team was using an application called Aurasma at the time to provide an additional experience to the magazine. When the app scans these photos in the magazine, a video montage appears upon screen, providing an inside look at the photo shoot.

MAGAZINE ELEMENTS

The magazines inlying theme was decided to be “touch.” We (the magazine production class) all contributed our different meanings of touch. From behind the scenes footage, to braille embellishments, and individually stamped thumbs, this magazine collected all aspects of touch. Featured here are the portions in which I initiated the idea and carried out.

The table of contents was a project of mine for months out of the school year. I introduced the thought of palm reading, attempting to coordinate each story line to a particular palm line. For example, the Alumni story was placed on the line of success, a charitable article on the heart line, and so on. Not only was the research done for each palm line and article meaning, the hand you see is 100% my original artwork. From water color and sketching to using an illustrator pad, it was a process!!

As an application to the class, we were instructed to present either a creative proponent or writing piece for the fashion magazine. I went on the creative side. As it was the 30th anniversary of the Silver Needle Fashion Snow, this magazine was going to be a big one. My concept involved a timeline- a photographic evolution of the Marist fashion department. I ended up printing out 30 photos representing the past three decades at Marist Fashion. I framed each photo with a polaroid frame print out as well. I then cut a black foam board into three “X” shapes, attached at the top and bottom corners. Each X featured ten years of photographs, a play on roman numerals for 30. However, the trick was when i folded the timeline in half. It created a zig zag shape, in which I hand painted the Marist “fancy” “M.” (Photos of this project to come)

This project, however, was the inspiration for a polaroid timeline featured in the Marist Fashion Magazine for our 30th year in Fashion.