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Fashion, Body & Identity

Clothing, imagined bodies and visual storytelling connect cultural memory, self-expression and the experience of wearing. Early image studies form the visual foundations of this inquiry.

Luminous IrisLuminous Iris ↗2026 · Floral memory translated from clothing into a luminous objectHerloHerlo ↗2026– · Virtual wardrobe · Personal digital worldThree Magic MirrorsThree Magic Mirrors ↗2026– · AI encounters · Identity & judgmentCandycore — Sweet DreamlandCandycore — Sweet Dreamland ↗2024 · Virtual fashion · AI-assisted designUrban OasisUrban Oasis ↗2024 · Digital textiles and garment formThe Dream GardenThe Dream Garden ↗2023 · Nature, memory and clothingMary ChrisMary Chris ↗2022 · Virtual clothing and imagined bodiesThe Rose VowThe Rose Vow ↗2022 · Virtual clothing and fittingDive into the OceanDive into the Ocean ↗2022 · The garment moves between physical and virtual bodiesDa Tang Still ExistsDa Tang Still Exists ↗2021 · Cultural memory through clothingSinofuturismSinofuturism ↗2021 · Cultural imagination and future bodiesCicadaCicada ↗2021 · Biomimicry becomes a wearable silhouetteThe TravelerThe Traveler ↗2021 · Adaptable clothing and changing ways of wearingFlowers’ Life CycleFlowers’ Life Cycle ↗2021 · Growth and transformation expressed through digital dressBrand GenesisBrand Genesis ↗2021 · Fashion identity and visual communicationAlien BrideAlien Bride ↗2021 · The sculptural wearable as an imagined bodyTwist Tuck and TurnTwist Tuck and Turn ↗2021 · Virtual clothing and the folded silhouetteMake a HandMake a Hand ↗2021 · The hand reimagined through digital formCreate MeCreate Me ↗2020 · Virtual self-expression · Digital identityThe Birth of VenusThe Birth of Venus ↗2020 · The body and images of femininityLukiLuki ↗2020 · The imagined body as digital sculptureYue LingYue Ling ↗2019 · Cultural memory translated into paintingFashion ForwardFashion Forward ↗2019 · Fashion trends and retail as an early contextual studyThe Soft ArmorThe Soft Armor ↗Undated · Protective softness and wearable lightOuter the SpaceOuter the Space ↗Undated · A genderless fashion conceptFive ElementsFive Elements ↗Undated · Sculptural form studies as a visual foundationFeng Yu QiaoFeng Yu Qiao ↗Undated · Illustrated figures and imagined settings: a narrative foundationLiao ZhaiLiao Zhai ↗Undated · Cultural storytelling through illustrationArt & Image StudiesArt & Image Studies ↗Undated · Image-making studies as a visual foundation

A CONVERSATION CAN BE A BEGINNING

CLOTHING · MATERIALS · DIGITAL WORLDSMove through the words. Leave a little ripple.

Let’s givewonder a form.

A material to explore. A question to follow.
Something we haven’t imagined yet.

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hw847@cornell.edu ↗

Summer Han Wu · Ithaca, New York