A zero-gravity garment. Parabolic flight.
The kinetic language of weightlessness.
2024
Building on the kinetic construction principles explored in Arise, where garments were engineered to transform through movement, this project pushed that logic into the most extreme environment imaginable: zero gravity.
Through Spacekind, a collaboration formed with Jagriti Luitel, a multidisciplinary space advocate. Together, a garment was designed specifically for a zero-gravity environment, aiming to exaggerate how weightlessness affects fashion design.
Inspired by the idea of expressing belonging and individuality beyond Earth through fashion, this project explored the intersection of aesthetics and functionality of spacewear, approaching construction through a layered logic: a fitted base structure designed to move with the body, and a secondary ornamental layer engineered to activate under zero-gravity conditions.
To test the garment's functionality and aesthetics, Jagriti participated in a parabolic flight simulating the weightlessness of space, in partnership with Aurelia Institute and Zero-G.
Covered by Canada's Global News, January 2025.
Each silk flower individually formed and heat-set by M&S Schmalberg, a fourth-generation millinery factory, one of the last of its kind in New York City. Inspired by Nepal's national flower, the rhododendron.
A bodysuit similar to those made for figure skaters, a second skin enabling supported 360° movement while maintaining physical modesty. Ruffles engineered to expand under weightless conditions. Striking red flowers "blossom" as the garment transitions into 0-G. Jagriti requested a pocket be added for her cell phone, she would need it to capture her experience.
A photoshoot with photographer Jennifer Katzman and Jagriti in New York City. Trampolines and fans were deployed to authentically simulate the physical gestures of zero-g.
As part of the Horizon 2024 Cohort, Jagriti embarked on a historic flight for space-fashion, successfully demonstrating the kinetic ornamentation of the zero-gravity design.
Each silk flower was individually formed and heat-set, then hand-attached at calibrated distribution points across the torso and sleeves, optimized for visibility at the moment of weightlessness.
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