Fabric and patterns from the Calvin Klein’s Spring 2010 Women’s Collection
Commissioned by Calvin Klein Inc.
Presented in Los Angeles, Seoul, and New York City
Installation at Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 2018
To create these hanging sculptures, Shin transformed the pattern shapes and bolts of fabrics leftover from the production of a Calvin Klein runway collection. Inspired by origami and apparel patternmakers, she folded sheets of stiffened fabric to orient the empty shapes into a body’s upright position. Her creative manipulation of material challenges us to consider the interplay of the fabric and the “ideal” bodies that the negative space is meant to cover.
