This bag is brought back from World 207. Its surface is constructed from a patchwork of reclaimed materials, including leather, silk, mesh, knit, straw weaving, and even fabrics stained with traces of chocolate. The edges are deliberately torn, evoking the idea of waste rebirth while also creating a tactile, sculptural tension. Its form departs from conventional bag structures, embracing irregularity and asymmetry.
This Exploration was created by Xiuhui Luo, Guiping Wu, Zichen Lin, Zijie Ma, Fangyuan Tu and Jiayi Shen (located in the UK/China), developed from a World by a Fashion Fictions contributor, using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence which allows others to share and adapt the work in any medium and for any purpose, providing that they credit the authors and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.
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