WORK · 05 - EVENING WEAR

Auto-Pilot

Auto-Pilot is evening wear cut from the pressure of the office. Deadlines, expectations, restraint. I collage them in Pop Art and sculpt them into gowns. Excitement hides in the driest rooms. I tailor it out.

The collection tells familiar stories: burnout, micromanaging bosses, distant colleagues, and hollow motivational slogans plastered on pristine walls.

[ Customer board ]

Customer study: bold, sensual, experimental. Red carpet occasions, galas, the center of attention. Muse research: Kylie Jenner's evening vocabulary.

Auto-Pilot office-set photoshoot: shirt-collar bodice gown with blue necktie and printed skirt, two views of the finished look

Keyboard-key handbag prop with a miniature model perched on the handle — PL. 01Photoshoot

Front look with necktie and the keyboard-key bag carried under the arm — PL. 02Photoshoot

Surreal editorial composite of a giant bespectacled face beside the model, keyboard-key manicure visible — PL. 03Photoshoot

Back view of the look at an office desk beside a monitor reading OFFICE SYNDROME — PL. 04Photoshoot

Illustrated line-up, front views of the collection in marker style — PL. 05Line-up

Illustrated line-up, matching back views — PL. 06Line-up

Design render line-up of five pop-art accessory concepts across the collection's tech-office motif — PL. 07Concept board

Black-and-white film-strip stills with flying papers from the AI-made short video — PL. 08SHORT VIDEO - MADE WITH AI

Black-background office-supply collage of a fax machine, binder clips and cluttered desk mixed with hand-illustrated shelf and chair graphics — PL. 09Moodboard

Four-up muslin toile fitting showing construction of the corset gown — PL. 10Development board

Development board: keyboard-key sneaker prop, the finished corset gown from two angles, hand-painted nail set, fabric swatch and color palette — PL. 11Fabric & color board

Motion study · generated

The original spreads

As printed, 11 pages

The pages of her printed portfolio, uncropped. The plates above were cut from these.

Project title spread: Auto-Pilot, an evening-wear project on office-worker life. — SP. 01Project title spread: Auto-Pilot, an evening-wear project on office-worker life.

Office Worker Life mood board: mental pressure and workaholic urban collage. — SP. 02Office Worker Life mood board: mental pressure and workaholic urban collage.

Second Office Worker Life mood board: desk objects and workaholic slogans. — SP. 03Second Office Worker Life mood board: desk objects and workaholic slogans.

SP. 04Research spread: Basquiat study, Kylie Jenner muse profile, 2025 trends.

Colour and textile board: trend colours, runway reference, retro comic prints. — SP. 05Colour and textile board: trend colours, runway reference, retro comic prints.

Design ideation illustrations exploring accessory and silhouette directions. — SP. 06Design ideation illustrations exploring accessory and silhouette directions.

Textile test swatch and a technical illustration of the garment construction. — SP. 07Textile test swatch and a technical illustration of the garment construction.

Eight-look line-up sketch sheet for the full collection. — SP. 08Eight-look line-up sketch sheet for the full collection.

Toile development board showing the muslin fitting process. — SP. 09Toile development board showing the muslin fitting process.

Photoshoot spread: the keyboard-key bag prop and desk-set styling shots. — SP. 10Photoshoot spread: the keyboard-key bag prop and desk-set styling shots.

Short-film stills from an AI-generated video for the project. — SP. 11Short-film stills from an AI-generated video for the project.