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Design projecting of clothing collections based on the transformation of the forms of women’s costume of the 1920s

Larysa Krasniuk, Oleksandr Troyan, Olena Lushchevska, Valeriy Pryvala, Olha Novak

Received 11.06.2025, Revised 07.11.2025, Accepted 27.11.2025

Abstract

The relevance of the study is determined by the need to explore new creative techniques for developing original clothing collections distinguished by artistic expressiveness, high aesthetic quality, and strong emotional content. The aim of the research was to develop artistic design projects for women’s clothing collections inspired by the women’s costume of the 1920s. The research methods included the study of creative sources, which involved analysing silhouettes, shapes, characteristic lines, proportions, colour schemes, textures, decoration, accessories, and complementary elements. The morphological analysis method applied in the study entailed generating new ideas through the reinterpretation and transformation of the source of inspiration into forms of contemporary clothing. The research also involved the selection and stylisation of compositional elements of form creation, the implementation of the project in material, and the testing of design solutions within the context of fashion design competitions. As a result, an artistic and compositional analysis of the source of inspiration was carried out, identifying the key shapes, silhouettes, proportions, decorations, and colours of the chosen reference. The core idea of the project was formulated, reflecting the authors’ individual vision of the inspirational source. A mood board was created, encapsulating the authors’ conceptual vision for the designed collections. Four variations of creative collections of modern women’s clothing were developed, all inspired by a single source – the women’s costume of the 1920s. A women’s ensemble was produced and presented as part of fashion design competitions. The practical value of the study lies in developing the artistic and compositional foundations for designing contemporary women’s clothing inspired by historical costume as a creative source 


Keywords:

historical costume; artistic image; mood board; sources of inspiration; creative concept; transformation of the creative source

https://10.30857/2617-0272.2025.4.2

Retrieved from Volume 8, No. 4, 2025

Pages 26-38

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Krasniuk, L., Troyan, О., Lushchevska, O., Pryvala, V., & Novak, O. (2025). Design projecting of clothing collections based on the transformation of the forms of women’s costume of the 1920s. Art and Design, 8(4), 26-38. https://10.30857/2617-0272.2025.4.2