Some uniforms didn't get the job
Justin Chou's UNIFORMOSA opens up 21 years of uniform design, from Olympic entrance outfits to proposals left behind. Free at C-LAB through October 18.
Buddy Lien · C-LAB, Taipei
A Joy uniforms
Justin Chou / JUST IN XX
A Joy uniforms. Design: Justin Chou / JUST IN XX. Image: JUST IN XX, published by BeautiMode.
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Look at finished uniforms and the possibilities that were not selected.
Blue-grey mountains cross a shirt sleeve and continue over a waistcoat in Justin Chou's A Joy uniforms. Above the landscape sits a little lapel badge.
For Taipei Fashion Week, Chou brings 21 years of uniform design to C-LAB. UNIFORMOSA includes outfits for the Tokyo and Paris Olympic entrances and uniforms for cultural institutions, alongside proposals that were not selected and actual sample garments.
Look at the published design documents too. Beside a pink suit, one sheet sketches a bendy straw labelled as a removable lapel pin. Before the uniform is settled, even that little device has a chance of making it onto someone's body.
Uniform-design proposal documents
JUST IN XX
Uniform-design proposal documents. Design and image: JUST IN XX, published by BeautiMode.
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Get there
Public transport
Allow about 15 minutes from Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT Exit 2 to the exhibition. Once inside the campus, follow signs to C5 Joint Dining Hall, 1F.
Sources
- C-LAB: UNIFORMOSA ↗ — Dates, hours, C5 first floor and free admission
- BeautiMode: Justin Chou's uniform design ↗ — Designs, unselected proposals, samples and images
- C-LAB visit information and campus map ↗ — Transport, campus map and opening hours