[04]-STUDIOS™ / THE STUDIES / STUDY 001
Altered Garments
Hand alterations, reconstruction and new functions for existing garments.
ACTIVESTUDY / STUDY 001ACTIVE
What makes an altered garment?
A*G* treats an existing garment as a starting point. We cut, reshape and rebuild in the studio. The intervention, the material and the process remain visible.
This Study is documented through the pieces and their individual product records.
01 / Question[04] / FIELD RESEARCH
A garment as material
What changes when the initial garment stops being the final object and becomes material to work with?
Each alteration should preserve a traceable record of the source garment and the studio intervention.
02 / Process[04] / FIELD RESEARCH
Cut, alter, reconstruct
Observe construction and wear; identify what should remain; test alterations, sewing and finishing on real pieces.
Do not present design renderings as completed physical samples.
03 / Pieces[04] / FIELD RESEARCH
The altered archive
The output is an individual piece, with its own name, product information and category within the [04] system.
Available pieces can be found through the existing A*G* collection.
04 / PIECESTHE STUDY IN OBJECTS
From research to piece.
Only real products from the current [04] catalogue. Concepts and research do not imply production or availability.
Research archive / available pieces are documented separately.
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