Patrick Um

BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear

Patrick Um /SURGICAL COLLECTION PATRICK UM’S SURGICAL SPRING/SUMMER 2014 COLLECTION IS RE-INTERPRETATION OF THE CONCEPT OF “SURGEON”. UNDRESSING AND REDRESSING THE SURGEON, THE SURGEON'S UNIFORM IS TRANSLATED INTO BOYISH, PLAYFUL, CONTEMPORARY MENSWEAR. THE EXTREMELY CONCEPTUAL COLLECTION DIRECTED STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE CLINICAL SCIENTIFIC THEME CONTRASTING WITH SHARP ATTITUDE OF SURGEON. THE SURGEONS IN UM’S COLLECTION INTENTIONALLY REFRAINED FROM SHOWING ONLY COLD AND CHIC BUT TWISTED THE CLEANNESS OF THEM. THE GREY STERILE AND MUTED WORLD OF SURGEON AND HOSPITAL IS TRANSFORMED UNDER HIS SKILFULLY WIELDED SCALPEL. THE PATRICK UM’S SURGEONS HAVE CAREFULLY WELL-BALANCED BRIGHT COLOUR PALETTE AND PLAYFUL PRINTS INSPIRED BY PRECISE BEAUTY FROM VARIOUS MEDICINES. THE SILHOUETTE RESTRAINED AND SIT WITHIN CLEAN TEMPORARY MENSWEAR, ON THE OTHER HAND THIS IMPLIED DRASTIC PLAYS IN ITS PROPORTION; SUCH AS HIGH WAISTLINE, AND INTEGRATING TECHNICAL BASED TAILORING FEATURES AS A HIGH-END CREATIVE COLLECTION. MEANWHILE CLINICAL TEXTURE IN DYED LATEX GAVE THE WHOLE COLLECTION SOME WHERE BETWEEN CONSERVATIVE AND JUICY STORY. WHAT IS EXCITING IS THAT THE SERIOUS SURGEON IS YET ALIVE IN THE JOYFUL FANTASTICAL COLLECTION. THIS IS A COLLECTION THAT REVELS IN THE BEAUTY OF DETAILS, BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FANTASTICAL. FROM HEAD TO TOE, GARMENTS REFERENCE AND EVOLVE FROM SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THE WORKWEAR. BACK LOOP FASTENINGS, TIGHT CUFF BANDS AND SPECIAL SEAM CLOSURES ARE A VINYL GLOVED HANDFUL OF DETAILS THAT ARE STITCHED IN TO THE FINAL COLLECTION. WITH PRINTS RICH IN THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE TRADE CAREFULLY BALANCED EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND TEXTILES, A PRECISE YET PLAYFUL BEAUTY IS ACHIEVED. THE RESULTING GARMENTS ARE DRENCHED IN DESIGNED DETAILS JUST LONGING TO BE DISCOVERED BUT IT IS THE NINE PRINTS THAT INSTANTLY CAPTURE THIS VIEWER'S IMAGINATION. “NOW, THE MERE MENTION OF THE WORDS 'HOSPITAL' AND 'SURGERY' CAN BE ENOUGH TO ENCOURAGE DAYDREAMS OF DREAD, AN AURA OF ANXIETY GIVING WAY TO DESPAIR BUT PATRICK UM PRESSED HIS STETHOSCOPE TO THE CLINICAL, COLD BODY OF THE THEATRE ROOM AND HIS EAGER EAR TUNED IN TO A DIFFERENT BEAT AND A REMIX OF FUNCTION AND FUN, A CHROMATIC CONCERTO OF CAPSULES, CONTRAPTIONS, CONFECTIONS, CURES AND CURIOSITIES.” - Style Salvage /Press Style Salvage http://stylesalvage.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/lcf-ba-showcase-patrick-um.html Fashion Strikes http://blog.fashionstrikes.com/2013/05/20/patrick-um-surgeon-collection/ /Work Experience ＊ Duckie Brown: Menswear Design Assistant/Internship - New York, USA Jul 2012 - Sept 2012/www.duckiebrown.com ＊ Gareth Pugh: Womenswear Design Assistant/Internship - London, UK Jan 2012 - Apr 2012/www.garethpugh.net ＊ Peter Jensen: Womenswear Design Assistant/Internship - London, UK Aug 2011 - Sept 2011/peterjensen.co.uk ＊ Trine Lindegaard: Menswear Design Assistant/Internship - London, UK Jul 2011 - Sept 2011/www.trinelindegaard.com ＊ Cassette Playa: Menswear Studio Assistant/Internship - London, UK Jul 2011 - Aug 2011/cassetteplaya.com * Taurus Art Institute: Drawing Tutor/Job May 2004 - May 2005 /Education ＊ London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology Menswear Oct 2010 - Jul 2013/www.arts.ac.uk /Awards Winning a prize in 39th Joong-Ang Design Group Contest Nov 2008 /Credit ＊ Lookbook/Editorials Photographer_ KwangBok Jack Lee Hair and Make up stylist_ KyungJu Claire Chung Model_ Oliver @AMCK Management