Toward: Traces of Becoming-A Fashion Installation on Research and Process

An immersive installation exploring research, experimentation, and the evolving process of fashion making. A graduate fashion research and installation experience presented during Chicago Fashion Week. Toward: Traces of Becoming brings together the work of three graduate fashion designers—Adilah M, Alexandria Richardson, and Xiaoyu Yan—for an installation exploring the research, experimentation, and discoveries that shape their creative practices. Rather than focusing solely on finished garments, the installation offers audiences a glimpse behind the scenes of the making process. Through garments, material studies, sketches, prototypes, research, and process documentation, the designers reveal the ideas and investigations that exist before, between, and beyond a final outcome. The installation considers fashion not simply as a finished product, but as an evolving form of inquiry. Research becomes material, experimentation becomes knowledge, and unexpected discoveries become part of the work's development. Presented at Starling by Duo, Toward: Traces of Becoming invites visitors to slow down and engage with the traces left behind as an idea moves toward becoming something tangible. Featuring: Adilah M Alexandria Richardson Xiaoyu Yan Location: Starling by Duo, Chicago Presented during: Chicago Fashion Week Guests are welcome to purchase coffee, beverages, and refreshments from Monday Coffee, located within Starling by Duo, during their visit.