Projects
Thinking and making, documented.
These are founder projects — garments developed and made by the person who founded AUCO MODE. They are published in the same nine-part format we use to document client work, because the point is the method, not the portfolio.
Client work is shown privately and only with permission. If you want to see production examples in your own category, ask and we will arrange it.
Case 01
Grandma’s Paper Fan
A garment developed from a single domestic object as its structural idea.
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Plate P1a · Hero · 3:4Finished garment, full length, plain ground. Keep ground, light direction and crop identical across all three case studies.
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Plate P1b · Detail · 3:4The detail this project is actually about — the construction or hand work named in step 04. Macro or close three-quarter.
- 01 — The brief
- To supply — What the project set out to do, and for whom.
- 02 — The design
- To supply — The resolved design: silhouette, proportion, the decision the garment is built around.
- 03 — Development
- To supply — How the design was developed into a buildable garment, and what changed on the way.
- 04 — Technical challenges
- To supply — The problem that made this garment hard, stated plainly.
- 05 — Material
- To supply — Cloth, lining, interlining and trim — and why each was chosen.
- 06 — Construction
- To supply — The method: seams, support layers, closures, the order of assembly.
- 07 — Craftsmanship
- To supply — The hand work, and where in the garment it sits.
- 08 — Final garment
- To supply — The result, described in one paragraph.
- 09 — Details
- To supply — Three details worth looking at closely.
Case 02
The Buffalo Code
A project driven by a material and construction language rather than a silhouette.
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Plate P2a · Hero · 3:4Finished garment, full length, plain ground. Keep ground, light direction and crop identical across all three case studies.
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Plate P2b · Detail · 3:4The detail this project is actually about — the construction or hand work named in step 04. Macro or close three-quarter.
- 01 — The brief
- To supply — What the project set out to do, and for whom.
- 02 — The design
- To supply — The resolved design: silhouette, proportion, the decision the garment is built around.
- 03 — Development
- To supply — How the design was developed into a buildable garment, and what changed on the way.
- 04 — Technical challenges
- To supply — The problem that made this garment hard, stated plainly.
- 05 — Material
- To supply — Cloth, lining, interlining and trim — and why each was chosen.
- 06 — Construction
- To supply — The method: seams, support layers, closures, the order of assembly.
- 07 — Craftsmanship
- To supply — The hand work, and where in the garment it sits.
- 08 — Final garment
- To supply — The result, described in one paragraph.
- 09 — Details
- To supply — Three details worth looking at closely.
Case 03
Phụng Nghi
A heritage reference resolved as contemporary construction, not as costume.
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Plate P3a · Hero · 3:4Finished garment, full length, plain ground. Keep ground, light direction and crop identical across all three case studies.
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Plate P3b · Detail · 3:4The detail this project is actually about — the construction or hand work named in step 04. Macro or close three-quarter.
- 01 — The brief
- To supply — What the project set out to do, and for whom.
- 02 — The design
- To supply — The resolved design: silhouette, proportion, the decision the garment is built around.
- 03 — Development
- To supply — How the design was developed into a buildable garment, and what changed on the way.
- 04 — Technical challenges
- To supply — The problem that made this garment hard, stated plainly.
- 05 — Material
- To supply — Cloth, lining, interlining and trim — and why each was chosen.
- 06 — Construction
- To supply — The method: seams, support layers, closures, the order of assembly.
- 07 — Craftsmanship
- To supply — The hand work, and where in the garment it sits.
- 08 — Final garment
- To supply — The result, described in one paragraph.
- 09 — Details
- To supply — Three details worth looking at closely.
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Your project, documented the same way.
Every client project we take on is developed against the same nine steps, so you always know what was decided and why.