We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Sophia Dias about their original and creative Jumpsuit design work. Sophia Dias is an award-winning fashion designer, that makes our world a better place with their original jumpsuit works.
Sophia Dias ("SD") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Transmutation Jumpsuit. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
SD : The first idea came after reading a Brazilian book by Mario Queiroz, The Unmasked Hero and the documentary The Mask You Live In by Jennifer Siebel. Both works are deeps conversations addressing vulnerability of males, facing injustice, depression and violence. These references indicated that men are misplaced and judged resulting in the limitation of independent expression. For this reason I dedicated myself to create a design that developed this idea of independence in every single men.
SD : My main focus is to create a design that confronts with old patterns of mentality, posture, and society posed by others. In a way that inhibited every individual to seek his inner self. I would like to create a design that confronts with old patterns of mentality, posture, and society posed by others. In a way that inhibited every individual to seek his inner self. And for those who have already discovered it, a chance to wear a design that supports their cause, in their lifestyle, politically, and their open mind.
SD : My plans for the future is to finish my second collection, which will be bigger and more contradictory, more political with the fundamental artistic basis.
SD : It took a year to concrete the concept, but I feel is developing continuously, because is always a share of controversy and dialogue between consumers.
SD : I followed my inspirations and my desire to make a change in the way in which many individuals choose their ways, and to open possibilities that were impossible, and to confront those who are opposed to the expression of the unique individuality.
SD : Yes, we do two collaborations one with the company that prints the fabrics in the best quality with organic colours in the south of Germany. And another company that sews the clothes in Bulgaria, a well-known small fair trade family company.
SD : I developed jumpsuits simply by understanding its complexity, being a joint piece, to be made for men, for having a distorted concept in the fashion market. It was the perfect piece to develop this synchrony with the brand and the consumer I wanted to entertain.
SD : Transmutation means to evolve, it means to let your individual become more personal and more aware of himself, it means to develop, to recreate.
SD : The most unique part of my design is the experience that each individual has when he wears it, it is a transformation of proportions where his body was never placed, everything is felt as a reality where you did not have a previous experience. I personally love this part, it's the part where I look at this individual and ask him several questions to understand his thinking about the act of dressing.
SD : One of the very difficult processes was the part where I do the illustrations for the jumpsuits, because each illustration is dedicated one month of preparation, since they are made by the year and are 2 meters long.
SD : I thought it would be a great opportunity to show my work to a public that admire innovation, arts and design.
SD : On this path of developing a collection I learned to be patient, to be more organized and to realize that it is important to believe in oneself and to have the support of others to continue.
