Fibericous

My first necklaces

2010-09-27T18:56:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend, I went to a Gem Faire with a beading-nerd friend. He was running all over the place. His head was jerking left and right. I, on the other hand, felt the need to wear sunglasses because all the beads were so epileptic. We stayed there for about two hours. I got this copper leaf and a few strands of beads.

I spent my evening refocusing my eyes and battling twisted wire, an aching back, and fingers that are too big. With my friend's technical help, my first necklaces was finally born. <3

Salmon Caviar

2010-09-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

This cocktail dress was made within 12 hours including buying the materials. It was a challenge, but very fun.

Concept: orange, use my lace fabric and 18" by 16" shimmery spandex

Goal: Wear it in my friend's going away and graduation party that night.

I played and organized various value and textured orange fabrics together into this fun, cocktail dress. With a beautiful chicken feather scarf, a cream color fish net tight, and a flower hat. This whole outfit turned out surprisingly fun & colorful yet elegant. It fitted my personality quite well.

Yun^2 Bike

2010-09-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

Other than designing clothes, I also enjoy to do decorations such as my bike. They keep my mind fresh and creative. They also allow me to explore and experience new technology.

Twilight Special

2010-09-27T16:51:00.000-07:00

Some months ago, my sister called me and told me to design three outfits for a dark Gothic band from Hong Kong. I looked through their performance pictures and came up with these ideas. So, here they're.

Death-rose prince

2010-05-16T01:53:00.000-07:00

Directed by Yun Yun Wai
Photographed : Ethan Killian
Make-up : Bonnie Brownen
Hair : Alex Immoos
Wardrobe : Yun Yun Wai
Props : Yun Yun Wai
Model : Topher Rasmussen
Edited by Yun Yun wai & jR Harper

Thanks everyone for your help.

Judges Award : Best Student Designer

2010-05-12T19:05:00.000-07:00

Ever since I came to the US. I tend to stay away from competition. I could be just too insecure about my design and I also think, my school designers did amazing jobs as well plus they have so many experiences. Can't believe that I received this award by my first play design job, Charlotte's Web.

According to my teacher, this award scored by judges from out-of-school who have good knowledge about theater and designs. Thank you Judges! Thanks for your honored support!

New Suit

2010-05-12T18:19:00.000-07:00

New Suit :) I love this suit's color choices, patterns, and the cut. It really shows the masculinity and femininity among men.

Fashionable tutu skirt!

2010-05-12T18:09:00.000-07:00

Been quite busy lately. :) After a long time of struggles about massively produce a collection I finally came up with this!

Fashionable tutu skirt! Tutu skirt is no longer "the outfit" for party but also, for everyday wear or even to school. ;) This skirt can fit most size of human being in the world.

More styles are coming. ^_____^ <3

Fun & Elegant = Rigologant

2010-02-01T13:25:00.000-08:00

Recently I've been working on some coats. I always have problem picking coat in store because their color, style, and the way they fit. Most coats I see are likely to be plain & boring. People can't tell who this person's personality through their outer coat. I hate them all. And why the upper sleeves are so often installed that extra fabric!? Do they know that having too many fabric around the arms actually make actions harder and causes alot of wiping the table or hitting the coffee cup?

Here is one of my newest experience. Ha ^o^

Charlotte's Web

2009-09-11T08:55:00.000-07:00

I've been working almost all my time for this play nearly for the past 2 months. Now there is only 6 days left until the performance ^_________^ WOoowww ^0^ Yay!

Its playing in the New UVU Norda Theater ^_____________^ from Sept 17th to Oct 3rd. I'm excited. I'll post all costumes pictures later.

Yun Yun logo

2009-07-27T22:52:00.000-07:00

This is my fashion logo at the moment ^_^ Haha.

Tent Cover

2009-07-27T22:31:00.000-07:00

Over this past summer I've been gone camping alot. My friend jR inspirited me on playing fabrics outside the human body.
Its always nice to lay in the tent without the rain-fly to feel the wind and smell the fresh air of the forest, but it is also always annoying that people can see-through the tent net and see me. The privacy needs becoming more and more desirable.
This tent cover is made by chiffon fabric with prints on. They are Great! Now I can feel the wind, taste the forest rain, smell the nature, and I can see what people doing from the inside of the tent, and people can only see the print of the tent cover. Whahah ^_^

Charlotte's Web

2009-07-27T22:18:00.000-07:00

Last semester my costume teacher Carla gave us an interesting assignment. It was to pick a fantasy play script, and then choose a character, draw a design and actually make a human size costume for ourselves. I picked Charlotte's Web's Charlotte. Sometimes I found it really hard to draw designs because obviously I have limited drawing skill ^_^ and I often have this annoy of not being able to show the details of the design and texture of the fabric on a piece of paper. So here I made this mini-version of Charlotte costume on Barbie and a human-sized Charlotte on me ^_^.

Costuming faces - Masks

2009-07-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

I always have this struggle for posting my Make-up Artworks because I afraid it could pull away the profession of my costume portfolio. And then on the other hand, I think cosmetic is just another costuming. To play with the grey idea of costume and make-up, I decided to show some masks that I made ^_^ so Hehe Here they are.... The first one is made of Foam Latex. This is my first mask making. Theme was Ocean spider. It definitely took alot of time and energy but I LOVE the whole process. Just simply thinking about it, it makes me excited for the next time. The second one is a mask of me just playing with a topic "Depressing demon".

Origami crane costume

2009-06-22T17:07:00.000-07:00

Oh my I'm so horrible at keeping my artworks updated haha. I post the pictures on Facebook and then I forgot to post them here. So here they are some Crane costume pictures.

Origami Crane

2009-03-25T17:08:00.000-07:00

Wooo Its been so long since I update this blog but just so you know, I'm not being lazy. In this semester in school, I'm taking Costume Design 2, Stage Make up 2, Medical Terminology etc classes so most my energy goes to that.

So, these days I've been working on making an Origami Crane costume out of fabric. ^_^ Haha I'm E-X-C-I-T-E-D. After I spray-painted my fabric, my fingers turned"gold" and my house's driveway is now partially layered with this fancy and "unflowable" rug. Hahah

My halloween

2008-11-08T09:38:00.001-08:00

This is my favorite hat so far. Haa of course because it is my 1st creation of hatwear. I was wearing it to the Halloween party. Hoho :) It was funny to wear a giant hat with padding inside. I kept hitting to people's heads, but everyone loved it because it was like a pillion flying around the space haha :)

An October Evening~ Yun Yun Fashion show

2008-10-22T17:33:00.000-07:00

The fashion show was pretty successful, at least I got everything organized and the costumes were ready to go.

This is the pictures of my first official fashion show in the public. Thank you for Amber, Nate, Nina, Colter, jR, kindra, Alson, Kazue, Kim, and molly to model for my clothing line. Thank you Courtney for supporting. Thank you Breana for professional Make-up. Thank you Alex and Autumn for creative hair stylishing. Thank you Caitlin for taking pictures. And thank you An October Evening for given me this oppoturnity.

Location: Masonic Temple, SLC, UT

MORE PICTURES are coming soon!

An October Evening

2008-10-11T01:23:00.000-07:00

This event will be my first official fashion show. :) Aww I'm so excited!

My show will probably has about 10 models. Music and my logo are ready; the clothes are half way ready; my energy is pretty much drained *x*

I just want to thank you to all you who help me. Hope the show will turn GREAT! :)

Louis the 92nd

2008-07-24T06:51:00.000-07:00

The design of the shirt is all mine. It sports an extra-large collar.

Peace of Freedom

2008-07-24T06:38:00.000-07:00

Designed and sewn by myself. The fabric is pure silk from a wonderful fabric store in Portland. The pink curve is actually stretchy pink cotton.

Umbrella Dress

2008-07-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

This is one of my more adventurous projects. Designed by me, the dress has a wire frame to help it overcome gravity.

Hestia's Green n Gold dress

2008-05-11T00:52:00.000-07:00

This was a commissioned piece that I did for the model. It was based off the necklace she is wearing in the photo.

This dress that is light on top graduating down to heavy with angular pieces of sequins at bottom.
Modeled by Margaret
Photo taken by jR

Ms. Parrot and Mr. Peacock

2008-05-11T00:20:00.000-07:00

This is one of my most elaborate constructions, designed for Halloween costumes in '07. All feathers are 100% avian. Portrait pictures are yet to come, but they WILL come eventually.

As for now, photo taken by my costume teacher Carla Summers and Don Lavange :)

Symbology of Cerebrum

2008-05-11T00:18:00.000-07:00

This is not an example of my sewing work, but I did the hair styling, which I think looks great!
Photo taken by jR

Mehicana and Ceramic Bowl

2008-05-10T23:55:00.000-07:00

I did the hair and make-up, assisting jR for a photoshoot.
Modeled by Flor
Photo by jR

Urbantasy

2008-05-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

This isn't necessarily an elaborate costume construction, but I did the draping, the hair, and the make-up for this photograph. Shot in front of an urban waterfall in a city south of Portland.
Photo taken by jR

Feathered Celestial Emperess

2008-05-10T14:48:00.000-07:00

This dress is of my design and needle. It's my sexiest yet!

This one-shoulder dress is sensual yet elegant. It has laces on both sides and a high princess slit. In addition, this dress can be a sexy lingerie and be a part of your other dress to give a whole fresh look to your evening event.

Photo by jR
modeled by myself :)

Modern Piscator

2008-05-10T14:40:00.000-07:00

I designed and sewed the whole outfit, but what took the longest was finding the materials. I have held onto one of the fabrics, looking for others that would support it, for almost five years.
Modeled by jR
Photo taken by myself for my portfolio for the first time :)

Lavender fairy

2008-05-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

I designed and assembled this costume. It was one of my quickest projects, finished in one night without knowing the exact measurements of the model. Usually my stuff takes much longer.
Thank you Katie (model) and jR (photographer) for all the helps :)

Phoenix from the Flame

2008-05-09T23:09:00.000-07:00

Part of my first collection.
Photo: jR
Model: Sherry

Threads of the Orchid Rose

2008-05-09T21:41:00.000-07:00

Another from my first collection.

Androgynous coat

2008-05-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

This coat is made out of a 100% wool fabric. The inspiration for it came from my own needs, and so I designed it for myself. I have a hard time finding the right size and style for clothing, especially the length. I hate the idea that most of the coat styles are so boxy and colorless like uniforms; I also hate that the sleeves of coats usually too long and often cover the cuffs of shirts, getting in the way of typing.

Later on, one of my guy friends borrowed this to wear and I found out that this coat ilooks way better on him than I. This coat really opened up my mind about androgynous style.

Designed and sewn by Jen Wai

Thank you jR Harper (photographer) and Sherry Wong (model) for all your help:)

Shimmer Grasshopper

2008-04-29T20:44:00.001-07:00

This is my earliest work and is the project that taught me the most of the important meanings of shape, line, color, contrast, value, etc.
This is my first prom dress, first real garment project, first of many many things. And of course I wore this to my junior prom : )

Designed and sewn by Jen Wai.

Thank you Becky Parkinson (my sewing teacher), jR Harper (photographer), and Sherry Wong (model) for all your help