Serif
Zeting Xu
London College of Fashion UAL
This collection, SERIF, investigates how serif typographic morphology can be translated into menswear through pattern-cutting. By treating patterns as typographic strokes, the cuts examine how curvature and terminal points of serif shape silhouette on the male body. While the pattern-cutting is conceived as a typographic glyph, paper is employed as the material medium of construction. The selection of paper-like textiles balances the work between material experimentation and commercial feasibility. Pine soot ink on washable paper recalls the matte, fibrous tactility of Gambiered Cantonese Silk, establishing a dialogue in which ink and paper function as interdependent agents of form and surface. The result is a structural language in which garment construction operates as a mode of typographic inscription.