Nuoqi Shen

Grey Sheep

@nuoqishen_

Location

melbourne / Australia

University

RMIT University Australia

Graduation year

2022

Main Manufacturing Countries

Australia

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NUOQI SHEN is an innovative fashion label founded by Chinese designer Nuoqi Shen, who graduated from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia in 2022. Her unique design aesthetic is characterized by avant-garde unisex styles, distinctive details, and sustainable approaches.

The brand's first collection, "by independent," showcased Nuoqi's innovative approach to fashion design and garnered recognition in national and global competitions. Her unisex design was shortlisted in the "Global Design Graduate Showcase 2022," and the collection was featured in the "Melbourne Fashion Festival National Graduate Showcase 2022" as one of the top 10 finalists.

In 2022, NUOQI SHEN's world-making graduate collection, "Mars Odyssey," continued Nuoqi's exploration of sustainability and technology in fashion design. The collection envisions a future lifestyle on Mars and proposes possibilities of more sustainable and technology-engaged fashion. This collection engages in sustainability innovation through zero-waste designs, upcycling, and streamlined production utilizing 3D programs. "Mars Odyssey" won third prize in the prestigious "iD International Emerging Designer Award 2023" and was presented at "Melbourne Fashion Week 2022."

NUOQI SHEN's designs aspire to explore new societal roles and landscapes for personal identity while contributing to a more sustainable and inclusive fashion industry. The brand investigates strategies and methods to design fashion more mindfully, with a goal of preserving self-expression in the face of sustainability and climate challenges. Through her designs, NUOQI SHEN brings these concepts to life and demonstrates how fashion can play a vital role in creating a better world for all.

Latest Collection

Mar Odyssey

‘Mars Odyssey’ is a world-making future fashion collection that envisions a future lifestyle on Mars and proposes possibilities of more sustainable and technology-engaged fashion. New spacesuits, wearable oxygen gear, and life support devices provide alternatives for outdoor human activities on Mars, as well as opportunities for bold self-expression. These pneumatic design prototypes have the potential for temperature control and air storage, combining style and innovation. The design engages distinctive details, unisex gender-fluid styles and avant-garde expressions with blended design development and exploration between the digital and physical.

The collection is inspired and developed through “Zero-waste pattern” experimentation in 3d program Clo3D and physical draping. The collection engages multiple sustainability innovation methods, including zero-waste design, upcycling, streamlined production in 3D programs and using biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) across the whole collection.