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World of Wearable Art Awards- Summer 2021

Title of Entry: Death of True Love

Wellington, New Zealand 

Costume Rendering, Research, and Construction by Matthew Darryl Martinez 

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W.O.W. Prompt:

Each year we ask designers to be inspired by one of the six worlds that will make up the World of WearableArt Awards. There are three recurring Sections; Aotearoa, Avant-garde and Open, and three Sections that are unique to that year. 

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Section Selected: Open Category

Be inspired by the Open Section in the 20201 World of WearableArt Awards. On this page you’ll find a set of resources we have put together to inspire and provide a jumping-off point for your 2021 entry.  

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Concept Statement: 

For the longest time, whenever I would close my eyes at night, I would have nightmares. I would dream of demons pulling at my feet in the middle of the night. Sometimes, they would dig their claws into my shoulders and whisper words I did not understand into my ear.

Some nights, I would dream of a ghost that would hover outside my window and cry for me until the break of dawn. Yet each time I awoke to greet the spirit, it would disappear. Like the ghost in my dream, I have found the beauty in mourning.

Loving someone is so short, while the ghost of them never seems to leave. I decided to turn the familiar heartaches, the night terrors, into something beautiful. I decided to take all the darkness and turn them into a piece of art. In life, there are times when we are forced into darkness, and I have learned to see the beauty in the abyss of onyx chaos.

"Death of True Love" - Costume Design, submission to the World of Wearable Arts Awards 2020, Wellington, New Zealand