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Molded leather corset capturing an imprint of belts, a piece about tension between control and disruption by @adaselcuuk_
Molded leather corset capturing an imprint of belts, a piece about tension between control and disruption by @adaselcuuk_
Ada Selcuk is a Turkish fashion design student at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA). Her project “CALIBRE” is a molded leather corset capturing an imprint of belts, a piece about tension between control and disruption.
Ada Selcuk is a Turkish fashion design student at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA). Her project “CALIBRE” is a molded leather corset capturing an imprint of belts, a piece about tension between control and disruption.
Ada:
CALIBRE is a project developed around the concept of Disrupted Control, exploring the relationship between the body and the structures designed to shape, regulate, and contain it. The idea emerged from an interest in accessories as devices of control. Unlike garments that envelop the entire body, accessories operate through direct points of contact, applying pressure, tension, restriction, and support. They become visible mechanisms through which control is exercised and experienced.
CALIBRE is a project developed around the concept of Disrupted Control, exploring the relationship between the body and the structures designed to shape, regulate, and contain it. The idea emerged from an interest in accessories as devices of control. Unlike garments that envelop the entire body, accessories operate through direct points of contact, applying pressure, tension, restriction, and support. They become visible mechanisms through which control is exercised and experienced.
The project focuses on the corset, a historical object traditionally used to discipline and reshape the body according to imposed ideals. Rather than presenting control as fixed or absolute, CALIBRE investigates moments where it becomes unstable, negotiable, and open to disruption. Through imbalance, asymmetry, and visible traces of tension, the project questions what happens when systems designed to control begin to lose their authority.
The project focuses on the corset, a historical object traditionally used to discipline and reshape the body according to imposed ideals. Rather than presenting control as fixed or absolute, CALIBRE investigates moments where it becomes unstable, negotiable, and open to disruption. Through imbalance, asymmetry, and visible traces of tension, the project questions what happens when systems designed to control begin to lose their authority.
The title CALIBRE refers to measurement, precision, and regulation. It reflects the desire to define, adjust, and standardize the body through external structures. The subtitle Disturbed Control introduces a contradiction: a system intended to create order that simultaneously reveals instability, resistance, and transformation.
The title CALIBRE refers to measurement, precision, and regulation. It reflects the desire to define, adjust, and standardize the body through external structures. The subtitle Disturbed Control introduces a contradiction: a system intended to create order that simultaneously reveals instability, resistance, and transformation.
The final outcome is a molded leather waist corset created through an experimental shaping process. Leather was soaked and formed directly over belts wrapped around a mannequin. As the material dried, it retained the pressure marks and imprints left by the belts, preserving physical traces of compression and restraint within its surface. What began as a temporary force became permanently embedded in the material itself. The piece is designed to be worn over clothing rather than directly on the body, the corset occupies a space between fashion accessory and body sculpture. Its structure is intentionally asymmetrical and avoids conventional side seams, allowing the piece to wrap around the body as a single sculptural form. The open back was completed through a manually perforated lacing system, with each hole individually punched by hand after the molding process had been completed.
The final outcome is a molded leather waist corset created through an experimental shaping process. Leather was soaked and formed directly over belts wrapped around a mannequin. As the material dried, it retained the pressure marks and imprints left by the belts, preserving physical traces of compression and restraint within its surface. What began as a temporary force became permanently embedded in the material itself. The piece is designed to be worn over clothing rather than directly on the body, the corset occupies a space between fashion accessory and body sculpture. Its structure is intentionally asymmetrical and avoids conventional side seams, allowing the piece to wrap around the body as a single sculptural form. The open back was completed through a manually perforated lacing system, with each hole individually punched by hand after the molding process had been completed.
Through its rigid form, visible pressure marks, and exposed construction, CALIBRE transforms an invisible mechanism of control into a tangible object. The piece explores the tension between restriction and freedom, questioning how systems of control shape the body, how they leave lasting traces behind, and what remains when their authority begins to weaken.
Through its rigid form, visible pressure marks, and exposed construction, CALIBRE transforms an invisible mechanism of control into a tangible object. The piece explores the tension between restriction and freedom, questioning how systems of control shape the body, how they leave lasting traces behind, and what remains when their authority begins to weaken.