WILLIAM TJONG SPRING 2023 GRADUATE COLLECTION BY WILLIAM TJONG

William Tjong   

Originally from Indonesia and now based in Melbourne, William is a menswear designer. William’s work is inspired by performance and dress, using his designs as a way of embedding choreography and movement. His Masters project takes inspiration from the contrast of daily routine acts of dress, with highly performed acts of dressing such as military ceremonies.  

William Tjong Spring 2023 Graduate Collection  

My Master project was developed from my interest in rethinking the daily act of getting dressed. Observing the gestures made in the process of wearing garments and the role it has in creating choreographic forms of expressions.  

I was also fascinated with the idea of wit in fashion, through incorporating objects into garments. The project aims to explore the interaction between the body and materialities of clothing through the playful and performative act of wearing.  

This project investigates different stages of dressing which include putting garments onto the body, fastening garments, taking garments off the body, and storing them back into the closet at