Profile: Lunlalin Viya – Real Leather Design Competitions

Lunlalin Viya

Srinakharinwirot university

I am a fashion design student based in Thailand, driven by a deep fascination with philosophy, performance, and the unseen layers of human experience — especially human behavior, the way people think, and how they express themselves. It’s complex, unpredictable, and endlessly inspiring. For me, fashion is not just about clothing — it’s a medium to express thought, emotion, and lived experience. My creative process often begins with a question: What if something doesn’t have to be the way it seems? Sometimes my ideas are abstract, sometimes they emerge from small curiosities in daily life. I am drawn to the way garments can carry meaning, tell stories, and create space for identity to unfold. I often work from conceptual ideas, exploring how themes like duality, emergence, or hidden beauty can be translated through structure, material, and movement. I’m especially inspired by performance art, and how the body interacts with space, light, and time. This leads me to design pieces that are not static, but alive — capable of transformation, interaction, and revelation. I believe fashion holds the power to translate imagination into reality — to give form to inner worlds and make fleeting thoughts tangible. Whether through layering, motion, or hybrid silhouettes, I aim to create garments that spark curiosity and emotional connection, while reflecting a deep commitment to sustainability and intentional design. To me, fashion is more than style — it’s a language of ideas, a living reflection of who we are, and who we are becoming.

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Angel Stain

Category: Apparel

Competitions: Thailand

Inspired by the sensory experience of drinking Dirty coffee, this project explores contrast, transformation, and controlled coexistence. Within the glass, dark espresso rests above cold milk, creating a striking visual tension between intensity and softness. As the drink evolves with each sip, the flavors gradually shift and interact, yet never completely dissolve into uniformity. The contrast remains present — layered, dynamic, and rich. Named “Angel Stain,” the project draws from both the visual composition of Dirty coffee and the traces left on and around the glass after drinking — stains, rings, and residues that capture the lingering dialogue between bitterness and smoothness, separation and connection.

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Hidden soul

Category: Apparel

Competitions: Thailand

Inspired by Keith Lam’s The New Canvas performance, this project explores the transformation of form — where the surface is no longer static, and true essence is revealed only through interaction. In Lam’s work, the canvas is reimagined: not as a flat or passive surface, but as a dynamic, living environment shaped by light, movement, and data. Inside a seemingly empty white dome, nothing is immediately visible. But once the performance begins, the space transforms — light pulses, shadows shift, the environment begins to breathe. What was once hidden comes alive. This moment of emergence feels deeply human — like something waiting quietly to be discovered. This experience sparked a natural metaphor: the geode — a rough, unassuming stone that holds a crystalline world within. On the outside, it appears solid and closed. But once cracked open, its interior reveals unexpected layers of brilliance and complexity. Like Lam’s canvas, the geode embodies the duality between restraint and revelation. This tension — between outer simplicity and inner depth — became the foundation of Hidden Soul. Hidden Soul is a sculptural garment that transforms with intention. At first glance, it is a sharply tailored blazer — architectural, composed, and precise. But with a single gesture — a shift in structure, a zip at the side — it unfolds into a voluminous balloon dress. The inner lining is soft and iridescent, echoing the layered hollowness and shimmering textures of a geode’s core. This project invites the wearer to experience fashion as transformation — a journey from surface to soul.