Pale Blue Dot
Layla Dian Jin
Fashion Design (School of Graduate Studies)
About this Item
- Title
- Pale Blue Dot
- Date
- 2025
- Summary/Artist Statement
- Layla Dian Jin is a Chinese fashion designer who earned an undergraduate degree in Art Marketing before pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Design at FIT. Her work transforms abstract inspirations from the universe, philosophy and cultural history into visually striking and conceptually cohesive collections. By deconstructing and reconstructing Eastern and Western clothing structures, she explores the interplay between tradition and innovation. With expertise in fashion illustration, wearable sculpture, and textile manipulation, Jin pushes the boundaries of craftsmanship to create designs that challenge tradition while embracing artistic expression.
- About This Collection:
- "Pale Blue Dot" is a famous astronomical photograph depicting Earth as a mere speck of dust in the vast universe. This collection draws inspiration from its imagery, exploring humanity's fragility and connection to the cosmos. Handcrafted sculptural accessories serve as wearable art, embodying weightlessness and deconstruction. Zero-gravity silhouettes and modular structures blur the lines between body and space, allowing garments to transform and adapt. Balancing solitude and unity, the collection reflects on existence—ephemeral, ever-evolving, and deeply intertwined with the infinite.
- Course/Degree Information
- 2025 Fashion Design MFA graduate thesis collection. Presented on September 9, 2025 at 'Act 5: Fashion Design MFA Showcase.'
- M.F.A. in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025.
- Department: Fashion Design
- Related Materials
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Act 5: Fashion Design MFA 2025 Graduate Showcase - Official Trailer
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: fd_mfa_000064
Citation
Jin, L. D. (2025). Pale Blue Dot. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661658
Jin, Layla Dian. Pale Blue Dot. 2025. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661658
Jin, Layla Dian. "Pale Blue Dot." FIT Digital Repository, 2025. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661658