C.P. Company — Integrated Mask

A concept study from the COVID period: a face mask built into the garment itself, clipped on and off, in the language of C.P. Company.

Category
Fashion & Luxury
Year
2020

A design concept that treats the face mask as part of the garment rather than an accessory carried alongside it. The mask attaches to the collar of a knit high-neck with a clip at the jaw, so it can be worn, dropped or removed without ever leaving the wearer. Two constructions were studied — a moulded technical shell and a soft fabric panel that reads as an extension of the collar itself.

The challenge

In 2020 the face mask became a thing everyone carried and nobody wanted to look at. Treated as a medical object it stayed medical. The question was whether protective equipment could be absorbed into a garment as a considered design element instead — without the result looking like a gimmick, and without leaving the brand’s own visual language.

The approach

The concept was built around C.P. Company’s own vocabulary: technical black fabric, matte utilitarian hardware, and the lens badge at the shoulder. A single clip carries the whole idea — it is the fastening, the hinge and the reason the mask never becomes something separate to lose. Everything was modelled, shaded and lit as a product render so the two mask constructions could be compared as finished garments rather than sketches.

Process
The result

The concept reached C.P. Company, and they liked it — which for a speculative piece is the whole point. It got the brand’s attention on the strength of the idea alone.

My role

Concept, garment and hardware modelling, shading, lighting and rendering.

Concept work. Not commissioned by, affiliated with or endorsed by the brands shown. All trademarks, brand names and product designs are the property of their respective owners and are referenced here only to describe the work.

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