The White Project - Zero Waste Design for Fashion
About Program
Traditionally zero waste garments would have been the standard – the first items of clothing worn would have been an animal skin or a piece of woven material, draped, folded or tied to fit the body (for example – a peplos, sari or kilt). Fabric would be cut in squares, rectangles or simple shapes. Garments could be assembled and disassembled, and reused or mended (for example a kimono, a fisherman’s trouser). Resources were scarce and valuable. Very little would be thrown away.
You will be asked to research the concept of zero waste, considering the following issues currently being debated – sustainability, responsibility, ethics, the environment – and to formulate a personal body of research leading to practice-based explorations to test and consider the 2-D and 3-D options that these important issues offer fashion and textile designers.
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Program Highlights
- White Tyvek will be used by all students to eliminate the distraction of colour or print; and to enable you to explore your ambition and creativity through technique, cut and form.
- You will be shown a variety of relevant techniques and working methods to add to your own personal investigations.
- You will need to consider how you can work with your design research as you begin to test and explore your ideas.
- Your final design outcome must be zero-waste.
