Course Description
Summary
A sustainable design process with found clothing
Every year, roughly 92 million tons of clothing end up in landfills. This course seeks to support students rescuing our cast-offs by upcycling fast fashion. Students will explore how to deconstruct garments, rethink their intention, and reconstruct them anew. We will conceptualize a mini collection for theoretical “clients”/“characters” with varying styles and body shapes.
In an effort to reduce waste, students will ideate with their found materials and draw this redux collection with thoughtful intentionality toward a concise wardrobe. They will then build these designs, and the course will culminate with a showing of work at the end of class.
Materials will be provided to ensure accessibility/equability to the course, but students are welcome and encouraged to bring items they are excited to reconceptualize. Students should feel comfortable hand sewing at least. Machine sewing and serging familiarity is very helpful.
