Farfetch Library
Astrid Woronczak, Jarrod Koutros, Laura Epperlein. How might we refine existing sustainable alternatives to fast fashion that are more accessible?. Although fast fashion is extremely accessible, it’s also very unsustainable and damaging to the earth. “The average consumer is now purchasing 60 percent more items of clothing compared to 2000, but each garment is kept half as long and on …
HerCollaborate
Ana Karabotic Milovac, Lucy Olver and Caterina Pelle HerCollaborate is a non-for-profit social enterprise that advocates and promotes awareness for sexual assault survivors through fashion design. A significant concern in the discourse surrounding sexual violence is that of victim blaming and how fashion is engineered to be socially understood as the cause of assault. In response to this, HerCollaborate has …
CARE FOR WEAR
LUCY ELIAS, LILLY TEHAN, XIUNIAN WU Over the recent years, fashion designers and consumers have become increasingly aware of the negative impacts fashion garment life cycles have on the environment. The amount of water and chemicals within textile detergents used when washing clothing and textile waste/landfill is often overlooked by consumers and is very environmentally damaging. Though over the recent …
Proposed Project: Fashion For What
Team Members: Harrison Wallace, Xiaohua Ou (Eva) & Xinyue Zhang (Andrea) Currently within the fashion system as consumers become more aware of their environmental and ethical footprints, there remains problems in the lack of communication between consumers and fashion brands. These problems relate to the brands transparency, including their supply chains and manufacturing processes and the lack of communication between …
Her Daily Dose
Lilli Mckenzie, Emily Quach, H’Raani Pilbeam Whether it is because of their clothes, shoes or hair, women are undeniably more publicly scrutinised than men – and it’s a problem that affects women in all walks of life. Research indicates that clothing itself has the ability to alter the wearers self esteem and confidence. Women are in need of positive reinforcement …
The Communist Body
Zoe Ryan, Wenyi Wang & Sarah Evans The Communist Body is a fashion and art exhibition inspired by Andy Warhol’s communist inspired work that normalises all body shapes and sizes through multiple fashion art mediums exhibiting women wearing the same oversized uniform garment. It challenges the viewer to look past the capitalist view that one body is better than another …
Debunking Beauty Myths
By Alyse Salib, Veemond Khoo, XiaoTong Liu (Tanya) Women have always been socialised and pressure placed to uphold a certain beauty standard, that standard have continuously affect women in countless ways; whether it is the commodification of female sexuality, mental health in young women or misrepresentation of older women. Those stereotypical standards evolve into many different platforms as technology advancements …
The Power Pack
By Caleigh Wallace, Lucie Twyford and Madi Cheney The Power Pack is a project seeking to address unequal access to education for youth in developing countries. Specifically, it addresses the lack of electricity, which makes it difficult to study after sundown and poses a risk of danger when walking to and from school. Our product offers a portable form of …
