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View article: Idle and Active Dresses
Idle and Active Dresses Open
This paper explores how a wardrobe study, the dress audit, was combined with literature on the dress archetype to create a brief for fashion design practice that aims to increase the active wearing of dresses. Overall, clothing utilisation…
View article: Serial Individualities: a practice at the junction of special occasion micro-design and sustainability
Serial Individualities: a practice at the junction of special occasion micro-design and sustainability Open
The genre of special occasionwear is in a state of flux. Traditional occasions with dress categories such as the “ballgown” or “cocktail dress” have been replaced by contemporary settings such as the “red carpet” arrival at an awards cerem…
View article: 1 Triangles in silk: Piecing together a practice of upcycling
1 Triangles in silk: Piecing together a practice of upcycling Open
Sustainable fashion design is typically approached through the deployment of a combination of design strategies. One such strategy that enjoys popular use in the sustainable fashion lexicon is ‘‘upcycling”. Upcycling, an evolution of the t…