For my senior capstone project I decided to study zero waste clothing design and the potential it has to combat not only textile polution, but also environmental classism.
Photos by Michelle Baughn @michellebaughnphotography
The result of my research was a branded six-piece clothing collection as well as a lookbook zine. Each item featured an embroidered tag like the one below.
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This mason jar holds all the waste that was created from the entire six-piece collection.
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As mentioned above, part of my project was a lookbook zine that featured information about and pictures of each item in the collection. Each zine was packaged in recycled glassine and sewn with a ZW tag.
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My final exhibit.
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