How can I upscale my slow fashion brand while utilising textile waste and offcut fibres, taking inspiration from my heritage and ancient Culture of upcycling, reusing, and remaking?
The project seeks to reduce textile waste and scrap material while considering methods for scaling the small fashio
n business. Since launching my brand, I've received queries about stocking my designs from buyers from well-known brands both domestically and globally. I've struggled to duplicate reused things in the quantities buyers require, limiting my growth as a small business. Another aim is to develop an alternative option that opposes textile waste disposal exports to the Global South to dismantle colonialism. The surplus waste disposal of the Global North has disproportionately overburdened and harmed countries in the Global South (Dead White Man's Clothes, 2016).
2023
Prints, Knitwear, Textiles, Womenswear, Women's, Pattern cutting, Streetwear, Vintage, Inclusive Design
Embroidery, Pattern Cutting, knit
Denim, fabric, yarn
