With fast paced fashion it is so easy to get caught up in this whole culture of taking away people’s access to a fair life by buying into cheap garments produced at the cost of exploitation. Their has been a movement of reacting against this and I have found through my research people are becoming a lot more conscious about how they choose to buy thier clothes. This has led to many people taking up sewing classes and striving to customise their existing wardrobe in order to keep up with trends and develop new styles which do not follow mainstream fashion. I want to conduct a bit of research on this further as I have recently realised that their are sewing classes in Manchester which suit and reflect different parts of Manchester’s communities through the styles of clothing they look to produce in the classes and learn how to sew.
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Zoe Fletcher
Manchester Metropolitan University.
Textile Design For Fashion
RE:Knit:Able - How will you wear yours?...How will I wear mine?Using the concept of ‘slow' fashion, the aim of Zoe's collection is to create a whole new clothing experience that would entice the customer into keeping their garment for a long time.
By knitting an 'adjustable' garment that can be unbuttoned at various joins to create many different variations on a cardigan/waistcoat/purse/whatever they choose it to be. She created a number of different sleeve combinations and trims that can be attached in different ways to create completely unique outfits. The customer can then add different pieces to it, instead of buying a whole new garment. Alternatively, the different pieces could be turned into a more appropriate item for the day such as a bag or purse.
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