Today we conducted the photoshoot for this collaboration. The photographs have been taken of the different garments that have been made and will be portrayed on the instagram and website.

We carried out the photoshoot at the Royal Pavilion gardens in Brighton which was a perfect location for our aesthetic and theme. In terms of styling we intended the outfits to be colourful yet simple. We chose a simple and minimalistic colour palette to match the garments that had been made by the design students. We styled the garments in a way that they are the main focus of the image and stand out in the photograph and the styling does not distract from the up cycled pieces.

I wanted to complete the photoshoot in the Pavilion gardens as I think it matched perfectly with the aesthetic of our project. The nature surrounding in the images create a ethereal feel to the model and garments and directly nod towards the centre focus of sustainability.

I am very happy with the way that the photographs came out as I was sceptical towards the lightning as due to being outside we could not control the lighting in the photos. However, the weather was perfect for this photoshoot and the sun perfectly complimented the garments and the model. this meant I had to do little editing to the images to ensure they stood out.

I edited the images subtly in Adobe Lightroom mainly adding slight saturation, sharpness, texture and highlights and decreasing the exposure, shadows and brightness as the images came out slightly brighter than I would’ve liked due to the sun.

OUR MANIFESTO:

As a collective we are going to build a platform where we educate the younger generations how to shop sustainably and create either online or in person workshops on how to up-cycle pre existing clothing etc. Once our platform has evolved these workshops could also be brought into children’s school education.

We want to focus mainly on the younger generations, but are more than happy to work with families and anybody that is willing to take time to learn about the future of fashion sustainability, to help us change it by inputting their thoughts and ideas too. 

Taking the clothing and fabrics from St Peters & St James’s hospice landfill we have sourced, we will use them to deconstruct and create new garments, accessories, interiors, furniture.

Using these in the workshops will allow the students to get a feel for what you can achieve and create with scrap fabrics and waste clothing, hopefully changing their ideology on second hand items.

By targeting young people between the ages of 14-18, we are also targeting fast fashion companies main consumers. By educating this particular demographic we can try and make sustainable fashion and textiles a more desirable market and reduce the amount of interest and money going into fast fashion.