Month / October 2017

by Olivia Kate Violet

Tutorial Notes 10/09

Deconstruction Fashion: The Making of the Unfinished, Decomposing and Re-assembled Clothes

Notes:

  • Deconstruct anything – maybe look into how a certain type of clothing is made and look into how you can re-use it
  • Get a sustainable brand on side?
  • Start somehow – can’t take on the whole world, start somewhere .. could even be socks
  • Idea of resistance in fashion – what’s fashion today? Fashion is moving at a great pace.
  • Mending, Obsolescence fashion, Eco fashion, Reformed, Re-made, ‘Old-New’

Writers:

Artists:

  • Rachel Kneebone’s – intricate works address and question the human condition: renewal, transformation, life cycles and the experience of inhabiting the body.
  • Li Edelkoort: Anti fashion – a manifesto for the next decade

Sustainable brands:

https://www.wearethought.com/sustainable-socks/all-sustainable-socks/?product_size=333

https://www.filippa-k.com/gb/woman/sustainable?gclid=CjwKCAjw3_HOBRBaEiwAvLBbotJVNrhSQB5B1-toaSjUy0i_HqK02cmHRaJIafpPOk5HEkBh-IDeIRoCGjsQAvD_BwE

 

by Olivia Kate Violet

Deconstruction Fashion: The Making of Unfinished, Decomposing and Re-assessed Clothes

I found this article inciteful, it has led me to consider clothes the deconstruction of them in many ways. I enjoyed the comparisons of deconstruction in terms of theories, assumptions and literal thinking.

The idea of recycled and old-new now come to mind when considering what deconstructing a garment looks like.  Alison talks about the process involved and how many designers have used this idea within their work to convey a sense of sentimental value and the idea that things can be re-born.

She questions whether it could be another superficial trend rather than a significant thought. I don’t believe so although feel that even if it were posing as such, that there would be a beneficial outcome.

The idea of ‘trace’ and how the deconstruction of clothes can lead you down a path to a potentially uncovered story is exciting and I believe to be accurate. The idea that cultural reflection can be gained from the ‘undoing’ of garments allows you to create a sense of life.

A great deal of reflective analysis and in-depth research is portrayed in this article.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2752/136270498779754489

by Olivia Kate Violet

The True Cost

This film really hit me emotionally. To see how what I wear is affecting people in countries such as India in the way it is, is heart breaking. I honestly feel ashamed and motivated to make a change.

Sustainability and waste is such a massive issue that I just can’t get over. How is it got this bad?! Why are we so unaware, or more to the point, so passive when it comes to this information. The way in which companies focus on profits and don’t care about what they are doing to those who work for them is unfathomable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaGp5_Sfbss

 

by Olivia Kate Violet

Outcome notes / ideas

  • Put on an exhibition where different artists or fashion designers or brands can exhibit work/ clothing lines for all too see.
  • Social media account that posts different images, slogans, ideas about how we can be sustainable
  • reusing tents at festivals to create a clothing line
  • posters that promote the campaign centred around less is more and lasting longer ideologies.
by Olivia Kate Violet

Book List for Comms Research

304.230866/GEO – Geographies of sexualities: theory practices and politics

306.766/LES – the lesbian and gay studies reader

306.766/GAY – The Gay Past.

306.766/INS – Inside/Out. Lesbian theories, Gay theories

306.766/LES – The Lesbian and Gay studies reader

338.47687/FLE – Fashion & Sustainability. Design for change

338.47687/ROU – Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion

338.47687/MIN – Naked Fashion. The new sustainable fashion revolution

741.67/ MCQ – Graphic Agitation 2

820.9/NEW – New lesbian criticism: literacy and cultural readings

by Olivia Kate Violet

Lecture notes

Topics to consider:

  • The idea of absence
  • Waste
    – Sweat shops
    – Who made my clothes campaign
  • Idea of MENDING – visible mending – the control
  • Roland Bart – reading
  • Look out for Student Central for readings/ essays
  • Temperature
  • Animals becoming extinct
  • Education – how little we are influenced/ informed
  • Materials – manufacturing, marketing, idea of impact of the
  • Southeast Asia and the pollutants they are living with
  • The idea of a Keepsake – ww2 women making quilts out of clothes they had

Sites to visit:

Instagram: Stories behind things

 

Artists:

Jessica Rogdon – recycling clothing – APC – off cuts of clothes go to make quilts

Katy Mcguier

Becky early

JJ Noki

Thom of Holland

Johnathan Branbrook – Disobedient objects exhibit

Suzan Cianciolo – fine artist – not produced to fit each season; called run

Moon – critical analysis – exercises

Polyester fibres breaking off – plastic – reverting climate change

 

Exhibitions:

What is luxury? 

  • A persons definition – bling culture against a 16th century gold hand woven cape
  • new money
  • personal opinion


Threads of feeling

  • Foundling  museum
  • Mothers take chunks of child’s clothing in the hope to reunite with child