Science Museum
I find the science museum truly exciting and energetic. It has a buzz in the atmosphere which makes you want to engage with the objects around you.
The Trash Fashion ‘designing out waste’ is the same. All the original garments are on display with interactive computer screens offering more information and short films explaining the techniques and processes of the featured designs.
I enjoyed seeing the video clip’s because some of the processes are complex and it’s easier to understand how they work. Some of the garments I loved but others I didn’t understand how they would work or who would invest in them. However, all are incredibly creative and imaginative.
One of the things I’ve learnt today is it’s actually possibly to create a leather like material out of a tea bag! The process is called bio couture, made from sugary sheets of ‘bio film’ produced by the microbes that ferment tea. The fibres, when soaked form together to create a woven effect. Suzanne Lea from Central Saint Martins is the creator of the bio couture jacket. I am not sure what I think about this, it does create a leather like material but its opaque and the video clip does suggest that it’s heavy and gooey to wear.
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| From the Trash Fashion exhibition at the Science museum, Bio couture by Suzanna Lea |
The sample fabric swatches is a good idea. Being able to touch these exotic fabrics make them more believable. Such is the case of the Nettle dress. This is incredible and the material looks exactly like wool.
This idea is all about renewable fibres. It’s a new fabric which looks and feels good whilst being environmentally friendly.
These Nettles were bred from a variety of fibres similar to wool, making the dress wearable. Its really stylish and I would definitely wear it. This was created by the textile Engineering and materials research group, De Montford.
Another idea which works well is the ‘Cocktail frock’. This involves piecing together fabrics with no stitches so it can be reworked to produce a new style and fit. Like a jigsaw it has small diamond shaped panels that ‘click and fold’ together.
With no stitches or zips it’s easily recycled and with no toxins in the dye the wool would be safe to eat.
Made by Berber Soepboer/refinily eco-effective design.
The garment which I love the most is the ‘cut out zero waste’ dress. It’s exceptional and very chic. Made by producing absolutely no waste in the pattern cutting process, Mark Lui’s deigns are made like a jigsaw, designing around the way you cut fabric out.
“you have to be able to visualise the 2D pattern and the 3D design…….You’re basically acting as both fashion designer and pattern maker at the same time”
“I have broken and reinvented the rules of tailoring to design out waste”
Mark lui
The Materials Gallery is fascinating, there’s so much to learn and get involved with.
One cabinet is dedicated to fashion and using alternative materials to create a unique piece. It show-cases one dress designed by Kyoko Kumai. It’s entirely made from steel. This seems bizarre because steel is traditionally seen is a heavy metal, used in construction.
The dress designed is actually a wedding dress. The dress and shoes on display aren’t actually wearable and would hurt to wear. This idea was then developed by creating a wearable form of steel. It’s soft and kind to the skin. Made from the fibres it can now be worn and looks elegant, a houte couture piece worthy of the catwalk. It’s actually made from a common grade of austenitic steel. (18% chromium, 9% nickel).
The light touches it beautiful; it shimmers and glistens from every angle.
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