by Kathrine Gram Hvejsel Kolding School of Design
“ The project is inspired by the thought on how to create sustainable clothes, with a highly valued aesthetic. It is an offer on how to use different sustainable concepts to understand and show the opportunities that are working which sustainability represents. One concept is to use leftover materials of high quality from local companies, in this case Gabriel, a furniture fabric manufacturer and Ecco, a shoe manufacturer. Another is to use organic natural fibres all the way from thread and fabrics to trimming. Furthermore there is upcycling as an offer and, last but not least, a concept that is recyclable in the use of purely polyester materials. The aesthetics of clothing is important to make fashion relevant. That it’s sustainable should be evident � 22