Treehugger Collection - SS24
Resilience: Climate Optimism
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In playing with the contrast between transparent and coarse fabrics, both aspects of trees and humanity are shown: delicacy and resiliency. The soft color palette alludes to healing, and the silhouettes have both strong and fluid components to promote a balanced contrast.
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Techniques at Play:
- Lichen inspired ruffles with textural embroidery elements
- Leaf-embroidery overlapped on dissolvable interfacing to create lace
- Original print design: Treehugger Pattern
- Spiral topstitched "tree-stump" embellishments
- Organic prints painted on with coffee-dye
Materials & More
Materials: 100% cotton twill fabric, 100% cotton gauze-knit fabric, 100% peace-silk fabric, 100% wool yarn, found fabric scraps, ribbon, zipper, thread.
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Sketches are rendered in alcohol-based marker, microliner, and colored pencil.
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Original print was drawn on Procreate and further developed in Adobe Illustrator.
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One look from this collection was shown in SRISA's Fall 2023 Student Fashion Show: Resiliency and Discovery.
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