What is it and why should I do it?

Circular Fashion is where all people involved from the manufacturer to the consumer take responsibility for keeping clothing in a wearable state for as long as possible. Circular Fashion is defined as clothes, shoes or accessories that are designed, sourced, produced with a goal of continued sustainability. Circular Fashion's goal is to eliminate waste and re-purpose products and fibres into new fashion pieces. 

What will I do in class?

Students will explore different techniques for repairing clothing and textile products to extend the life of the product. As well as exploring the up-cycling of a textile product that is no longer useful in its present form.

There will be two written investigation tasks:

Task 1: What defines Circular Fashion and how it compares to the traditional linear fashion industry.

Task 2: Investigation a design label that represents the Circular Fashion business model.