After seeing both the Trash fashion and Art, Fashion, Identity exhibits I am going to base my research around the work of the designer Suzanne Lee, who merges the fields of science and technology and fashion to combat the ever growing problems we have in todays society with over consumption and use of unsustainable resources. I will begin my research by looking at why there is a need for a more sustainable supply of clothing and materials and just how damaging our wasteful consumer society is to the environment. Then through analysis of Lee’s bio couture clothing, I will investigate the new and exciting ways designers are finding ways of creating fabric using as few natural resources as possible and without creating a devastating and irreversible effect on the planet. I think it will be interesting to find out how designers are now seeing the need for renewable textiles and see to what extent they are using new materials to create more environmentally friendly collections. I think it will also be interesting to look at how it is almost viewed as a social stigma and embarrassment to break the rules about buying new clothes for different and special occasions and being more environmentally friendly. Recycling textiles and reusing old fabrics, customizing, or up cycling old garments is a brilliant idea for the environment but it is interesting to question how socially acceptable the ideas are and how the stereotype images of recycles clothes actually differ from the real thing. The role of traditional craft also plays a part, as handmade, ethically produced garments using local materials has very little impact on the environment compared to massive factories, but once again there are social prejudges towards clothes which may be considered “crafty” and it will be interesting to see how sustainable craft can be more than brightly coloured felt and more high end fashion.
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