REMNANTS
1. 'a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed or
destroyed’.
A fashion exhibition created from repurposed textiles
by Paula Collier and Aeron Balgemino.
This collaboration between artist Paula Collier and Design graduate Aeron
Balgemino came about through a shared vision to design a collection with pre
existing materials and utilise the textile waste that is becoming an increasingly
urgent issue in the fashion industry.
They want to challenge the western consumer led obsession with fast fashion and
the devastation that mass production of clothing has on our lived environment.
This collection utilises their personal stores of short end fabrics, collected vintage
clothing and leftover dead stock fabric.
Their design practice is a labour of collection, selection, repair, deconstruction and
reassembly, it is a materials led process which leads to multiple possibilities of
colour, pattern and texture. The pieces utilise scrap leather, recycled parachute
silk, vintage knitted wool, deadstock linen and hand painted silk. It is a form of
collage with a dystopian edge related to the underlying message of respecting our
planet’s limited resources and our responsibility to develop conscious
contemporary design.
1. 'a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed or
destroyed’.
A fashion exhibition created from repurposed textiles
by Paula Collier and Aeron Balgemino.
This collaboration between artist Paula Collier and Design graduate Aeron
Balgemino came about through a shared vision to design a collection with pre
existing materials and utilise the textile waste that is becoming an increasingly
urgent issue in the fashion industry.
They want to challenge the western consumer led obsession with fast fashion and
the devastation that mass production of clothing has on our lived environment.
This collection utilises their personal stores of short end fabrics, collected vintage
clothing and leftover dead stock fabric.
Their design practice is a labour of collection, selection, repair, deconstruction and
reassembly, it is a materials led process which leads to multiple possibilities of
colour, pattern and texture. The pieces utilise scrap leather, recycled parachute
silk, vintage knitted wool, deadstock linen and hand painted silk. It is a form of
collage with a dystopian edge related to the underlying message of respecting our
planet’s limited resources and our responsibility to develop conscious
contemporary design.
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