Moodboard
A moodboard is literally an atmosphere board: a composition made of images, text, objects and samplings. Each moodboard is based on a specific theme with the intent of evoking or designing a particular style or concept, or showing an idea.
In this blog, me and my Creative Assistant (a rabbit made of calico…) we collect notes dedicated to design: from fashion design to the evolution of pattern for textile printing, from sustainable fabrics to creative recycling and attention to more critical and conscious consumption.
Zero waste, step by step
“Zero waste fashion” as approach to sustainable pattern cutting; Video tutorial: design your pattern with open software Seamly2D.
Fashion supply chain sustainability: Clean Clothes Campaign
Originally founded in 1989 in the Nederlands and today spread in 14 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norvey, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK) the Clean Clothes Campaign represents the biggest textile trade union and NGOs alliance which works with about 250 world organizations. Its main activity areas are related to …
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Ethical fashion vs label
Fashion details often make difference. Colours, prints, a particolaur style. But what do we know about a garment label? Does it make you able to figure out the production chain hidden behind a probable global product? Who, where and how has been manufactured the item we are going to buy? How many phases have been …