Sustainability

Read about items housed in the Fashion Research Collection and how they relate to the topic of sustainability:

Belt of a paper jumpsuit with a pink, green, orange and yellow print

(PDF file) Imagining a Future of Disposability: Paper Fashion (opens in new window)
Bianca Garcia eflects on the relationship between the marketing of the paper dress as new technology and the futuristic thinking around outer space in the late 1960s.

Detail of red and pink patterned kimono

(PDF file) The Kimono and the Haori (opens in new window)
Jennifer Dares & Cecilia Martins Gomes discuss how a kimono and a haori housed by the FRC demonstrate sustainability through practice and design.

Turtle embroidery detail of kimono

(PDF file) The Language of the Kimono (opens in new window)
Dr. Ingrid Mida examines a kimono purchased by the donor's grandparents in the 1930s.

Close up of belt detail of pink, orange, yellow and green swirly patterned paper jumpsuit

(PDF file) Sustainability and the Jumpsuit (opens in new window)
Emilie Chan and Zoe Yin question the sustainability of paper as a textile by considering elements of sustainable design and the current fashion landscape.

Close up of the collar on a burgundy and black printed haori

(PDF file) Haori: An Aspect of Culture (opens in new window)
Benedikte Goronga compares and contrasts the materiality between two Japanese haori jackets, one belonging to the FRC, and the other from a privately owned collection.