Project Statement

؜As a group, we're demonstrating upcycling and how it serves as a solution to environmental damage and struggles regarding personal style. Through the rise of fast fashion, yearly, 100 million tons of clothes are placed into landfills, causing unnecessary pollution. And with the process of upcycling, we will highlight how it provides a sustainable solution by transforming old clothes and fabrics into new, valuable items.

Why

؜In present day, us teenagers have difficulty finding personal style and usually fall for the quick solution fast fashion provides. And although youth partake in a huge role regarding environmental activism, we hope to provide them with even more ways to help. And as teenagers ourselves, our project is meant to show how actively caring for the environment through upcycling and developing ur own personal style can co - exist.

؜IDENTITY MAP

؜Before starting this process, it's important to have an understanding of what about your identity you find most important, memorable, or exciting. An identity map is meant to help you with that process and determine what exactly you wish to pinpoint and convey through the piece you'll create.

This image is an example of a identity map about me, Meliah. I write most known and obvious parts of me and from there, I get more detailed with memories and aspirations of mine.

1. From my map, Meliah made a decision that she wanted vibrant sort of colors on the clothing she would end up creating

؜MOODBOARD

؜Ideas of design choices we will use to create our own pieces

؜FABRICS

1. Purchased from a thrift store
2. Demonstrates how these solutions are affordable and reachable to anyone

sketches

1) Document/Photograph clothing pieces

2) Have models try on our works and photograph them

3) N/A

Next Steps