Celebrating Slow Process Fashion

Today I have a few questions which need only be answered from within and reflected on....#100daysofhappinessandcreativity

Day 20 has me thinking about my passion for textile resourcefulness and the many creative ways to make from very little.

Where do our textile / clothing values lie? Long term or short term? how does this affect and impact on the environment. (All designs below are made by me for my Handmade label www.Wildsuga.com)

Photographer: Ishay Botbol 

Stylist: Jessica Duffin

Designer: Wildsuga

"This is the new me, i was rescued and renewed & now i have frills...."

My conversation today is based on textiles and fashion and the reason why slow fashion needs to be valued. As someone who makes slow fashion and desires others to make it too, i'm curious about the transition of returning to a time when clothing was ECO-nomical , less wasteful and valued!

As you may know (20 years before the present day is considered = vintage) 

Fabrics from the past are much better quality then today. I was thinking how 20 years from now - can we really say the high streets garments are of a vintage "quality & long-lasting"

Quality made clothing will last because of the considered slow process I believe it is worth investing in a machine and Sourcing well made fabric, buying and supporting handmade or "quality" designer clothes if we want to help the impact of textile waste.

Fabric clothing manufacturing is a different process from what it used to be in the past. Everything is So fast and linked to demand... "But who's demanding this...is it us? or the big Companies?" and why do we have seasonal fashion which makes people feel they have to keep up - who invented that cycle??"

I don't care for or believe in seasonal fashion cycles or trends. I have always felt it to be extremely wasteful and not practical at all. Its fun for the wearer but at who's cost.

I source and re-use curtains, bed sheets, table cloths, and coffee sacks in my designs and am challenging myself to continue moving this vision forward in different art forms of expression. My questions leads back to how do we become less wasteful and leave less impact on the environment through our choices with consumerism, valuing & buying quality as opposed to quantity.

Photographer: Kristina V Mack
Models: Shaz Begum and Sarah Maddalena
Make up: Mary Jane Gotidoc 
Hair: Kazuhiro Takabatake
Assistant Stylists: Sophia White & Neema Vagadia 
Designer Sarina Mantle

"Wearable and no longer destined for the Landfill ..... Slow fashion"

Photographer: Azazel Shade
Model: Katya
Make up: Claire Eluka
Hair: Natasha Walker
Designer: Sarina Mantle 

"A new body owns me, i was once the fabric door to a window"

Photographer - Lulu McArdle
Stylist - Lora Foulsham
Make-up Artist - Chelsey Williams

"I covered your skin while you slept and now i walk with you"

Photographer: Katie Eleanor

Hair & Mua: Alice Moore

"Once frail and weakened now reawakened in a community of seams & layers, 

i have found my home on you"

We have the choice and decision to check the fabric content, location and quality of a garment by the label and asking questions. If the shop assistant don't know maybe thats a sign.. It reminds me of when i look for food and the content of the packaging....

Valuing our body and the our second skin's content ...