The Beginning of Design
What Does Diversity Mean to You?
To me, diversity is the acceptance and respect given to the differences between individuals, whether that be gender identity, race, background, beliefs, or any other characteristic that makes a person unique.
Diversity in fashion is designing so that anyone who wears your clothes feels seen for who they are. This includes strategies such as universal design and custo
Designing for Inclusivity
These adaptive clothing designs were generated by our project group after a guest lecturer informed our class about the daily struggles handicapped consumers faced when shopping for clothing.
We chose to focus on men's eveningwear for this design because it incorporated many elements that were troubling for those confined to wheelchairs, such as ease of wearing, elements ru
Fabric Pattern Generation
The image on the right is an example of a repeating fabric pattern I created in Photoshop as well as the associated mood board.
The fabric design has two different repeating patterns overlaid on a starry background. The first is the red and yellow "fireflies" rising from the bottom, and the second is the grid of spiky flowers that create "waves" in the background image.
History Walks
This class project had us examine clothing that was in style 2010-2023 (I focused on 2023) and identify similarities that today's fashion had with the past. Exploring the similarities in external factors, such as wartime, nostalgia, popular icons, politics, economics, etc. of the time, we then made an educated guess about why those elements may be making a comeback.
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