Nancy teaches workshops that aim to have the participants create functional pieces, with the goal of at least 90% recycled material going into each project.

Each of Nancy’s original hand sewn garments like the ones shown below take between 100 and 400 hours to make.  Her work is exhibited in airports all across the country:

Fan Mail Dress, 2000.   Junk mail.

Plastic Bathing Beauty, 2004.   Detergent bottles.

Images: Nancy Judd

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Recycled fashion collection

Ritsuko Shirahama created clothing that was inspired by the colors, texture and shape of vegetables and fruit.   Taking it one step further, she then created entire outfits entirely made of fruits and vegetables!

It’s definitely worth taking a look at her collection – what a great way to look at fashion…

You can see some great photos of her collection online here and here.

image: Stock.xchg

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Food as Textiles?

They’ve come up with four set of colors, as well as their picks for the hot fabrics too – seriously yummy!

“Construct”

“Preserve”

“Reflect”

and last but not least “Revive”.

I can definitely work with those colors – good inspiration for a grey day!

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color forecasts for sewing enthusiasts

Check out the embroidery on this jacket from designer Franck Sorbier:

Isn’t that spectacular?

This dress is also by Franck Sorbier:

I’m not sure if it’s beaded or embroidered… but I’d love to get my hands on it and see!

Again, I’m not sure of the exact technique used to make this scarf/shawl, but I could see using it as inspiration for needle felt, or applique… or even painting & free-motion embroidery.

Couture is the most “artistic” of the runway shows – the clothing is usually sewn completely by hand in studios, by masters & apprentices. There are very few people in the world who can afford it – but it doesn’t mean we can’t be inspired & excited by it!

All images are courtesy Getty Images

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inspiration from the fashion world