FABRICS SPONSORED BY RENEWCELL
PHOTOS BY FIONN O’TOOLE
MODEL MARGIANA
LOST FOUND COLLECTED
This project, a collaboration with sustainable textile manufacturer Renewcell, was inspired by my recent experience of the loss of my childhood home. As my parents moved into new homes, the physical memories of my youth had to be gone through and packed into boxes for storage. This task allowed me to revisit many fun memories I have from the past. Clothing items like old prom and homecoming dresses and the tie-dye tee shirts from my primary school were packed up and put away. This project imagines a way to keep and carry these physical momentos with you into adult life. The dress is a quilt of pieces of prom dresses and tee shirts crocheted together by hand with cotton yarn. It is connected in to the back of the backpack so that it can be tucked away if not worn and carried with you.