Engaging and connected talks, full runway of upcycled clothing, $1 tacos, silent auction -- Re(dress)’s major project of 2017 was a grand success! It took an arduous four months of planning, designing, cutting, sewing, organizing, and collaborating to create such an impactful and unforgettable event. This night became not only a startling awakening for the audience to the unseen issues of fashion -- such as the slanted standard of beauty, environmental disaster, neglected women’s and children’s rights -- but also a strengthened commitment for Re(dress) to continue our fight for honesty in an industry that exploits and damages.
We raised $782 from the 22 repurposed outfits that were auctioned off by local community members, which will be donated to Labour Behind the Label, a non-profit organization based in the UK that campaigns for garment workers’ rights worldwide. This marks a small step forward in bringing to light the blood, sweat, and tears hanging from our clothes. But our fight for transparency is far from over. Continue to educate yourself and others on the untold story behind our closets by keeping up with our updates and blogs. Take responsibility and take action. Big thanks to Global Prep Academy who provided our team with their awesome space! See a 360 video of our runway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qXm04pJ2TQ&feature=youtu.be See us featured on local news: https://signalscv.com/2017/01/21/teenagers-use-old-clothes-bring-awareness-pricing/
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Diversity in terms of race, gender, and size have all served its time in the spotlight, but progress has been slow. Not to mention the most ignored and obvious of all -- age. We need to talk about fashion’s ageism problem. Fashion is a fantasy, but it is also a representation of cultural ideals. In this fantasy then, models are muses -- so what does it mean when the source of inspiration excludes anyone old enough to have a wrinkle? Youth is the new standard of beauty on the runway and beyond. Dior Haute Couture’s Fall 2015 opener, Sophia Mechetner, was only 14 years old at the time of her debut. Fashion’s never-ending pursuit of the newest and coolest extends into the search for models, who are usually not that much older than Mechetner. Pricey designer wares are modeled by girls between the narrow window of 16 to 26, despite the fact that most female luxury wear consumers are nearly twice their age. The issue extends beyond catwalks. Models in their 20s serve as spokeswomen for anti-aging creams. Magazines ignore the existence of older women in their editorials, besides the occasional features of the age-defying celebrity -- Julianne Moore or Cate Blanchett. It seems as if time has stopped at 26 in the fashion world. On one hand, fashion constantly caters to the youth; on the other, it remains firmly in the power of the mature. Designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Giorgio Armani, each in his early 80s, Ralph Lauren (75), and Donna Karan (66) still hold immense influence in the fashion world. Even for an industry that has made something of an art form of contradiction (loving both pelts and pets, for example), this is hard to reconcile. Fashion presents its ideals in one way or another, and if those don’t include the women representative of the ones who are buying the clothes, it’s a real problem. Why not show women inspiration that they can believe in? Aging gracefully and stylishly is definitely something to aspire to. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/style/fashions-two-faced-relationship-with-age.html?_r=0 |
Our Goal:To inform on the ongoing crises that the clothing industry poses on our community and applaud any acts that rise over the conventional ways of consumption.
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