Few years ago when I was in college we get to work on a fashion collection as a group project. The rule is we have to recycle any waste material to create the collection and we only had 10 days time for the fashion show.
We decided to make a collection using rice bags which are made of jute. Of course our collection is not going to be wearable, since the jute bag material is very rough on skin. We want to make this collection only to build awareness that this material can be recycled into many other things rather than just throwing away.
We were not really sure about how these are going to turn out, when we are starting out and this is totally an experiment.
Surprisingly, it was a super hit by the end and the collection was all over media.
Now I’m going to break it down the process and take you behind the scenes so that
- It gives you the bird’s eye view of what goes into creating a collection
- Understand the process from fashion sketching to creating the final dress
- Hopefully inspires you to start your first or next fashion collection.
Also, you can grab my step by step process into a beautiful checklist along with the tools that helps you get started with your collection right away by the end of this post.
Step 1: choosing the colors and concept
We wanted to go for rainbow colors and since we don’t have enough time to make beautiful moodboard, we roughly collected images to a folder.
Otherwise, I strongly recommend to begin with the moodboard.
Step 2: Design development
Since this material is very bulky, we have many limitations and we can’t create any minute details or beautiful finishes. Keeping that in mind, I created several initial sketches with the possible designs.
P.S. The images are not that clear, because we don’t have great cameras or phones by the time.