Browsing Archive: March, 2010
Posted by Zoe Fletcher on Friday, March 5, 2010,
I have also been working on a side project with LCF and Otto Von Busch to create a hoody that symbolises where we live, the culture surrounding us and the history behind it...so Hackney got thoroughly photographed and my final idea is shown below...hopefully a picture of me wearing it will follow shortly although there has been a little delay on the printing of the design!!
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Posted by Zoe Fletcher on Friday, March 5, 2010,
I helped the Environmental Justice Foundation (check out their website its amazing!) at London Fashion Week...selling t-shirts and giving people a little information about the charity and what they are trying to achieve, it was a great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
Christopher Raeburn displayed some of his lovely work hung beautifully from the ceiling, it was part of his new collection featuring fabrics that used to be old military parachutes...they looked beautiful...
On Tuesday an...
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Posted by Zoe Fletcher on Friday, March 5, 2010,
Well time seems to have escaped me yet again...and my updates seem to be getting further and further apart...oops!!
Well the weeks seem to have merged into one long day with so much going on...here goes with the updates (happy reading mum heehee!)
My latest project 'sustainable solutions' has evolved into a knitted/sculptured/adjustable piece which can be worn in many different ways, centred around the idea that people could have hidden colour and textures on the inside of their clothing and e... Continue reading ...
Currently undertaking a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University within the MIRIAD post-graduate department, I am beginning a practice based academic journey into British wool fibres and new technologies within knitwear design.
Graduating with Distinction from a Masters in Fashion and the Environment at London College of Fashion, specialising in hand-knitting and the British Wool Industry,
I have worked on a number of knitwear collections (personal and external companies), whilst freelancing and researching for a number of exciting projects.
My work revolves around the idea of sustainable fashion from a knitted perspective and the different ways to achieve this incorporating the ideas of slow fashion into mainstream society.
I love knitting.
And wool.
And double sided sticky tape.
