In our final year at Ryerson, Fashion Communication students have to do a self-directed capstone project. The subject is of your choosing and it can be absolutely anything and not necessarily fashion-related. In our program we focus on visual communication through design with courses like graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, etc so our projects are going to be very broad from paintings, events, brand books, websites, etc. My project relates to My Vintage Secret. As you know, I shop mostly in thrift stores and re-use a lot of clothing. I wanted my project to reflect this idea of clothing as valuable and recyclable in a time that promotes “fast fashion” so I constructed a clothing sculpture. Below, is a piece that I made with donations (thanks to everyone who donated!) which I manipulated into what I hope is seen as something beautiful. In the middle is a white space (white clothing) for my do-it-yourself stop motion videos to be projected onto. After spending four straight days finalizing the sculpture I am 98% done! I just handed in these photos to my prof to mark and the next step is installing it at the exhibition which starts April 7th and continues until the 10th. Without further ado, here is my ultimate DIY.

My prof wanted to have people “interact” with the piece thus me shoving my roommate, Stef and Wes in front of the camera (thanks guys!) Nice poses eh?

To make it perfect I’m still accepting clothing donations.  If anyone in Toronto is planning on donating clothing I would love to take them off your hands (preferably tshirts or thin knits… my thumbs hurt from weaving these into the metal frame)

After the Exhibition is over I will be donating the clothing to the Yonge Street Mission Thrift Store.

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