PARSONS THESIS COLLECTION
Inspired by photographs of my Sicilian grandparents journeys in the 1950s. With sustainability at the core of the project, all the textiles and trims were sourced in Italy (silks, cachemire, suiting and shirting fabrics) and Guatemala (denim, cotton twills) from factories dead stock piles. Zero waste construction techniques included bias tube draping, reduction in the amount of seams, repurposing of scraps for pocketing, bindings and trims. The cyanotype photographic process was chosen to develop the original photos onto the fabrications, symbolically giving new life to the subjects many decades later.