Ethical Fashion at GMoMA
British designer Mark Liu goes a step further than simply eco-friendly or Fair Trade fashion, with designs developed from the concept of “zero waste.” He’s featured in the new fashion-meets art exhibit at the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Called “Fashion Ethics: Wear Good”, Liu has based his work on the epitome of ethical. After learning how 15% of the fabric is wasted from pattern cutting and sewing, he knew something had to be done for the waste involved.
Inspired by traditional Eastern designs such as the Japanese kimono and the Indian sari, he wanted to utilize every scrap for the final product.
“I tried to hybridize these Eastern designs with Western ones. I wanted to create something brand-new, a new way of thinking in Western design where you design a piece of clothing to deliberately waste zero fabric,” he said in a recent article.
Even the material he uses is reclaimed from scraps from fabric companies.
Liu, along with 19 other artists, are featured.
For those of you travelling anywhere near South Korea in the next few weeks, Fashion Ethics: Wear Good is running until October 4th. Visit www.gmoma.org for more info.
The liveeco team
