If the fashion industry pursues rapid production and strong sales, in addition to brand designers who must constantly push the work progress of the teams behind them, I think the pressure is greater on the front-end sales staff, who must not only have industry knowledge, but also We must absorb the fashion trends of each season and the propositions of our own products, and then use the sales skills of the lotus flower to achieve the performance goals of each quarter. But we all know that the shortcut is not only faster, but also faster. While pursuing speed, we Are unnecessary resources excessively consumed?
In recent years, both affordable brands and high-end fashion brands have launched new materials or technologies with environmentally conscious concepts, emphasizing that while pursuing fashion, you can also be an environmental ambassador. It seems that you want to get rid of the unnecessary pollution that you were burdened with before. name.
As a hand-dyed fabric designer, in addition to doing it myself, everything from R&D, manufacturing and sales is done independently, and I even collaborated with the local Textile Art Center in New York to promote a natural seed dye project〈NYCs Textile Arts Centers Sewing Seeds Natural Dye Program> recently collaborated with local bakery Grand Street Bakery on a workshop: Organic Indigo.
In addition to using food waste locally, such as fruit peels, coffee grounds, onion skins, vegetable stems, etc., designer Cara will also analyze and explain each step, from filtering the residue, soaking, boiling, to the final drying. It is like a small work sharing session, and you can receive coffee and meals after the session. The fee for each workshop is about US$15, which is in line with Cara’s advocacy of sustainable environmental protection education that should be taught from an early age.The concept of education is nothing more than a step closer.
Unlike other designers who stay in ivory towers to gather inspiration, Cara, who is optimistic and positive by nature, likes to get close to people, take walks, observe all the subtle things in life, and consciously integrates environmental protection concepts into all practical life; and dreams of being in the world A self-sufficient natural dye factory was opened in New Yorks Chinatown, integrating art galleries, shops, and workshops, using local plants or food waste, so that local residents can naturally integrate into this cycle and achieve reduce, reuse, recycle. Reuse, recycling> purpose.
Speaking of these dreams, Cara couldn’t help but joke that if she grew a lottery, the first thing she would do would be to set up a place like this, and then live in the attic with her bulldog Pickle, such a seemingly naive plan. Her ideal lifestyle may seem a bit extreme compared to the serious content she talked about in previous interviews, right?! Or it may also be related to her desire to take advantage of the design since she was 16 years old. Business channels are used to convey inner messages. It must be related to the accidental encounter and spark between the two! Please feel the Cara in the experimental stage. I think you will also feel the beauty of her heart that is worth exploring again and again, just like me.
