Student fashion designers learned how to use 3D software to create sustainable garments during a three-session fashion workshop.
The workshop was held over two weeks with sessions on April 11, April 18 and April 25. Students learned about sustainable fashion initiatives from a presentation, practiced cutting out a simple sustainable shirt design and transitioned to learning how to use the CLO3D online software.
“A main goal was to introduce the students to a new software that allowed us to design while seeing the visualization of the design on an avatar,” said Chiara Vincenzi, clinical assistant professor and head of the fashion workshop. “It’s a helpful software that will help students in their future careers.”
The workshop also engaged fashion design students in leadership opportunities. Jadie Geleerd, a senior in FAA, helped lead the sessions after working with the University to develop coursework using the 3D software.
“Chiara, the professor, has a sustainable fashion course already that I took last semester, and I developed a zero-waste pattern in that class,” Geleerd said. “So I thought I had a little bit of experience to help out with working on this.”
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After creating their designs in CLO3D, the students spent the third session in the Siebel Center for Design shop, printing and making their designs.
The Student Sustainability Committee funded a grant that made this workshop possible. Its goal is to inspire students to live sustainably.
“The fashion industry is terrible, to be honest,” Geleerd said. “They have a lot of programs and policies in place, but one, a lot of companies and stuff don’t actually follow them, or they have a lot of goals that they don’t reach. So I think just educating people about sustainable fashion and what the options are is really important.”
SCD will host the School of Art & Design Re-Fashioned Fashion Show on May 10 at 6:30 p.m.
