We all know that if we continue to live the way we are now, that the earth will become inhabitable, but try as we might it seems that no amount of warning signs and campaigns pushing for environmentally friendly living is going to stop the lifestyle we are used to and all that comes with it.
As a society, it would seem that we are all guilty of struggling with 'the enormity of the thought, and so as with war, it becomes something reported to us in our everyday lives, staining our hearts whilst frustrating our minds'. Yet...despite our lack of progression in changing, there is progress being made.
Fashion and fabrics is a new approach through which ideas are being manifested. We are used to hearing about the changes in production and ethically paid workers, co2 emitions and pollution, but not a lot about the fabrics themselves, but there is an emerging generation of products combining the latest developments in advanced and flexible materials.
All of these advances will eventually have a direct impact upon all sorts of consumer textiles and the market which follows; clothing and interiors.
These advances are made possible through advanced thinking, and exploring the power of shared ideas, to create not only new innovative ideas in fashion, but also to use talent and imagination to create a healthier planet.
This collided thinking can become a powerful tool for the next generation of designers.
Take for example; Helen Storey's 'Wonderland' a powerful 'and collaborative project of shared ideas' between 'Storey' and polymer chemist 'Tony Ryan', which sheds light on the wider and much greater issues of sustainability and ethical living.
Using the chemistry behind polymers, they were able to create dissapearing dresses...a metaphor of our dissapearing world. To watch a dress that has taken months to create dissapear in a few days, connects directly to loss and stimulates an emotional connection with something beautiful and familiar.
Although vulnerable to criticism, as could be expected...it suggests; intelligent change through collaboration and the willingness to experiment.
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