Xuanlin Chen

Response to another student’ post Andre Rqueline Scacal Romano

After I read his blog 3, I think that the project he made is very good, and it is consistent with the theme of better life sustainability that I imagine.

When the covid-19 virus swept the world, the theme of better lives seemed more closely related to the daily life of contemporary people. Some people began to shop online at home and continued to support the fashion industry and their own fashion attitudes. The problem cannot be fashion consumption. Because of the concept of seasons all the time, the fashion industry inevitably formed a huge industry waste.

Emotions and aesthetics are very important sources of creation in the fashion industry no matter what major. When Andre was “footed” at home, according to his state of being at home, he used the only clothes in the closet to create an all-black oversize shape inspired by teddy boy. He combined his mood at home with the people in the picture. It is unclear whether it is the front or the back, which adds a sense of mystery. It also uses everyday materials to create sustainable shapes. These ideas are worth learning.

Because of the sudden epidemic, many people’s fashion attitudes and ideas have been hindered. What we can do as fashion students is to make full use of this epidemic. The opportunity at home to think about the impact of fashion on ourselves. Articles create new ideas, reduce fashion consumption as much as possible, and promote sustainable development of fashion.

The impact of fashion on human society is huge. After finishing the lecture of better lives in the first two weeks, I became more aware of the inseparable relationship between fashion and society. The lectures of Katelyn Toth-Fejel and Nina Stevenson gave me a more comprehensive understanding of this knowledge and reflected on my future life.

In the presentation, Katelyn also mentioned that fashion sustainability can only be realized under the full functions of economy, environment and society.

Katelyn’s presentation said that from 2000 to 2014, global garment output doubled. The data has not been counted until now, but I believe that under the rapid development of social networks in recent years, the growth of the fashion industry is even greater. With the improvement of people’s living standards, people are increasingly pursuing quality of life. The pursuit of fashion is one aspect of performance. In fact, a large part of people’s pursuit of fashion comes from the increasingly developed social media. People are constantly phasing out clothes and buying new ones. People around me often have this extreme idea. They wear a piece of clothes and take pictures to upload to the ins. Then they can’t wear them anymore. This piece of clothes is often buried in the closet.

One example mentioned in the lecture was that a skirt was photographed by all three generations of grandchildren. I do n’t know if it ’s just to commemorate the photo shoot or whether they really have practiced it. Undoubtedly, this is a very environmentally friendly and worthwhile move. From this, I think of vintage and remake is also a good form to do the sustainability, which in my opinion are originally intended to pursue personal fashion on the basis of recycling and save resources.

Even now it seems that some fashion industries are relatively mature in their own right, but for the entire human social system, there is still much to be improved. We should start with ourselves, no more and more stuff. The focus of this topic is very good, fashion is not just the surface, these lectures made me think deeply. At the same time I am looking forward to incorporating those ideas into my work.

reference：Katelyn Toth-Fejel and Nina Stevenson’s lectures