Creative Design: Undergraduate

The Memorial for Beauty Jacket

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Abstract

This design serves as a wearable memorial to a woman, named Beauty, that lost her life in the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse in 2013. Beauty’s face, created through laser cutting, is featured floating on the back of the jacket amongst water lilies, the national flower of Bangladesh. Guided by emotionally durable design concepts, the garment is used as a medium to shed light on the ethical issues in apparel manufacturing and to connect the consumer to people and processes involved in the making of clothing. A QR code incorporated among the flowers on the back can be scanned, directing consumers to a website with information on the makers, materials, and processes utilized in the garment creation. This bridge from creator to consumer serves to share the process and importance of understanding where our clothes come from and the importance of caring for the humans behind our clothing.

Keywords: Ethical design, Sustainability, Emotionally durable design, laser cutting, QR code

How to Cite:

Brown, G. & Ghalachyan, A., (2022) “The Memorial for Beauty Jacket”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 79(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.15803