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“A showroom sit-down with Kit Willow inevitably turns into a lesson in sustainable design. For fall it was a mini-education in off-cuts, the excess fabric that ends up on the factory floor before finding its way into landfills. “You never use every little corner,” she explained. Setting out to disrupt the process, she’s puzzled scraps of floral print silk from cutting houses across Australia as well as her own studio into the sort of floaty bias-cut dresses she’s known for.
A more responsible fashion industry would operate circularly. Unwanted clothes wouldn’t dead-end in landfills, but remain in a continuous loop via reselling, store take-back schemes, garment repair, and upcycling. Willow has built those processes into the way she does business, but it starts with making wantable clothing.”
She’s currently looking for fellow designers to do residencies, even virtual ones, at the Lab, meaning designers share their patterns and the Lab will make the garments out of local waste sourced in Melbourne. “It could be anyone globally,” she says, and they could use military surplus, men’s shirting, even old bedsheets. That kind of open-door policy is rare in fashion, but Willow knows what we’re up against, environmentally, and she’s down to do something about it.”
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