MOLLY SELLARS 2021 GRADUATE COLLECTION ‘pICK OF THE TENTS’

A USE OF FESTIVAL WASTE MATERIALS, INCLUDING SLEEPING BAGS AND TENTS TO SUGGEST NEW PROPOSITIONS IN FUNCTIONAL GARMENTS. EVERY ELEMENT OF THE WASTE IS USED, FOLLOWING A BELIEF IN A NEED FOR HONESTY ABOUT REPURPOSED MATERIALS. GARMENTS INCLUDE JACKETS AND TROUSERS FROM SLEEPING BAGS, QUILTED WITH PATTERNS OF FESTIVAL GRAFFITI. A RAG RUG FLEECE CRAFTED FROM DAMAGED AND DISCARDED FLEECES, VENTILATION PANELS OF TENT MESH. KEY PIECES ARE METAMORPHIC; A TENT FABRIC JACKET BECOMES A HAMMOCK, SLEEPING BAG TROUSERS BECOME A QUILT CREATING A SLEEPING SOLUTION MADE SECURE BY ZIPPERS AND PRESS STUDS. THE COLLECTION EXPLORES TAKING MATERIALS OTHERS DISREGARD, TO CREATE EXCITING FUNCTIONAL SOLUTIONS VIA CRAFT AND INNOVATION.