How to design a zero waste collection from textile waste
What will you learn
Learn about the overwhelming fast fashion waste problem and how to overcome it. In this intensive session, you will learn how to source deadstock fabrics and how to use them to design collections for a contemporary audience.
We will teach you how to work with design and technical constraints that come up when working with dead stock fabrics. We will cover trend methodology, guide you on how to overcome quality issues and how to create zero waste patterns and specs.
All attendees also receive free access to the design open house where designers can share their zero-waste design ideas with a panel of industry mentors.
Peer round table
Meet the educators
Attend this two-part series on zero-waste design. Showcase your learning and connect with the sustainability concepts and enthusiasts.
Sonica Sarna
Sonica Sarna brings over two decades of expertise in apparel design and production and sustainability to this course that she has designed to help designers to create collections for the global marketplace using textile waste. Her hands on experience of working in the factory environment has helped her create the design, production and quality methodologies of zero waste design that she will share in this practical hands on masterclass.
Peer Round Table
All attendees and industry mentors will attend the second session where participants will present their own design ideas on zero waste design based on the principles shared in the session one. Expect lively discussions, networking and community building with industry veterans in sustainability.
