Te Warewhare Whakapau 2013

Te Warewhare Whakapau is a call for more transparency in the fashion industry. The New Zealand Fashion system can be more innovative to create jobs in New Zealand's manufacturing sector.

Te - The

Warewhare - colloquialism for warehouse.

Whakapau -  consume, to use up.

We buy more than we need because we want to make ourselves feel good, because the media has made us feel as though this is the only way to achieve this. We buy mass produced, cheap, bad quality garments in bulk to get that 'oh yeah i'm amazing' feeling. Do you even know where that garment came from? where was it manufactured? was someone paid a fair wage to produce this garment? did anyone die in the process - Bangladesh and many others before it!!!!

These are questions I can answer when people purchase from me. Because I collect and produce locally, you know your money is being spent on a quality garment that has values and morals behind it. I am the one who sews that garment and if it isn't me, that person has been paid a fair wage or fair manufacturing process costs.

My garments aim to minimise the environmental impact from disposable consumer items. By collecting from recycle centres and commercial off cuts from local producers, previously discarded items become precious garments that live more than one lifetime.

The garments I create are not only beautiful, but they up cycle fabric or clothing that would otherwise be landfill. The recurring heart symbol has been used on FOUND items and weaves the life blood of tradition and value back into a precious entity.

By utilising Zero Waste principals, I hope to teach consumers to think of clothing as an asset. I have a vision of consumers wearing a sustainable wardrobe.

Global problem, Local solution.

Come and see me at NZ Eco Fashion Exposed this Saturday 21st Sept @ The Notre Dame des Missions Performing Arts Centre at  Sacred  Heart College, Laings  Rd,  Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand   

Ticketing information available on the website   NZ Eco Fashion Exposed 



Also NEXT week stay tuned for some information on SWISH IN THE CITY - DUNEDIN OCT 5th  a clothes swapping event, that can enhance your wardrobe on the cheap!!!!! 

I will be bringing Te Warewhare Whakapau for people to view and converse over!!!!

i may have 2 passes to give away so start thinking of your best garment in the closet story and why it's still there, you didn't throw it out because? give me a memory.............. please note the winners story may be shared on my blog/facebook page......

Stay AweSUMO.

Fi




 

one hour zerowaste t-shirt !!!

zerowaste t-shirt 1

zerowaste t-shirt 2

dynamics of a simple zerowaste t-shirt

me n my new t-shirt

zerowaste t-shirt made in an hour, very simple idea, take a rectangle fold it in half sew some shoulders, side seams and a tunnel at the bottom for a tie, which had been cut off the fabric earlier to bring it down to the right size. Then hem the left over holes as arm and neck holes. I made the blue one ages ago and its one of my favourite shirts. It has small gathers in one side seam and both shoulder seams. It is cotton so is excellent in summer, the orange one however is some retro polyester and it doesn't wear well in hot weather or dancing extreme times. must remember that!!!!

experiment 3 - woolen jacket/vest

start of hood - wool

adjoining body of garment

back body pieced, fused and sewn.

front body pieced, fused and sewn.

Moving on from experiment 2 knowing that I needed stable points to work from ie. shoulder point and waist fitting. I started work on another piece I knew I wanted to incorporate different garment types to show that this process is relevant to more than one type of garment. So this woolen hood was started first by the hood part and then by moulding the body (draping on the form) onto the hood and around the front to create armholes and a front opening - this needed to be double breasted to enable the weight of the hood to be held up and for it not to pull backwards. So this has involved flat work - the hood and then draping around the form - the body, these pieces were then fused and sewn together. 



I got to this point knowing it needs finishing, liking the outcome but decided to move on to the next piece, as I needed to get more done and ideas out of my head. I also didn't know what final direction I was going in and wanted to move on so I could hopefully start heading towards a more cohesive idea.

feeling funk*D

 

Front, side, back, side!!!

been feeling a little bit not into it so i decided to make something else, do an experiment see what happens. So I made this silk top. its FOR SALE $60. SIZE 10 NZ!!!!!! this can be worn frontways or backways, wear it yourways!!!!!!!.  help me fund some shoes for my collection go on you know u want it!!!!




actually i was stuck with what direction to go in next there were atleast 3 different things buzzing around in my head and i had to get one of them out to make room for the right track. so i set myself a challenge of making one garment, it just needs binding and hemming to make it finished.

that is all!!!!!