SOPHIE*

In the midst of a populous in music, performance, and painting, fashion design is a rarity among-st the amount of people who take it as a main form of art. It is the median that holds the future of ones representation to the culture and stays within the present, shown publicly.

Sophie is from Denver & goes to college for fashion design. Shes found fabrics for dresses such as this one^ from recycled material, making innovations for a stream line of clothes/makeup that brings out the beauty of reusing with a style of vintage beauty & color. The stigma of certain fabrics weirdness is what shes drawn to for pieces, as she explains; "there Is something about making clothing that's considered "ugly" or clothing that isn't universally accepted, into something that i can wear with confidence---".

She has a thing for cows and has clothes with cow prints all over them. Yee-Haw:-) But the current color palette consists of shades of blue, pink, and purple as shes been working on a pair of pants with 70s fabric and possibly recycled bubble wrap. Super sick.

Sophie is majoring in fashion but her creations stems from an assortment of things from these looks she created. A plan to make up-cycling of clothes her top priority as well as she continues activism on the environment. Sophie has an entire depop shop of pieces shes made, as well as just some cool assortments shes collected.

SOPHIE

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INTERVIEW:

Sophie: Currently I've been really interested in up-cycling & collecting vintage fabrics that I'd eventually like to make a garment out of. I recently went to a "clothing swap" held by a sustainable fashion club i am apart of at my school (Savannah College of Art & Design), where i found an undeniably outdated 80's night gown of sorts. What caught my eye was it's pattern & color pallet: the pattern is a multi colored pastel thick vertical stripe. At the moment, I am in a phase of blue, pink and purple so this garment really caught my eye. Knowing that i enjoyed the colors and pattern but no so much the shape, i decided to make it into a baby-doll dress, as this is also a silhouette I've been inspired by recently. As soon as i returned home here in Denver for my winter break, i shortened the dress above my knee and added a ruffle to the hem. The dress is still undeniably outdated and is definitely something you wouldn't see the average person wearing these days. However, there is something about making clothing that isn't considered "ugly" or clothing that isn't universally accepted into something that i can wear with confidence, and that gives me joy. Also, the practice of up-cycling is incredibly sustainable and therefore has been something that I've been into for several years. The fashion industry is one of the leading producers of waste in the entire world, primarily due to overproduction of fast fashion. Therefore, thrifting and up-cycling old clothing is so exciting to me!

Chase: That's a good bit lol a great extensive answer. Many individuals love the fashion industry it's one of the art forms that lead the culture to the future and represents different perspectives. But you bring the actual ACTION to it of creating new auras from old pieces and that's filled with potential. It's a lesser popular art form to embrace because you have to take more risks and be more bold so its admirable. I like what you said though about also incorporating the environment to your works as well, did the art of making clothes help mold the lifestyle and compassion to love the earth more or have you always been eco-friendly before this went full steam?

S: Always been focused on sustainability and at this point in my life i try to everything as sustainable as possible. I aspire to make sustainable fashion more of a common practice. Also i were a to ever eventually have a brand (being that I'm studying fashion design in school) I'd definitely make sure to source materials responsibly and not overproduce ya feel!

C: Does it come naturally to create these visions of clothes and do you have inspirations you pull from?

S: I've always been up-cycling and clothing in general but I'd say some of my biggest inspirations are Elizabeth Whibley, HesterSunshine, and LEAF XIA

C: Those lovely vibrant women are dope. You have your own depop shop too and there are an abundance of flavors on there. Do you perhaps have any collections coming anytime soon? Or keeping it diverse with multiple aesthetics for now?

S: Keeping it diverse for sure. My friend Reece also owns the shop, we have a lot of different flavors because of that as well-----

C: Thank you!! Anything you wanna add?

S: I'm currently working on a pair of pants I'm making out of some vintage 70's fabric! Also thinking about making a set out of recycled bubble wrap!!

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