Knitted top is created via hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, tulle, mesh tubing. Photo: Toprak Tosun

The knitted top is created via a hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, tulle, mesh tubing. Photo: Toprak Tosun

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I have become keenly aware of the power of electronic devices that we use every day and concerned with the mess of wires entangled we are often dealing with and the danger they hold. The tangled wires in my studio brought back the noise, the scale, and the cacophony of a factory I visited years earlier in China.  I am concerned about the unsustainable practices of the fashion industry, and I predict that the fashion industry will inevitably be “tangled” with the dangers of pollution, specifically with electricity. My collection asks the question, “What can we do with these devices once when they’re thrown out?” Wear them.

Fabrics are created via hand weaving digital Jacquard machine. Various kinds of yarns, satin, chiffon. Photo: Sally Jo

Fabrics are created via hand weaving digital Jacquard machine. Various kinds of yarns, satin, chiffon. Photo: Sally Jo

Knitted top is created via hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, cable ties, satin, mesh tubing. Photo: Sally Jo

The knitted top is created via a hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, cable ties, satin, mesh tubing. Photo: Sally Jo

The knitted top is created via a hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, cable ties, satin, mesh tubing. Photo: Sally Jo

The knitted top is created via a hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, cable ties, satin, mesh tubing. Photo: Toprak Tosun

 
Knitted top is created via hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, tulle, mesh tubing, chicken wires, cable ties. Photo: Sally Jo

The knitted top is created via a hand-operated knitting machine. Various kinds of yarns, tulle, mesh tubing, chicken wires, cable ties. Photo: Sally Jo