Objectives
- Understand the benefits of upcycling both in terms of creativity and sustainability/waste management
- Reflect on the definition of your creative signature and how it may be applied to upcycling
- Convey your personal signature through a relevant selection of second-hand clothes: deconstruct and elaborate personal silhouettes
- Search for 3D proportions and volumes from existing garments
- Understand the techniques used to make prototypes
Program
The program alternates between demonstrations, lectures, personal research, workshops and exercises. The small size of the group allows for individual guidance of each participant according to their different expectations and skills. During the two weeks you will :
- Define a creative intention (moodboard, colors, materials, finishings) based on cultural, artistic and visual references
- Play with volume : balance/imbalance. Paper collages will be used to define how the silhouette will be reconstructed to balance it or not
- Understand of materials, feel, rendering. Notions of rigidity, flexibility, fluidity. Play with fabrics in order to approach what a fabric can or cannot do
- Do a deconstruction work/mixing. Based on the second hand clothes you have choosen , search new proportions, details, constructions. Construction of garments on a dummy
- Sew a prototype. Sewing of a new garment, using hand and sewing machines. In doing this, you will have to think more precisely about technics and finishes.
Tutor
Catherine Piéderrière has built a rich and diverse career in the fashion
industry. She graduated from the École de la Chambre Syndicale and the Institut
Français de la Mode, then she worked as a designer for Anne-Valérie Hash
before taking on the role of Creative Director at Jean-Charles de Castelbajac,
while also collaborating as a freelance designer with various brands.
Since 2020, she has been reinventing her approach to clothing through the
lens of visual arts, creating unique pieces from textile recycling, reflecting
her commitment to a more sustainable and artistic fashion. Additionally, she
contributes to initiatives that raise awareness about the ecological challenges
of the textile industry, in partnership with organizations such as Les
Entreprises pour la Cité and ISCOM.
Her expertise also extends to education. She leads workshops she developed
for the IFM Summer School, focusing on the creative universe and fashion
upcycling design.
Certificate
At the end of the program, a certificate of participation in the Summer School is issued to participants who have attended all courses.
