Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2022

FROM THE STUDENTS TEXTILE INNOVATIONS CLUB

A Community of Creativity The speedy adoption of slow fashion at BGGS Milena Saina (11O)

I joined the Textile Innovations Club when it started in 2021 and have seen it develop and grow from a few loyal members each week, to a packed classroom with so many creative, engaged, and curious young minds. Coordinator of the club and Head of Griffith House, Mrs Stephanie Thomas, invites various guests to attend our meetings to share knowledge in different forms of developing textiles Anyone with any level of experience can join the club and develop their curiosity into unique textile pieces We have access to many different tools, second-hand fabrics, and machines, so we can create whatever our hearts desire! What I love most about sewing is that the techniques we develop from making one article of clothing can be applied to other forms and accessories In textiles, we can build upon our acquired knowledge, so that in the future we can progress to larger and more complex projects. Right now, we have students making scrunchies, shirts, extravagant rainbow capes, shorts, knitted garments, crocheted hats and more! With the help of Mrs Thomas’ expertise, I made my dress for the semi-formal. I did this because I wanted to embrace using slow-fashion and so my dress would be completely unique to me and exactly what I wanted In addition to teaching us new techniques and developing our abilities, another aim of the Textile Innovations Club is to learn about slow-fashion and become curious about recycling and remaking clothes Slow fashion is the opposite of fast fashion, where fast fashion is the unsustainable and often also unethical making of clothes, whereas when we make our own clothes or recycle others, we eliminate the effects of fast fashion on underpaid workers and the environment It has been wonderful to see the effort our members have put in to creating their own textile designs, and in the future, we hope to see our loyal members teaching and spreading their love of textiles to the students that follow ■

left Milena's semi-formal dress

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Issue 2, 2022