#thesis development

Yesterday evening and today I worked on some more things related to my thesis. I created digital versions of the symbols I designed in my sketchbook.

I always have interest with fashion but being sustainable in fashion is really strikes me. Fashion often uses to exhibit characteristics of both artistic creations, either of designers or of consumers. One of the biggest culprits in the environmental damage in the fashion industry is “fast fashion,” or clothes made cheaply to meet demands for the hot up-to-date styles. However, fast fashionis putting our future planet at risk.

 For some people, keeping up to date with the latest in fashion is a natural and important part of their everyday lives. For others, looks and trends play no role at all in their lives. Still, as modern human beings, we all need to wear clothes and shoes, and we all sometimes need to access new pieces, for example when our old shoes are worn out or when our clothes break or become unfit in size.

 It’s easy to forget the impact of a purchase or the power we have as a consumer. But there are small steps we can take each day to pave the path toward a more sustainable fashion in the future So, how can each of us find personal motivation to become more sustainable in relation to fashion? There can be significant differences in personal motives, but this project will look at innovating approach in technology with the notion of sharing to achieving sustainable development.

So through my design project I try to propose an interaction design solution with a notion of technology that provides people to reconnect with their wardrobe and being sustainable in fashion with one click away.

So here are 3 ideas of technology that I selected to carryon further. 

I read an interesting book and a study from Northwestern University examined a concept called "enclothed cognition." Researchers define it in their report as "the systematic influence that clothes have on the wearer's psychological processes," meaning what clothes are saying to the person, not about the person. And how they make the individual feel.

One example is when after your bad day, some people might advise you to get dressed up and go out of house to feel better. Dr Jennifer Baumgartner explains on her book, "You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You”,  that "When you dress in a certain way, it helps shift your internal self. We see that when we do makeovers, and even actors say that putting on a costume facilitates the expression of character. That's just as true for everyday life."