FISH TALES
Category: Apparel
Competitions: Africa
THESE AVANT GARDE DESIGNS ARE INSPIRED AND DEDICATED TO MY QUEST AS NGUZO WEAR IN THE SEARCH FOR ORGANIC FABRICS AS AN ALTERNATIVE AND ALSO TO KICK START A WHOLE NEW JOURNEY ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.A WHOLE YEAR OF HARD WORK AND PERSERVERANCE ALLOWED ME TO SOAK IN THE SUNNY SANDY BEACHES OF THE KENYAN COASTAL REGION IN SEARCH OF HOW FISH SKIN, WHICH IS A DENSELY DISPOSED COMMODITY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION THROUGH EMISSIONS OF METHANE GAS, A BY-PRODUCT OF ITS DECOMPOSITION PROCESS, CAN BE ANOTHER SOURCE OF LEATHER MATERIAL. THE CONCEPT IS INSPIRED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE FISH IN SHAPE,FORM AND FEATURES,TO THE BLUES SKIES AND WATERS OF THE OCEAN,NOT WITH HOLDING THE ABUNDANCE IN PEARLY WHITE SANDS THAT COVER OUR LOVELY KENYAN BEACHES. IN MATTERS DYIENG AND COLOURIFICATION,THE BLUE DYE TO BE USED TO COLOUR THE WHITE LEATHER MATERIAL ARE NATURALLY SOURCED. FOR INSTANCE, SPIRULINA ALGAE, FOUND IN FRESH WATER ENVIRONS LIKE LAKES AND PONDS AND THRIVES IN WARM, ALKALINE LAKES WITH HIGH SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE. DUE TO ACCESSIBILITY, RED CABBAGE IS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TOO AS ITS AESTHETICS ARE DESIRABLE AND ALLOWS ROOM FOR CHANGING THE OUTFITS COLOUR SCHEME BY ALTERING THE PH LEVELS BY ADDING LEMON JUICE TO ALTER THE BLUE TO PURPLE OR AS TIME GOES BY THE WHITE COLOUR CAN BE REVERSED, A SPOT ON SLOW FASHION MECHANISIM IN MATTERS COLOURIFICATION. IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THE SILHOUETE IN CONTINUITY IS TO EXPLORE THE DIVERSITY LEATHER CAN OFFER IN FORM AND ALSO TO AVOID WASTAGE. THE ACCESSORIES ADDED TO THIS COLLECTION ARE TO ENSURE NO WASTE OF MATERIAL HENCE THE BASKET WEAVING TECHNIQUES AND ADDITIONAL MINI LEATHER RINGS TO THE HAND BANDS AND FRINGING.
