The Concept of Zero Waste Fashion and Macramé Technique to Boost up the Innovation of Women Garments Designs Inspired by Nubian Motifs

Wafaa Abd Elradi

doi:10.12816/0036460

Article Details

The Concept of Zero Waste Fashion and Macramé Technique to Boost up the Innovation of Women Garments Designs Inspired by Nubian Motifs

Authors:

Wafaa Abd Elradi

Publisher:

The Designer's Scientific Society

Main Topics:

Technology | Arts

Journal:

International Design Journal 2016 Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.325-337

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2016

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

101067

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

20909640

pISSN:

20909632

DOI:

10.12816/0036460

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Keywords:

Abstract:

 Through the capacious prevalence of fast fashion culture in our community, which has accelerate consumers desire to follow the latest trends and pushing them for shopping than wear, we notice that it necessarily leads to increase clothing consumption, waste production and gradual loss of our Egyptian identity.
So this research has been to explore the Zero-waste techniques in designing and producing women clothes that express Egyptian identity. It aims to find out which technique is the best through inspiring Nubian motives and applying macramé technique. the experimental work of the researcher primary done through, created 20 designs by using zero waste methods and macramé techniques inspired from Nubian motives ,then the designs evaluated by questioner .the statistical results identified the best designs that have produced by using zero waste and macramé techniques expressing Egyptian identity were no (10, 11, 6, 15) they get the higher scores, where they based on (Geo- cut) technique. And design no. (9) was competitor for designs no (10, 11, 6, 15) in their scores which is the only design from left over scraps group.

Article Details

The Concept of Zero Waste Fashion and Macramé Technique to Boost up the Innovation of Women Garments Designs Inspired by Nubian Motifs

Authors:

Wafaa Abd Elradi

Publisher:

The Designer's Scientific Society

Main Topics:

Technology | Arts

Journal:

International Design Journal 2016 Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.325-337

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2016

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

101067

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

20909640

pISSN:

20909632

DOI:

10.12816/0036460

Descriptors:

FASHION DESIGN

CLOTHING INDUSTRY

DECORATION

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

NUBIANS

Textile Industry

Fashion Design

Zero

Waste Fashion

Fast Fashion

Macramé Techniques

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Wafaa Abd Elradi

Publisher: The Designer's Scientific Society

Main Topics: Technology | Arts

Journal: International Design Journal 2016 Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.325-337

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2016

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 101067

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 20909640

pISSN: 20909632

DOI: 10.12816/0036460

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Wafaa Abd Elradi

Publisher:

The Designer's Scientific Society

Main Topics:

Technology | Arts

Journal:

International Design Journal 2016 Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.325-337

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2016

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

101067

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

20909640

pISSN:

20909632

DOI:

10.12816/0036460