The London College Of Fashion Presents Graduate Diane Wallinger’s Digital Print Project—'Care Of Self, Care Of World’
The project “CARE OF SELF, CARE OF WORLD” is composed of a 4-look digital collection, a fashion-meditation video series, and a physical outfit digitally printed onto 100% recycled polyester (Regenesis rPET) heavy satin.
These practical outcomes are based on research on fashion designers' capacity to enhance the individuals' well-being, in the context of the transition to Earth Logic.
The looks are fundamentally based on the research findings, which indicated that fashion design is likelier to generate Positive Emotions and encourage individuals to adopt the care of self value (from the Earth Logic values).
The colours of the collection, both bright for the gradients and pastel for the jackets and backgrounds, generate positivity.
The jackets' shapes evoke duvets and cushions, while the ensembles are daywear versions of satin pyjamas.
All those elements come together to communicate both energy, serenity and power to the individuals, inviting them to take care of themselves, to build the necessary physical and mental resilience to take care of the world.
This heroic feeling is reflected in the bright colours, the jumpsuits, and the looks' belts, inspired by superhero costumes.
The latter concept was coined by Kate Fletcher and Mathilda Tham (2019) within their paper Earth Logic: Fashion Action Research Plan. CARE OF SELF, CARE OF WORLD utilised the Earth Logic value framework as a research guide, and exists in the context of the transition to Earth Logic, rather than sustainability in general.
The research findings indicated that fashion design is likelier to generate Positive Emotions, rather than to stimulate another aspect of well-being, and that Positive Emotions encourage the adoption of the care of self value.
Therefore, the CARE OF SELF, CARE OF WORLD collection and video series use positive emotions to encourage (self-)caring behaviours as a mean to build mental resilience towards climate change's psychological challenge.
The visual inspirations are gathered by theme: mood, shapes, textures, and colours. The images served as a starting point for sketching the first silhouettes before starting the digital creation process.
DNWLLNGR is a creative studio in the making, founded by Diane Wallinger.
DNWLLNGR is happy to lead, collaborate, partner or advice on any creative project that aims at making things better.
Diane studied the design, communication and futures aspects of fashion, and she keeps learning about this industry every day.
Diane believes that fashion can positively impact the well-being of its stakeholders and that improved well-being comes with a lot of other nice things, such as sustainability.
