“From Farms to Fashion: Unraveling the Need for Sustainable Style” outlines the technological, economic and cultural changes that have led to the convenient yet consequential methods of today’s fashion production industry. The exhibition synthesizes different eras of dresses, photographs, articles, fashion magazines and tools of the fashion trade, with many special nods toward Athens’ history in particular. It begins with the clothing production of 200 years ago, when both fashion trends and Georgia’s economy were driven by cotton and slave labor, and ends with the continued upward trend of “throw away society” and outsourced labor that has taken place in the past few decades. Moving beyond society’s past and present, an interactive room in the exhibition explores possible futures for sustainable fashion with modular clothing designed by UGA alumna Pamela Morris James. “From Farms to Fashion” will be on display through July.
WHO: “From Farms to Fashion” Reception
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m.
WHERE: UGA Special Collections
HOW MUCH: FREE!
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