Olive Eng-Canty

My thesis project “This Is Our Art” is a sartorial celebration of “women’s work”; the ethical, soulful, and thoughtful practice of garment creation. Through the upcycling of disposed textiles (collected from thrift stores and donated by people I know), I developed a slow-fashion system of repurposing based on traditional “craft” techniques.

This collection was born from my realization that the average person today is unfamiliar with how much skill, time, and labor goes into garment creation, leading to unethical consumption and disposal of fast fashion. “This Is Our Art” is a collection of 5 core pieces of wearable art, each honoring a different garment making craft, and each challenging today’s fast fashion industry norms.