About Redress Raleigh 2010

Redress Raleigh Designers 2010

BRITTANY ERB AND KATY ROBB

Brittany and Katy are using recycled old furniture fabrics, brocades, suedes and vinyls, to create our garments…. Their goal is to create new shapes and new lines for them to give this age group a more mature look while making them feel younger and more appealing. They plan to create better fitting clothing for these women with design elements, such as line and balance, that grab the attention of everyone they pass.”

Brittany and Katy also wanted to focus on the concept of cutting down on massive consumption. The clothes will still have a chic appeal and still be kind to the environment.

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RIMA L’AMIR

Rima studied fashion development at NCSU was also involvement in political activism. “It has been my mission to challenge the fashion industry’s exploitation of the environment and workers of the world.” As a designer, I would like to create in a manner that is aesthetically stimulating and eco-friendly, rather than ubiquitous and unjust. This is Rima’s first showing in Redress Raleigh and she is hopeful that her collection will reflect a collage of recycled past and sustainable beauty.

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KIERA L. FLOOD

20 years old Junior at Meredith College is Fashion Merchandising and Design-Design Concentration major, and my minor is marketing. She discovered her interest in designing at the age of 12 when she began to develop my first collection of sketches Her mother taught her to hand stitch and hand sew things that needed mending and then I started cutting up and recreating my old clothes to make new ones. This is Kiera’s first experience with Redress Raleigh and what an exciting experience! Kiera states that “Fashion can come from anything around us with the right ideas and proper direction and execution.” Instead of throwing out things when they get old we can use them to make new items that can be useful to us. Kiera feels that it is her responsibility to use creativity to come up with new ways in which she can help protect the planet by being less wasteful and more environmentally conscious.

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JACKIE ALMETER

16 year old junior high school student Jackie Almeter has been designing and making clothing for a couple of years. She started making jewelry when she was 10 years old and began selling it in boutiques in North Carolina by age 12. Her focus is now clothing design. She started by teaching herself how to sew, but also received structured lessons where she learned patience, precision, the importance of not cutting corners and that quality work is all in the detail.

Jackie’s experience also includes a month at the New York Fashion Institute to advance her skills in both Fashion Illustration and Manual Pattern Making. Redress Raleigh is her first show and she is looking forward to the challenge and opportunity to show Environmentally friendly clothing with focus in protecting the earth and she is thrilled to take part in the beginning stages of this movement.

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GRACE MCFARLAND

Appalachian State University freshman, Grace Mcfarland is a returning Redress Raleigh Designer

Bio: Grace was born and raised in the Triangle and has recently relocated to Boone as a freshman at Appalachian State University. After having a great experience with Redress Raleigh in 2009, she is excited be a returning designer for this year's ecologically conscious fashion show and is grateful for having been given the opportunity to participate. Hoping to stay active in the local fashion community, she is optimistic that using Redress Raleigh's principles will get the message out that fashion can exist without being harmful to the environment. Grace will be creating collection of dresses that make use of recycled fabrics and eco-friendly production processes. She has gathered thrifted and recycled fabrics that will be dyed using all natural resources and reconstructed into new, wearable products. As a supporter of of Eco-consciousness, the young designer is looking forward to sharing this revolutionary experience with other local designers who share a similar appreciation for planet.

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