Stain Workshop with Janelle Abbott

2301 1st Avenue,Seattle WA 98121

09 July, 2022

Description

Refurbish stained clothing in a fun, interactive, hands-on workshop with Seattle fashion designer Janelle Abbott. Drop in between 12-5PM. Participants are invited to bring stained garments from their wardrobes to reconsider through innovative solutions and interventions. All additional materials provided. Have fun restoring your favorite garments and save them from the landfill! About Janelle: Janelle Abbott was born into the fashion industry—her parents owned a clothing manufacturing company. With a reverence for the labor behind clothing, Janelle graduated with a BFA from Parsons (2012). By that time, fast fashion had taken over, subjugating millions of garment workers to unethical, slave-like conditions in order artificially lower the cost of clothing and bolster profits for CEOs / share-holders. In the face of the unethical, exploitive, anti-ecological agenda of corporate fashion, Janelle carved a path committed to upcycling, hand craft, and the zero waste methodology. Whether clothing, wearable furniture, sculpture, and tapestries, Janelle creates with used materials that hold emotional and historical value. Dense, clashing, and rhythmic, Janelle’s work is scrappy, unapologetic, and a testament to the real humans labor behind every consumer product we engage with.