Future Relics

Category: Apparel

Future Relics explores how to create a fully circular collection that resonates with Gen Z consumers: a bridge toward wearing non-plastic ready-to-wear. By drawing on historical techniques and archetypes such as the corset and reinterpreting them into everyday garments like hoodies, the collection honours heritage while engaging with the intersection of nature, technology, craft, and identity. It imagines a future where traditional craftsmanship and natural materials merge with digital innovation; not only to improve production efficiency but also to create clothing that people genuinely want to wear. Most materials were locally sourced in London, through second hand markets, deadstock suppliers, and community exchanges. I collaborated closely with an MA Ecology and Arts student from Goldsmiths University to research and develop the best dyeing methods for this collection. Together with other collaborations, we reconstructed century-old lace, laser-cut vegetable-tanned leather, and used natural plant-based dyes. In this project, sustainability goes beyond material choices, it’s also about fostering a collaborative community of shared knowledge and ethical practice. Each garment is crafted entirely without plastics, using biodegradable materials that naturally decompose within months in soil, leaving no toxic residue behind. By blending time-honoured techniques like corsetry, hand-stitching, and embroidery with digital tools such as CLO3D and Blender, the project proposes a hybrid model of fashion. One that is deeply crafted, digitally enhanced, and environmentally responsible. Future Relics is a vision of sustainability rooted in beauty, history, and innovation: garments that connect the past and future in forms designed to be worn, loved, and returned.