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Sustainable sewing – students with prior skills – odd weeks

(Couture éco-responsable – étudiants avancés)

Teaching will be held in English with translation of specific terms into French or Danish whenever needed.

Learn how to sew, create your own style, and give new life to textiles through upcycling. In this class you will gain experience working with vintage fabrics or dead stock. You will learn the technical skills needed to express your individuality by creating a unique piece of clothing or a one of a kind accessory.

You will be provided with basic patterns and guided as you upcycle fabrics to design and sew clothes or accessories that express your personality. In this course, your creativity can run wild. The focus is on helping you to develop your own style. We will also learn about applying natural dye to fabrics. We invite you to embrace the slow fashion movement and take an artisanal approach to sewing distinctive clothing and accessories. We take pleasure in producing unique upcycled pieces.

You will be learning how to combine different colors and textiles in ways that are sustainable, cool, creative and fun. You will also learn to work with pattern placement and more.

You will learn how to combine different colours and textiles in ways that are sustainable, cool, creative, and fun. You will also learn the secrets of pattern placement, fabric usage and more. You will attend an exclusive course with the French designer from Hôtel Vetements. She has a degree in sustainable fashion, upcycling and natural fabric dyes, and a passion for passing on the knowledge she has gained from her years in the industry.

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Please note

This class is for students with some previous sewing experience.

There are sewing machines on site, but feel free to bring your own machine or tools.

Students bear the expenses for the miscellaneous materials.

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Information

  • Dato 13.09.2024-22.11.2024
  • Adresse KBH V, Humletorvet
    Humletorvet 27, 1.sal
    1799 København V
  • Lokale Syning
  • Bemærkninger There are sewing machines on site, but feel free to bring your own tools. You bear the expenses yourself for miscellaneous materials. List of materials to bring: Bring everything you need in terms of thread, fabric and second-hand styles, good sharp sewing scissors, measuring tape, pins, possibly buttons, fabric chalk, sewing machine needles.

Kalender

Dato Tid Sted Navn
1 Fredag 13.09.2024 17:00-20:30 KBH V, Humletorvet Alexandra Hartmann
2 Fredag 27.09.2024 17:00-20:30 KBH V, Humletorvet Alexandra Hartmann
3 Fredag 11.10.2024 17:00-20:30 KBH V, Humletorvet Alexandra Hartmann
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Alexandra Hartmann

Uddannelse: I graduated as a sustainable clothing Designer at KEA, Denmark 2013-2015; Course in Textile Design at CSM, London 2010; European Film College, Ebeltoft 2004-2005; Crea Image, University Paris 2004.

Andre faglige kvalifikationer: Founder of Hôtel Vetements, an ethical Fashion brand that upcycles materials since 2017. I also worked for Henrik Vibskov, designing new patterns and prints for their collection and artwork.

Andet: Hôtel Vetements is a French / Danish brand. It was developed with the identity to focus on sustainability and upcycled fabric materials, exploring the art of memory and storytelling, upcycling and creating unique, timeless pieces from antique curated textiles. We are transforming discarded fabrics of very high quality into upcycled handmade one of kind pieces, like curtains from the Ritz Hotel in Paris. These pieces carry stories and are meant to last and to be passed on to the next generation.

Read interview here: Sustainable Sewing with Alexandra Hartmann

Instagram: @hotelvetements.