Thanks to everyone who came to see me talk at the launch of The Reclaimery where I talked about the relationship between storytelling and pre-worn clothes. The event took place at The Lab E20, a space that has been repurposed by Christopher Raeburn as a creative hub which exhibits the work of eco-conscious designers, provoking thoughts on the processes behind our clothes.
During the talk, I spoke about why storytelling is important when we talk about our work and what are the necessary elements that form a story.
I used as an example El Viaje, a collaboration with The Reclaimery that was born from a conversation on how no one is from anywhere, and we are all from somewhere else.
I also presented a piece that I created as a response to Traces: Stories of Migration, a programme from the London College of Fashion and Making for Change in which I used cyanotype and silk organza to explore the migration journeys of my family in an attempt to answer the question of why was I born in Panama.
Photo credit: Francesco Mazzarella
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