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Bringing Fashion Back to the Farm

AuthorAdministrator REG_DATE2024.03.18 Hits285

Angora goats at Van Hasselt Farm in the Karoo of South Africa. Photo courtesy of Frances Van Hasselt.

 

When Lorenza Wong took on responsibility for the Textile Development and Marketing capstone course, she rewrote it from scratch.

Before this year, students had learned about luxury Italian fabrics, working with mills to spin silk and cotton fibers. “As much as I love Italian fabrics, I just feel like it had been done,” says Wong, adjunct assistant professor. Students told her they wanted to learn about sustainable textiles—and she realized they needed to start to understand farming. She wrote a brand new course that focused on craftsmanship, working with artisans, and forging a sustainable livelihood.

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