Cut It Out: Collage as Fashion Design

Cut It Out: Collage as Fashion Design Oct 17 to Nov 8 | Step Gallery Openig reception | Oct 17 | 6 to 9 p.m. This creative research project by Yang Soon Ju (Assistant Teaching Professor, ASU FIDM) explores how traditional collage techniques spark innovative approaches to fashion design. Made entirely from recycled magazines, such as Vogue, National Geographic, and American Craft, each piece explores shape, texture and concept while embracing sustainability. By merging art elements, fashion illustration and sustainable practice, these works represent a hands-on process that challenges traditional methods. “As an educator and designer, I use this process to inspire students to see that fashion art can emerge from everyday materials. The act of cutting and rearranging fosters not only design thinking and creativity but also an environmentally conscious mindset.” “Cut It Out: Collage as Fashion Design” includes over 55 collages and sketches that bridge art and design, encouraging interdisciplinary conversations about materials, sustainability and the future of fashion communication. Image courtesy the artist.