Design Collection

Thesis Project: Within The Sea

My Thesis project, Within The Sea, is a collection of three dresses that focus on the impacts of textile waste in the ocean. The three dresses each represent three of the many effects of fabric waste has such as the degradation of seaweed, the impacts on water quality, and the entanglement of waste with marine life.

Fashion

Waves Dress (2/3)

This is the second dress I created as a part of my Thesis project: Within The Sea. This dress aims to represent the affects of textile waste on water quality. With the exorbitant amount of water used by the fashion industry during garment... More

Fashion

Seaweed dress (1/3)

This is the first of three dress I created for a collection for my Thesis project: Within The Sea. The 'Seaweed' dress represents the effect of textile waste in the ocean on seaweed, and how it contributes to its degradation. I machine embroidered... More

Fashion

Entanglement dress (3/3)

This is the third and final dress I created for a collection for my Thesis project: Within The Sea. This dress represents the entanglement of marine animals with textile waste found floating in the ocean. Large and small aquatic animals alike are... More

Photography

Editiorial Seaweed dress photography

An editorial photograph taken of the 'Seaweed' dress. Photo taken by Rubinder Kaur Model: Rita Gajadhar (@ritasaurus_ricotta on Instagram)

Photography

Editorial Waves dress photography

Editorial photograph of 'Waves' dress. Photo taken by Rubinder Kaur Model: Rita Gajadhar (@ritasaurus_ricotta on Instagram)

Photography

Editorial Entanglement dress photography

Editorial photograph taken of 'Entanglement' dress. Photo taken by Rubinder Kaur Model: Rita Gajadhar (@ritasaurus_ricotta)

Work by

Rubinder Kaur

Material Art & Design

“As an aspiring fashion designer, with a focus on both textiles and fashion design, I aim to tie in sustainability into my work and practice to reduce my ecological footprint. My work focuses on not...” [More]