My research is titled ‘Dialogical narratives as method and matter for meaningful fashion design practice’. With the fashion industry being the world’s second highest polluter, I am working towards an alternative design practice by re-assessing what actually makes clothes meaningful and worth producing, on a functional and emotional level. The methodology comprises workshops and interviews which generate data in the form of dialogical narratives. Workshop participants are invited to share personal experiences and critiques around the use phase of clothes and on what kind of engagement they have with fashion. The data informs and shapes both a design process and emerging artefacts. Research findings aim to contribute to enriching garment-wearer attachment and extending product use times in the sustainable design field. The main question the research aims to answer is: How can meaning be designed into garments?
