Yvonne Schichtel - Lost and Found - Sustainable women's fashion

Lost and Found - Observe beauty sans the male gaze, in which everything has the potential to be deemed valuable.

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Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 7 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

Lost and Found - Sustainable women's fashion

Designed by Yvonne Schichtel, 'Lost and Found' won the Womenswear Category in the Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with Gucci 2021.

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 3 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

Yvonne Schichtel is a recent graduate from Cornell University holding a degree in Fashion Design with honors. Her latest work focuses on beauty sans the male gaze, developed around a new method of sustainable design in which everything has the potential to be deemed valuable.

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 1 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

'Lost and Found' addresses the objects of power and ownership in relation to gender. It questions how we view the value of objects and subsequently attach meaning.

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 11 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

Following the journey of a woman gone mad, she turns her meaningless, gendered, utilitarian based tools into jewellery. By elevating the value of such objects she thereby elevates her own.

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 5 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

The collection was developed based around the design philosophy that everything has the potential to be valuable.

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 10 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

All material utilised was sourced from second-hand stores, deadstock, and random trinkets passed down through generations. To wear an object on the body is to embed it with value. 

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 13 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

Research focus considers the historical bearings of chatelaines, the 1960’s Youthquake Movement, and the Dadaist philosophy.

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 8 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

""I will be going back to school this fall to study fashion design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp"

Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel 7 (2021) by Yvonne SchichtelGlobal Creative Graduate Showcase

Lost and Found - Sustainable women's fashion

Designed by Yvonne Schichtel, 'Lost and Found' won the Womenswear Category in the Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with Gucci 2021.

Credits: Story

FIRST NAME: YVONNE

LAST NAME: SCHICHTEL

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE: CORNELL UNIVERSITY

COURSE / PROGRAM: FASHION DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT BSC

GRADUATED: 2021

SPECIALISMS: WOMENSWEAR / FASHION STYLING / APPAREL

WEBSITE: Lost and Found by Yvonne Schichtel  

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