Contemporary Modest Wear With Pre-Consumer Textile.

• Main Author: Murga, Meeravaahinee
• Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Online Access: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3970/1/MEERAVAHINEE%20MURGA.pdf; http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3970/

Modesty fashion has become a worldwide known fashion. Nowadays modest fashion is consumed by everyone especially the Muslims. However, there are some young adults and teenagers who prefer different styling sensation. This research aims to study contemporary modest wear with recycled materials. Modest fashion shows that skin concealed fashion is beautiful and more elegant. In the other hand, modest wear consumes a big number of fabrics and fashion industries tend to waste big amount of pre-consumer textile in the production line. In this case, recycling them into fabric with the patchwork technique to produce modest wear is studied. This research focuses on females who has been the biggest consumer for modest fashion. In terms of conducting that, exploring different types of patchwork is the first objective of this research. Modest fashion today changes according to the trend but it doesn’t mean that it has to be fitted. So, studies of dressing ethics according to Islamic law is conducted. This research is also conducted to suggest modest wear that satisfies today’s generation with suggesting designs using patchwork techniques. This research is also narrowed down to Muslims as they face the most difficulty to cover their figure yet fashionable. If Muslims can wear it, then anybody can wear it. Besides that, this research also focuses on the important of recycling towards industries and environment today to produce a different perception on recycled clothing. The main scope of recycling will be focused on the beauty and creativity of patchwork to change the underestimation of the fashion. Quantitative research in terms of questionnaire has been used to understand the fashion need among the fashion consumers.