Major Project Research

 Ghost Sea

 In my Country i used to live near the beach. being important to me preserve the oceans.

Last summer i spent my time working at the beach and i saw many devastating situations that really opened my eyes, for example i saw baby sharks, starfish, sea urchins and many marine species killed in vain because of fishing nets.

I searched about Ghost Fishing and the environmental impact due the decomposition time that this equipment delay to decompose.

What is Ghost Fishing?

is a term that describes what happens when fishing equipment are lost in the sea, Phantom nets are fishing nets that have been left or lost in the ocean by fishermen. These nets, usually almost invisible in low light, can be left and go to the open sea being one of the biggest killers of marine life.

As my continuation route is Fashion Design, i want to explore this theme and use to do a Fashion serie or collection with fishing nets and plastic ropes to sensitize the people about what really is happening in an impactful way.

Source: GhostDiving

Research 

I started to search one of my favorite Fashion Designers, Alexander Mcqueen and chose one of his collections as a base.

Alexander Mcqueen "Alien Sea Creatures" in Paris Fashion Week (2009)

I searched about another collection, from 2012 because is about the sea and he used for example a color palette translucent like the inside of a shell referring to an underwater magic.

Alexander McQueen Spring 2012 Ready-to-Wear:

Look 28

Look 18

Beauty look 11

Beauty look 15

What i want to transmit and impact is what really goes in underwater, i want not just show the beauty but the darkness and the real life to alert people in a artistic way.