Changing Perspective Of People’s towards Plastic in Fashion Industry, Sara Lakhani

Plastic is an inseparable part of human existence in the modern era, this plastic is one of the major pollutants of the environment, probably the most hazardous one. Sara Lakhani, a young fashion designer saw an opportunity of using this waste plastic for a better purpose. She established the saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” firmly by her actions. 

In the beginning, she had very little knowledge of the types of plastics made, what could be utilized for clothing and what couldn’t. She had to remember as a design student that the designs have to be both aesthetically pleasing and comfortable to wear. She began investigating various methods for converting plastic into thread and yarn while also experimenting with various needlework styles.

A centuries-old practice of patching together cloth from scraps is called kantha embroidery. The fabric’s shape is created by looping threads solely on one surface, leaving the other side of the cloth with a straightforward kantha stitch and the front side with. Sara realized that Kantha needlework was detailed and lovely to look at, and that it would utilize the most plastic compared to other embroidery styles.

She exhibited her collection, dubbed Trash or Treasure, on the ramp walks of Lakme Fashion Week thanks to this idea. She wants to influence people’s perceptions about garbage and show how the rest of the world can contribute to the issue through this effort. For instance, all of the waste polythene bags used in the collection’s negative Kantha embroidery are utilized, and the materials are made from recycled and handwoven textile waste. an intricate geometric pattern.