Upama Haq
Area of interest: I am very much interested to work in the area of zero-waste fashion. According to literature, it has established that approximately 15% material is wasted during manufacturing which is known as pre-consumer fabric waste. But still there is no quantitative literature about the total amount of postconsumer clothing or apparel waste all over the world. I want to investigate the scenario of postconsumer clothing waste alongside plans to upcycle them in a way thus it can resell in the market. Hopefully, I can contribute in one of the key theme of Future Fashion Factory that is the “Circular economy”- sustainability and waste. I can utilize unavoidable wastes generated during production and also can redesign the postconsumer waste for another purpose as like recycled fashion.
Expertise: I am expert in embellishing clothing manually by several stitches like back, running, cross, blanket, zigzag, hand embroidery etc. as I was fascinated to this work since my childhood. I can also design dresses and can make crafts from the fabric waste.
- Listing ID: 1181
- Contact: Upama Haq
- What are your aspirations and plans for the future?: The goal of my life is to be an expert of zero waste fashion and introduce several strategy of zero waste fashion or production in the apparel industry. In the short-term, I plan to complete my masters and doctoral degrees in apparel and fashion. Afterwards, a long-term plan will be initiated by influencing people about sustainable fashion habit and lead the manufacturers to adopt zero waste principle to contribute in the apparel sustainability.
- What types of projects are you interested in working on through Future Fashion Factory?: I am interested in working Innovation Challenge 1 (design tools for maximizing material utilization) through Future Fashion Factory. I desire to be a part of Innovation Challenge 3 (skills and education).
