deborah joy barnes

Female

Seattle, WA

United States

Profile Information:

Profession / role:

artist, designer, writer , teacher. speaker

Website (if you have one):

http://fashionethos.blogspot.com

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Designer, Model, Photographer, Press, Student, Consultant, Other

I am looking to discover or buy

sponsors and places to show the fashionRIP Project, places to speak and information to spread about sustainable fashion and textiles

About me / About business or organisation:

I am a designer and entrepreneur, a writer and a video editor, a researcher and a dedicated follower of fashion.
I have worked in the private and non profit sectors.
Then I got into fashion redesign as a thing unto itself. I was appalled at waste, lousy textiles, fast fashion and shallow vision. I started doing my homework as well as my school work. I started the fashion ethos blog to support my classes in recycouture. The fashionRIP blog was started for a class at NSCC and the vision grew with feedback and support from other students and now it is a full blown production with a sustainable plan for its future. Amorphic and non linear, collaborative and relevant for its time; it is an experiment in change.
I have several degrees as I saw the connections and hated to stop at the planned boundaries because I didn’t want to miss something!
Communications, Business and Media Certificate –NSCC 2007
AAS Visual Communication Tech/Digital Interactive Media Option &
AAS Visual Communication Tech/Marketing Option -Shoreline CC 2005
AAS Apparel Design and Services –SCCC 1986

Career history / Company history:

I started the Art Guild of Sustainable Ballard, was the sole proprietor of Zootsuit Custom Apparel for 10 years, was the head of alterations at Nelson’s Sewing Machine Co. (1986 until 1993 or so)
In St Louis I worked in sales at Nieman Marcus and did a little modeling.
I teach recycouture, basic sewing and 1day workshops on altered cards, childrens art etc.
I write for various web sites about sustainable fashion and am starting to add lectures to the mix. The first one will be this October at Seattle Central Comm. College
At this time i am finishing up the "Species on the Verge of Extinction" chapter of the 7 chapter (planned!) art installation "fashionRIP project" http://fashionrip.blogspot.com

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