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Fourth-year student Alva Gardner aspires to work in the clothing industry — designing for people, women especially, whose bodies don’t fit the “norm.” Her accessible-fashion concepts include pants with pockets at the knees, where people in wheelchairs, like herself, “could actually use them.” American studies, psychology, art, disability, gender, sexuality and women’s studies are among her protean interests.
Tag: Fashion
Wearable electronics — the next fashion fad?
May 22, 2012:
Advances in materials science and electrical engineering have paved the way for a new type of electronic device: one that can bend and fold just like a piece of paper. Professor Ana Claudia Arias hopes to take this innovation to the next level: “wearable electronics.” The “Berkeley Science Review” reports.
Extremism, in the name of fashion, is her advice
December 19, 2011:
Getting dressed is a daily adventure for überstylish undergraduate adviser Jane Paris. The College of Letters and Science staffer writes about each new fashion statement in her blog, “What I Wore Today.”
Botanical Garden: Green gala garden party
June 13, 2011:
For the Green Gala 2011 fashion show, Saturday June 18, 2pm – 5pm, the line-up of eco-chic designers will create a two-piece collection inspired directly from the UC Botanical Garden’s extensive and stunning plant collection.
Campus eco fashion takes off
April 21, 2011:
Sustainable fashions hit the runway at Lower Sproul Green Expo.
