Student project
Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
- Designer
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Borbala Pellei
- Education
- Master
- Subject area
- Fashion Design
- Focus area
- Design for People
- Year
- 2024
- Collaboration partners
- Trapholt Museum
Background
Imagine attaching a ‘Hug pocket’ accessory or a ‘Touch Pat Shoulder’ to your outfit to encourage a hug or a gentle pat, or a ‘Mood patch’ that displays your feelings, sparking conversations.
Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
By leveraging fashion as a therapeutic tool to foster open conversations about wellbeing, this groundbreaking design project explores the complex relationship between societal pressures, identity, and the emotional health of youths. Introducing fun and interactive clothing pieces the project promotes connection, inclusivity, and self-expression, challenging the fashion industry’s negative stereotypes while emphasizing its positive potential for communication and body positivity.
