Challenging Consumerism

PHOTO CREDIT We The Makers 2020 - Saskia Baur-Schmid

After submitting a look from her Redress Design Award collection, 2020 Semi-finalist Saskia Baur-Schmid is currently one of only 21 emerging names from across Australia and the world, showing at We The Makers 2020, a new bi-annual exhibition of design at the National Wool Museum, Geelong, Australia until 22 November 2020. The theme, “Design for the Future: Sustainable and Ethical Textiles and Fashion”, offers the perfect context for Saskia’s work, which features a circular approach to design, zero-waste pattern-cutting, reclaimed deadstock fabrics that were destined for landfill and up-cycled hardware and innovative sustainable textile alternatives. This includes Pinatex, a fibre extracted from pineapple leaves, and Cupro, a regenerated cellulose fibre made from cotton waste. “Through my sustainable design I hope to inspire the next generation of women to challenge the unconscious consumerism that drives the industry by creating a more considered way of self-expression and connection with the clothes they wear,” she says. “Let’s encourage less consumption, more wear and educated decisions based on fabrication and quality and how our choices impact the world we live in.” 

Find out more about Saskia Baur-Schmid here.