Leandi Mulder | A new approach to fashion education in South Africa

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Fashion designer and educator Leandi Mulder shares her journey from discovering forgotten looms in a university storeroom to shaping a new approach to fashion education in South Africa. In this talk, she highlights the need to move from an aesthetic-based to a textile-based design approach. When students know the origin of their fibres, they design differently and more sustainably.Leandi explores how working with natural fibres has transformed her own practice and how the Design Academy of Fashion (DAF) is rebuilding a hands-on, fibre-first curriculum. This talk was recorded on Day Two of Africa Textile Talks: WoolCycle, presented with Cape Wools SA.

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