By Stefano Funari | Stefano Funari
During July, a new designer - Camille - joined the I was a Sari team based on a research fellowship sponsored by Chime for Change - Gucci’s inclusion project - and promoted by the Fashion in Process Research Collective (Design Department of Politecnico di Milano). To take the brand to the next level in terms of circular design practices and new methods of production, Camille started her on-boarding during a workshop at the Gucci Creative Studio in Rome. Thanks to Gucci Change Makers initiative a team of employees from the Gucci Design Office, who were contributing with ideas and insights during a week of immersion with I was a Sari women artisans for the upcoming collection. I was a Sari will be part of the 2019 Lakmé Fashion Week Collection who will be presented in Mumbai on 22nd august 2019. Run by an extremely passionate team, I was a Sari is now internally supported too on design practices with this new collaborator dedicated to circular design and products improvement techniques by the use of new fabrics manipulations who will become a new range of skills for those women.
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