MADE OVER
Although Learner didn’t enroll in Timo Rissanen’s zero-waste program at Parsons—”I double-majored in journalism, so class-scheduling is a puzzle,” she tells Ecouterre—she consulted with the assistant professor, educating herself on sustainable production in earnest.
She also reached out to like-minded professionals, including Study NY’s Tara St. James, who not only gave Learner her scraps but also commissioned the then-student to make two patchwork jackets for her Fall/Winter 2011 collection. The journey, the aptly named Learner discovered, was indeed the reward. “I learned, through that project, that it’s possible to employ one-of-a-kind construction technique on a full production scale.”
(Source: www.ecouterre.com )