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"Fashion fades, only style remains the same."- Coco Chanel

Last March, our sewing class students had the chance to learn about “re-work in fashion” with students and lecturers of the ISWI Fashion Academy. The team consisted of 14 students and 4 lecturers. “Re-work in fashion” means to modify ready-to-wear clothing in order to change the look of the product, by adding or reducing some parts of the clothing. The workshop ran for 2 days and was held in YUM’s facilities in Cipanas, West Java. 

Participants consisted of 33 active students and 2 tutors of YUM’s Sewing class. On the first day, they learned about the concept of re-work and its examples. Then, they were divided into 8 groups, each group led by an ISWI student. They were assigned to use the concept of re-work, using cloths, fabric, ribbon, beads, and other accessories, in order to create new clothing. They had to finish their creation before 10 am the next day because their creation would be shown in a simple fashion show, and there would be a reward for the Best Re-work Clothing. So the competition began!

On the second day, 8 amazing re-work clothes designed and sewn by our students were ready to be shown in the fashion show.  The judges were from YUM’s management team and ISWI lecturers. The winner was Group 8, with their extraordinary jacket.  Our students as well as the ISWI team had great times during the workshop.

Your continuous support not only enables skills training for disadvantaged youth to take place in West Java and Central Kalimantan, but also creates opportunities like these additional workshops possible for our students. 

Enjoy the pictures attached!