ongoing
Worn Archive
Worn’s projects all contribute to the Worn Archive: an ongoing collection of people’s clothing stories and experiences. The clothing chronicles we collect range from stories of the mundane everyday act of dressing to the complex and ever-changing relationship between clothing, identity and society.
For us, this valuable archive is a storytelling repository, rich research resource and way of sharing the stories of our community. Representing a diversity of real people, practices and topics, the Worn Archive’s stories come together to inspire and inform what we do at Worn and offer insight that can change the way we produce, use and value clothes.
For us, this valuable archive is a storytelling repository, rich research resource and way of sharing the stories of our community. Representing a diversity of real people, practices and topics, the Worn Archive’s stories come together to inspire and inform what we do at Worn and offer insight that can change the way we produce, use and value clothes.
2024
A publication about clothing and storytelling curated by Worn from contributions to the Worn Archive: an ongoing collection of stories about people’s relationships with their clothes.
2024
Designers Consociate, ZWDC and Worn collaborated to create a series of in-person workshops in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana in April 2024. Each workshop took place over 4 days. With collaboration and knowledge sharing as a key focus, these workshops are dedicated to advancing the practice of Zero Waste Fashion Design within the local African context by offering circular solutions in design and garment making.
2024
Careworn by Sophie-Nicole Dodds, curated in collaboration with Worn co-founder Abigail Jubb,
Constance Howard Gallery, London (24 April - 14 May 2024)
2023
The Glasgow School of Art, Visiting Lecturing and Workshop Series (November 2023 -March 2024)
2022
The Royal College of Art, research project with contributions from the Worn Archive. Exhibited at The Regenerative Hub, the Lab E20, London (October-November 2022)
2022
The Glasgow School of Art, Campaign Series in Collaboration with The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (16 March 2022)
2022
Visiting Lecturing in Fashion and Textiles
The Glasgow School of Art (ongoing)
2022
Garment Stories: Worn Workshop in Conversation with GSA Sustainability
The Glasgow School of Art, Talk and Q&A Comissioned by The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (19 January 2022)
2021
Generation of Waste: COP26
Generation of Waste, Blue Zone, COP26, Glasgow (31 October - 12 November 2021)
2021
Wardrobe Workshop: Leeds Museums and Galleries
Virtual Workshop (26 Aug 2021)
2021
Social Fabric curated by Pa/Do Curatorial, London,
(5-6 June 2021)
(5-6 June 2021)
2021
Garment Stories and Sustainability: Past, Present and Future
University of York Annual Fashion Symposium
(4 Jun 2021)
(4 Jun 2021)
2021
Design in an Age of Crisis: London Design Biennale
London Design Biennale, Somerset House, (1-27 June 2021)
2021
Worn X Bernat Klein Foundation
Research and Public Engagement Project
2021
Visiting Lecturing in Fashion and Textiles
The Glasgow School of Art (Ongoing)
2021
Worn Clothes, New Ideas: People, Purpose and Process
The Glasgow School of Art, Virtual Workshop Series for Fashion and Textiles Students Comissioned by The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (16-17 February 2021 and Ongoing)
2021
Design Domain: Responsibility
The Glasgow School of Art, Panel Discussion for Design Domain: Responsibility (15 February 2021)
2021
Worn Clothes, Responsible Design: Materiality, Identity and Comfort
The Glasgow School of Art, Conference Paper for Design Domain: Responsibility (15 February 2021)
2021
Valuing our Clothes
Zero Waste Leeds and the RSA: Leeds Fashion Futures, Live Talk (12 February 2021)
2021
In Conversation with Worn
XPO North, Heritage as Creative Future: Narrative of Collections, Collection of Narratives, Live Talk (11 February 2021)
2021
Design in an Age of Crisis
Virtual London Design Biennale (January to June 2021)
2020
In the Future, I hope Fashion in Scotland Will be Worn
Sustainable Fashion Scotland Magazine, Article (20 December 2020)
2020
Worn Workshop: Garment Biographies
The University of York, Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Cultures in Art History (5-6 October 2020)
2020
How Can We Change the Way We Value Worn Clothes?
Sustainable Fashion Scotland, Community Call Chaired by Worn Workshop (24 September 2020)
2020
Wardrobe Workshop Series
Worn Workshop, Virtual Workshop Series (Ongoing)
2020
Pilot Wardrobe Workshop Series
Worn Workshop, Virtual Workshop Series (25 May 2020, 15 June 2020, 29 June 2020)
ongoing
Worn Archive
Worn’s projects all contribute to the Worn Archive: an ongoing collection of people’s clothing stories and experiences. The clothing chronicles we collect range from stories of the mundane everyday act of dressing to the complex and ever-changing relationship between clothing, identity and society.
For us, this valuable archive is a storytelling repository, rich research resource and way of sharing the stories of our community. Representing a diversity of real people, practices and topics, the Worn Archive’s stories come together to inspire and inform what we do at Worn and offer insight that can change the way we produce, use and value clothes.
For us, this valuable archive is a storytelling repository, rich research resource and way of sharing the stories of our community. Representing a diversity of real people, practices and topics, the Worn Archive’s stories come together to inspire and inform what we do at Worn and offer insight that can change the way we produce, use and value clothes.
2024
A publication about clothing and storytelling curated by Worn from contributions to the Worn Archive: an ongoing collection of stories about people’s relationships with their clothes.
2024
Designers Consociate, ZWDC and Worn collaborated to create a series of in-person workshops in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana in April 2024. Each workshop took place over 4 days. With collaboration and knowledge sharing as a key focus, these workshops are dedicated to advancing the practice of Zero Waste Fashion Design within the local African context by offering circular solutions in design and garment making.
2024
Careworn by Sophie-Nicole Dodds, curated in collaboration with Worn co-founder Abigail Jubb,
Constance Howard Gallery, London (24 April - 14 May 2024)
2023
The Glasgow School of Art, Visiting Lecturing and Workshop Series (November 2023 - March 2024)
2022
The Royal College of Art, research project with contributions from the Worn Archive. Exhibited at The Regenerative Hub, the Lab E20, London (October-November 2022)
2022
The Glasgow School of Art, Campaign Series in Collaboration with The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (16 March 2022)
2022
Visiting Lecturing in Fashion and Textiles
The Glasgow School of Art (ongoing)
2022
Garment Stories: Worn Workshop in Conversation with GSA Sustainability
The Glasgow School of Art, Talk and Q&A Comissioned by The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (19 January 2022)
2021
Generation of Waste: COP26
Generation of Waste, Blue Zone, COP26, Glasgow (31 October - 12 November 2021)
2021
Wardrobe Workshop: Leeds Museums and Galleries
Virtual Workshop (26 Aug 2021)
2021
Social Fabric curated by Pa/Do Curatorial, London,
(5-6 June 2021)
(5-6 June 2021)
2021
Garment Stories and Sustainability: Past, Present and Future
University of York Annual Fashion Symposium
(4 Jun 2021)
(4 Jun 2021)
2021
Design in an Age of Crisis: London Design Biennale
London Design Biennale, Somerset House, (1-27 June 2021)
2021
Worn X Bernat Klein Foundation
Research and Public Engagement Project
2021
Visiting Lecturing in Fashion and Textiles
The Glasgow School of Art (Ongoing)
2021
Worn Clothes, New Ideas: People, Purpose and Process
The Glasgow School of Art, Virtual Workshop Series for Fashion and Textiles Students Comissioned by The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (16-17 February 2021 and Ongoing)
2021
Design Domain: Responsibility
The Glasgow School of Art, Panel Discussion for Design Domain: Responsibility (15 February 2021)
2021
Worn Clothes, Responsible Design: Materiality, Identity and Comfort
The Glasgow School of Art, Conference Paper for Design Domain: Responsibility (15 February 2021)
2021
Valuing our Clothes
Zero Waste Leeds and the RSA: Leeds Fashion Futures, Live Talk (12 February 2021)
2021
In Conversation with Worn
XPO North, Heritage as Creative Future: Narrative of Collections, Collection of Narratives, Live Talk (11 February 2021)
2021
Design in an Age of Crisis
Virtual London Design Biennale (January to June 2021)
2020
In the Future, I hope Fashion in Scotland Will be Worn
Sustainable Fashion Scotland Magazine, Article (20 December 2020)
2020
Worn Workshop: Garment Biographies
The University of York, Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Cultures in Art History (5-6 October 2020)
2020
How Can We Change the Way We Value Worn Clothes?
Sustainable Fashion Scotland, Community Call Chaired by Worn Workshop (24 September 2020)
2020
Wardrobe Workshop Series
Worn Workshop, Virtual Workshop Series (Ongoing)
2020
Pilot Wardrobe Workshop Series
Worn Workshop, Virtual Workshop Series (25 May 2020, 15 June 2020, 29 June 2020)
Details of a modular shirt, designed and produced by Worn co-founder Morag Seaton for the UKRI Interdisciplinary Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC) at the Royal College of Art and exhibited at ‘The Regenerative Hub’, the Lab E20. This configurable shirt has been constructed from multiple modular pieces that can be built by the wearer. This garment now sits within a body of research and sustainable works exploring new experience design for citizen participation in a circular economy.
The research for this modular shirt platform began with a dive into the Worn Archive, drawing from workshops, conversations and interviews that mentioned the diverse experiences of wearing, washing, buying and borrowing shirts.
