Beautiful Ruins

Beautiful Ruins is an upcycled womenswear collection focused on giving worn, forgotten materials new life. The collection focuses on denim from upcycled jeans and deadstock jersey knits. Portions of the denim are painted to give the materials new life and appeal to a feminine aesthetic.

Mood board
Fabric story
Flat illustrations of the looks, created in Adobe Illustrator

Technical Work

Look 1: Constructed and rendered in Clo 3D

Look 3: Jean tech pack

Fully constructed ensemble

Look 2: fully constructed from upcycled denim jeans and deadstock jersey knit. Denim was painted by hand. Patterned and constructed for a 5′ 5″ female model.

Photos by Mollie Davidson. Look modeled by Caroline Hollingshead.