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Recently, we welcomed Lesley Raven, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Art Direction, for a beautifully layered session exploring clothing, collage, and the subtle ways our identities are stitched into what we wear.
Lesley invited us to reflect on our everyday outfits. Her questions got us to think about what we like, what we don’t, what we reach for again and again and the ways we choose to express and dress ourselves at different points in our lives. Then she invited us to create a collage that represents our day-to-day selves. As we cut and stuck our images, conversation flowed naturally: warm, funny, and meandering exchanges that sparked insight and connection. We then paired up to reflect more deeply, and closed the session with a group chat, sharing a little of what we’d realised through the session.
Read on to see some of the group’s thoughts and experiences on this rich and relatable topic.
The Stories of Our Lives 