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Study on Usage of Fabric Remnants on Yemeni’s Fashion for Women
Budoor Mohammed Thabit1, Hanisa Hassan2.
The big quantity of fabric remnants was thrown away in Yemen due to a lack
of knowledge and competency in reusing the remnants as material for making
clothes. It has become a burden to the consumers and also bad for the
environment. Therefore, this research aims to understand why the seamstress
in Yemen wasted a lot of remnants and the possibility of using the remnants in
making innovative designs on Yemenis traditional clothing such as Abaya and
Galabiah. In order to answer the objectives, the researcher applies the
qualitative approach in order to describe and understand the problems stated
for this study by made several interviews with Yemeni’s respondent who used
to be a seamstress in Yemen, besides her personal experience when working in
the workshop in Yemen. The prior objective is to recognise what was done to
remnants in sewing workshops. Secondly, the researcher will be producing a
design line using remnants with various techniques of embellishment to create
new designs for Yemen's traditional costume of Abaya and Galabiah. The
researcher hopes that through her innovation can inspire other designers or
seamstress to use remnants as a source of material in making clothes. At the
end of this study, the researcher found out that her Yemeni’s respondents threw
away remnants because they do not have the knowledge and skill to turn
remnants into fashion. Plus, they are also lazy to think of recycling remnants
since they had lots of orders from clients. In the end, the researcher made a
questionnaire about the final designs and they did agree that remnants can be
used to make beautiful traditional Yemeni’s dress. Since remnants came from
different sources, the design made is unique and one-off, which is the
preference for most Yemenis. The researcher also proved that innovative and
creative thinking are vital in creating designs, and hopefully it can change the
perspective of Yemeni women towards the usage of remnants in fashion.
Affiliation:
- Sana’a Community College, Yemen
- Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
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