Written by Stef Cherico
Photos by Stef Cherico
In the Cotton Inc. Design Competition, fibers and fashion students competed to win $30,000 in scholarships by using cotton in new, innovative ways.
Brittany Jones, a fashion student, knitted a variety of purses with cotton yarns empathizing “Wanderlust”.
A work by Paulo Gomez De Orozco, a fibers student, outlining the human body with knitted and crocheted cotton fibers.
Brianana Shey used recycled jean fabric.
Emily Felix used cotton as knitting fibers and made a dome constructed completely of cotton, with cotton as a cardboard.
