CLO PROJECT_05
CONTINUED FROM → DENIM DECONSTRUCTED
3D APPAREL COURSEWORK / PROJECT 03
Second Life: Denim
UPCYCLING / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT / CLO3D / HARDWARE SIMULATION
The deconstructed jeans, re-cut. Scans and pattern pieces from Denim Deconstructed become a structured denim shoulder bag.
THE PROJECT
The scans and pattern information from the deconstructed jeans became the starting point for a new product. The question was how an existing garment could get a second life as something else entirely.
The result is a structured shoulder bag: the jean legs become its body, with the original wash and wear lines kept as surface.
01 / SOURCE MATERIAL
The leg panels from the scanned jeans, wash and wear intact.
02 / REUSE STRATEGY
Keep the details that already exist.
The design started from bags that would actually be used — functional, spacious, with more than one way to carry it — and from the denim details worth keeping: a back pocket reused as a patch pocket, the original wash across the body.
03 / PATTERN / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Pattern pieces were traced from the jean scans with the polygon and internal shape tools; superimpose placed the pockets.
04 / CONSTRUCTION
The folding arrangement helped determine the placement of hardware and straps, while the main challenge was refining the straps, topstitching, and construction details so they behaved and sat correctly in simulation.
05 / HARDWARE / DETAILS
- BODY FROM JEAN LEG PANELS
- ORIGINAL WASH AND WEAR
- REUSED BACK POCKET
- D-RING HANDLES
- SELF-FABRIC HANDLES
- DETACHABLE WEBBING STRAP
- SWIVEL HOOKS
- TOP ZIP
- ZIP POCKET
06 / FINAL PRODUCT
