Grey Buscemi
Fashion MA
Central Saint Martins UAL
Graduates: 2026
Specialisms: Womenswear / Jewelry
My location: New York, United States
Grey Buscemi
First Name: Grey
Last Name: Buscemi
University / College: Central Saint Martins UAL
Course / Program: Fashion MA
Graduates: 2026
Specialisms: Womenswear / Jewelry
My Location: New York, United States
About
My work started with a BA economics thesis on the garment industry in Southeast Asia. What Ifound was that sewing is skilled enough to resist automation, but the garments it produces cannotcarry a price that pays the people making them fairly. I decided to design around it, anddeveloped methods of garment construction that use no sewing at all. Looking back, I can tracethe practice to my lineage, an Italian grandfather who was a bespoke tailor and a Koreangrandfather who was an engineer with many patents of his own. I take my technical referencesfrom scenarios of invention, early aviation, broadcast and communication hardware, and thedrawings and mechanisms that made them possible. The garments are assembled by the samelogic as those references, through joints, fixings and tolerances rather than stitches, so the construction carries the history it came from.
My graduate collection, In Air Off Air, is inspired by the invention of aviation. It references construction techniques and materials directly from the first attempts at aviation. This includes a paper dress and top, a calico dress and top, a plywood jacket, two donegal tweed skirts with sterling silver rivets, and two silk skirts — all crafted without the use of sewing. The collection is crafted without the use of sewing as a statement against the current fashion system, proving that there are other ways to make clothing besides sewing.
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