Halt couture
Created in 2020 as my graphic design senior exhibition, Halt Couture is a brand dedicated to creating alternate avenues of fashion that combat the fast fashion industry. “Fast” Fashion is defined as rapidly produced, inexpensive clothing by any mass marketing retail company. “Fast” Fashion plays a vital role within the shopping experience of millennials, the majority being those from mid to low socio-economic backgrounds. This industry creates large amounts of textile waste, unethical labor sourcing, and high pollutants. Here at Halt Couture, we provide three inexpensive avenues to help combat the fast fashion industry. These three avenues include rethinking what you buy, repairing what you have, and repurposing what others owned. Halt Couture hopes to reach a broader audience through the use of social media, community screenings, and workshops that inform others and encourage a dialog about where their clothing comes from.
Halt Couture’s social media specifically focuses on creating a centralized identity for conscientious shoppers by promoting different influencers. This platform uses various avenues that customers can follow to reduce their textile waste. While Halt Couture does offer different products to repurpose and up-cycle old garments, our main goal is providing resources and information that allow as many people as possible to change the way they think about clothing. This movement of positive change not only helps shoppers wallets, but helps our planet as well.
Visit our website at www.hltcouture.com and check out our Instagram @halt_couture for resources, inspiration, and tips on what you can do to combat the fast fashion industry.
HALT COUTURE nATURAL dYE Powder sETS
Looking for some natural dyes? Halt Couture has you covered! Our ethically sourced, natural dyes are a perfect combo for your Halt Stencils to create your very own customized Halt Couture attire.
Natural Dye is very gentile on our clothes as well as our planet. Halt Couture Natural Dye Powder Sets are designed to be easily accessible through our website with easy to read, ‘how to’ instructions on the back. These powders can be paired with our Halt Couture Stencil Sets to help create your very own, one of a kind, up-cycled outfit.
HALT COUTURE STENCIL Sets
Made with 100% recycled plastic, Halt Couture Stencil Sets are a great way for anyone to repurpose what they already have and extend the life of any article of clothing. This set comes with three Halt Couture stencils so you can create as many new items to your wardrobe as possible. These Stencil Sets can be paired with our Halt Couture Natural Dye Powder Sets to help create your very own, one of a kind, up-cycled outfit.
HALT COUTURE LOOKBOOK
Looking for a way to reinvigorate your closet without purchasing a new clothing item? Our Halt Couture staff has created some unique, Halt Couture Merch that you can make at home! Each of our items was created using our Halt Stencil Sets and our Halt Natural Powder Sets.
Create your very own unique design and tag us @halt_couture on instagram and we will share it for the world to see!