Hello everyone! Jocelyn here. I found Tara and Study NY through www.outsapop.com- a blog I have followed for years about “trashion, recycled style, DIY fashion, and eco-sustainable refashion.” Tara has been featured on this website a handful of times over the past two years (here, here, here, and here.).So I hoped on over to Tara’s blog and I was able to read about Study NY and Study Hall. So that’s how  got here, but where am I from?

I am originally from Bel Air, Maryland. In May I will graduate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (yes, it is a silly name, it is located in Western PA) with a bachelors degree in Fashion Merchandising. However, sewing is my passion. I have participated in two fashion shows at my school, the first of which I used mostly rescued vintage polyester, and the second of which I used almost entirely rescued fabrics- old sheets, thrift store fabric, not to mention, people love to give me their grandma’s old fabric collections. This year, the Fashion Association (of which I am president) is doing a Trashion Show with the Indiana Arts Council in addition to our annual student showcase. I hope I will be able to bestow on the members all of the information I have been learning about sustainable fashion!

I am only going to be working for Tara three days a week for this month, so I am trying to learn as much as possible! So far I have: updated the website and social media, attending a meeting with a fabric company and a potential overseas client, searched the garment district for comparable buttons and thread, visited one of the factories, stuck labels, and used an industrial sewing machine (the sewing labs at school have electronic Berninas, not nearly as exciting).