Modular Fashion: Engineering Clothing To Be Creatively Sustainable - GLITCH Magazine

Modular fashion has been slowly creeping into the mainstream over the penultimate years, after infiltrating the runway space. Whilst the concept of multi-wear fashion was initially a brilliant idea, but one that was often poorly executed when it came to high-street fashion, the adaptable capabilities of pieces now for sale are far superior. Modular fashion has developed both rapidly and impressively, able to ditch past labels of being “gimmicky”. Nowadays, it dominates a niche area of stylish practicality, and GLITCH believes it is here to stay. But, what exactly is this modern jargon, and why is “modular fashion” so important? Essentially, this is the newly coined term for fashion that is intentionally convertible and adaptable, and employs innovative design. Think of puffer coats that can zip apart into gilets, and trousers that button off into shorts. These examples and the idea of velcro, zippers and press-studs – perhaps evoke ugly and uncomfortable outerwear, rather than elicit t

Modular fashion has been slowly creeping into the mainstream over the penultimate years, after infiltrating the runway space. Whilst the concept of multi-wear fashion was initially a brilliant idea, but one that was often poorly executed when it came to high-street fashion, the adaptable capabilities of pieces now for sale are far superior. Modular fashion has developed both rapidly and impressively, able to ditch past labels of being “gimmicky”. Nowadays, it dominates a niche area of stylish practicality, and GLITCH believes it is here to stay. But, what exactly is this modern jargon, and why