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View Larger Image and Additional Photos of Toby CrispyAbout Toby Crispy : Toby Crispy, founder of FashionClinic by T, brings diverse experience from fashion editor to international brand designer. Former design manager at agnès b., she embraced upcycling in 2013. Specializing in redesigning fashion services, upcycled textile art, and curating events with partners like The Mills and Oi!, Toby aims to extend fashion's impact beyond trends. Launching Fashion Clinic in 2016 and adding "by T" in 2020, she emphasizes the Tales of Time in Textiles. As an independent curator, she seamlessly integrates personal meditation and social healing into her sustainable design practice. Her SLOW STiTCH NOMAD art projects uniquely reconnect the relationship between people and clothing, illustrating how design can embody the essence of sustainable living.
Everything has its stories behind it and its beauty should not be wasted. By collecting old fabrics and using "slow stitching" artistic creations, I breathe new life into them while weaving new meanings for the (new) owners.
I truly believe that upcycling is the best way to make the best use of resources. In this way, it cuts down over-consumption and waste of resources at its root.
ORGANIZATION:
SLOW STiTCH NOMAD
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Fashion designer Media, graphic, printing, culture, design
EXPERIENCE:
2009-2013, Design Manager, Design manager of Agnès b., Hong Kong
2013-2018, Founder and creative director, upcycling fashion label, LastbutnotLeast, Hong Kong
2016-Now, Founder and creative director, upcycling fashion label, FashionClinic by T, Hong Kong
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2016, "The Trashed Nature", Laboratory, Taiwan
2016, "Equal Love", K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong
2021, "SLOW STiTCH NOMAD @ Blue House", Blue House, Hong Kong
2023, "DRESS iN TiME", Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2018, "Upcycling Fashion Exhibition", Pleasure, With Atelier Rei, Nagoya, Japan
2019, "Future Fashion Lab", The Mills, With Christopher Raeburn, Dian Schere, Fashion Revolution, Freitag, Hellen Van Rees, Lucie Majerus, Michelle Lowe-Holder, Pinatex, Re;code, Trash Couture, Tom of Holland, Veja, The R Collective..., Hong Kong
2020, "Time Wardrobe", Oil Street Art Space, With Kelvin Cheung, Monti Lai, Yung Yan, Mudwork..., Hong Kong
2021, "Yet Another Dream", Free Space, With anothermountainman and Fung Lam, Hong Kong
2021, "Retro Futurism", New Balance Concept Store, With Start From Zero, Hong Kong
2021, "ReCraft", Patagonia, Hong Kong
EVENTS:
2019, "Future Fashion Lab", Co-curator and creative director, The Mills, Hong Kong
2020 "Sustainability from A to Z", Guest speaker, Consulate General of Sweden, Hong Kong
2020, "Reshape and Redesign with Artisanal Skills", Guest speaker and workshop conductor, Fashion Asia Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2022, "Cheongsam Rhapsody", Co-curator and creative director, Business Of Design Week, Hong Kong
AWARDS:
2016, Best of Open Group, Zero Carbon Pitch, Hong Kong
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2022, "Interview with Fashion Designer Toby Crispy", China Underground
https://china-underground.com/2022/03/17/interview
-with-fashion-designer-toby-crispy/
March, China / Italy
2022, "Designer Toby Crispy is Helping to Make Fashion More Sustainable ", Tatler
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September, Hong Kong
2023, "The Works: Toby Crispy’s “Dress in Time”, RTHK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWXtBfYWnY0
October, Hong Kong
2023, "A stitch in time: Hong Kong designer Toby Crispy fights fast fashion with slow sewing inspired by memories ", Hong Kong Free Press
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April, Hong Kong
BOOKS:
2020-Now, "SLOW STiTCH" column, Obscura Magazine, Hong Kong
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Cantonese, native
Mandarin / Putonghua, intermediate
English, intermediate
COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2019, "Introduction of Art Therapy", The British Association Of Art Therapists, UK
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2014, Eco Fashion Talk, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2016, "CUHK Jockey Club Initiative Gala, Environmental and Climate Change Forum Series, Sustainable Consumption", The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2023, "The Future of Design", Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong
CLIENTELE:
2023, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, The Government of Hong Kong Special Administration Region, Curation and creation for a participatory art project, SLOW STiTCH NOMAD @ Oi! and the exhibition, DRESS iN TiME
2023, Hong Kong Design Centre, Workshops of SLOW STiTCH NOMAD @ Tokyo and showcasing redesigned piece for DesignInspire In Motion 2023 Tokyo Exhibition
2023, Palladium, Redesign for the showpieces and gift-with-purchase of their promotional campaign
2022, Hong Kong Design Centre, Co-curation of "Cheongsam Rhapsody", an event about Hong Kong fashion heritage with a series of century-old cheongsams
2021, New Balance, Redesign for the showpieces of "Retro Futurism" exhibition
2021, Patagonia, Redesign for the showpieces of "ReCraft" exhibition and in-store upcycling services for their Wornwear campaign
2020, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Conducting a redesign project for their MA Fashion Design students
2021, Aesop x Christopher Raeburn x Hypebeast, Redesign for the showpiece of their promotional campaign
2019, Weekend at Max Mara, In-store demonstration of upcycling textile feather brooches
2019, Fila, Redesign for the showpiece of their signature product "Jagger" with off-cut materials
2016, K11 Art Mall, Curation and creation of an Upcycling Fashion Exhibition
2015, Hong Kong Design Institute, Conducting Upcycling Fashion Short Course
WEB SITE:
www.tobycrispy.com
PORTFOLIO URL:
www.tobycrispy.com
RSS URL:
https://www.instagram.com/fashionclinic_by_t/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2023-11-30 04:05:17
COUNTRY/REGION:
Hong Kong (China)
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
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