︎
                                                                                                                                                                                                    

LUCY PETERS


                                                                                                                                                                                   Buy Wear Dispose #1 (2021),  250 x 90 x 90cm.

                                                                                                                                                                                       Fast fashion garments, retail metal rail, masking tape, paint.



Lucy Peters has a background in the fashion industry and, like many people, she has become increasingly
concerned with the vast volumes of mass-produced clothes that are consumed and casually thrown away.
Her exploration of over consumption has encompassed research into the practices of fashion retailers,
including those that are closing down, and also the strategies that have been develop by charities to
manage huge warehouses full of discarded, and often worthless, fast fashion clothing.

Making It Laaaast is a series of soft sculptures informed by research into production and consumption
practices, and the physical architecture of fashion retail display. Her sculptures are made by methodically
dismantling discarded items of clothing into material components, which are then slowly woven and
knotted into large textured forms.

Each piece can take up to five months to complete, and each work is composed of material that has been
recycled, donated or discarded.