Emergence
Jackie Schmidt
Fashion Design (School of Graduate Studies)
About this Item
- Title
- Emergence
- Date
- 2025
- Summary/Artist Statement
- Jackie Schmidt is a found materials fashion and accessory designer from Los Angeles, California. She received her Bachelors from the Art Institute of Chicago and Master of Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology focusing on creating sustainable garments from found objects and upcycled materials including aluminum cans and soda tabs. She then transforms the materials into wearable art pieces, filled with lots of colors and fun textures that will make heads turn when entering a room.
- About This Collection:
- My collection "Emergence" asks the questions: How can the Chaos Theory's idea of the world being in a constant state of transformation, impact our current views of sustainability? How can we repurpose old objects into something new with many different outcomes? Ranging from avant garde to commercial garments, these pieces demonstrate the range of what recycled materials can become when using innovative ideas and techniques. This collection is made from people's discarded items and donations collected over the years.
- Course/Degree Information
- 2025 Fashion Design MFA graduate thesis collection. Presented on September 9, 2025 at 'Act 5: Fashion Design MFA Showcase.'
- M.F.A. in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025.
- Department: Fashion Design
- Related Materials
- Website
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Act 5: Fashion Design MFA 2025 Graduate Showcase - Official Trailer
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: fd_mfa_000060
Citation
Schmidt, J. (2025). Emergence. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661603
Schmidt, Jackie. Emergence. 2025. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661603
Schmidt, Jackie. "Emergence." FIT Digital Repository, 2025. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/661603