Introducing #250bag
Reimagined
disposable garbage bags
The #250bag is made from single used grocery plastic bags,
donated from social media / Facebook user,
through upcycling and hand crafting it into high-fashion haute couture dresses.
These plastic bags were once used to carry our food for our survival.
Plastic are in the clothes we wear and have made their way into the oceans, and
now are found in our food and in us.
#AQSFAI project consist 8 installations.
Focus on sustainability and technology, by using radical material to bring about communication, encouraging or provoking the viewer to re-imagine new usage of our technologies and fashion consumption.
events
These dresses were made from textile waste and / or found material by upcycling and handcrafting them into haute couture dresses. Worn by various fashion industry influencers as a performance art on fashion runways and fashion events: Toronto Fashion Week ( T.F.W), Fashion Art Toronto ( F.A.T), Start Up Fashion week ( S.F.W), Hollywood Nord, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)…
As an artist, I am asking the uncomfortable questions to which most of us don’t want to know the answers.
Spark a conversations on sustainable fashion with fashion industry decision makers.
Creating change at the root of our fashion industry
Fashion Weeks
Plastic pollution awareness
Toronto International Film Festival
Saraphina Violin performing at TIFF
Startup Fashion Week
Adam Quang is wearing #250bag at SFW
Making
The Making of #250Bag
Washing a single synthetic clothing item can release 1,900 microfibres into the water.
“Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950.
2.86-billion bags used annually in Canada – 200 for every one of us.”
Plastic & Garbage
Planet Plastic
Every human on Earth is ingesting nearly 2,000 particles of plastic a week. These tiny pieces enter our unwitting bodies from tap water, food, and even the air, according to an academic study sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature,
To Make This Tofu, Start by Burning Toxic Plastic
Plastic waste from America, collected for recycling, is shipped to Indonesia. Some is burned as fuel by tofu makers, producing deadly chemicals and contaminating food.
A brief history of plastic
"Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century."
What are microplastics?
"Most plastics in the ocean break up into very small particles. These small plastic bits are called "microplastics."
Tracking your plastic: Exposing recycling myths
Marketplace journalists go undercover overseas and pose as recycling brokers to expose the lucrative plastic recycling business break the law to buy Canadian plastic and show how some of it is dumped and burned in illegal landfills.
Inside the Lab That Could Solve the World's Plastics Problem
How can we develop environmentally friendly products, and how do we clean up the plastics we've already discarded? We travel to a materials lab in Minnesota and a recycling plant in California to find the answers
What's in your bottled water
12 000 water bottles are being thrown out every 4 minutes in Ontario. - Marketplace asked a lab to test five of the top-selling brands of bottled water in Canada, and microplastics were found in all of them.
Dirty Business: what really happens to your recycling
"Thousands of tons of plastic scrap collected for recycling from British households have been transported and dumped on sites across the world."
Multi-award-winning interdisciplinary artist | author | yogi
Adam Quang is an accomplished interdisciplinary artist, designer, and author with over 20 years of experience. He serves as the fashion director for Hollywood North Style Lounge and is a prominent advocate for sustainable fashion. Adam has been honored with the Excellence Young Quebec Designers Award and is the creative director of his private fashion label, Xcouture.ca, which specializes in haute couture-inspired, gender-neutral, net-zero carbon fashion made from reclaimed textiles. His private label reflects his dedication to sustainable and ethical fashion practices, using reclaimed textiles and implementing a circular fashion model.
He is a leading voice in the sustainable fashion movement, dedicated to promoting sustainable and ethical fashion practices in the industry. His current work, the Sustainable Fashion Art Installation series, highlights the intersection of fashion sustainability and technology, showcased at prestigious events such as Design Miami/Art Basel, T.I.F.F, and various Fashion Weeks in Canada. He also has experience as a costume FX textile artist for Star Trek: Discovery, adding to his skills and creativity in the field of costume design.
My works do not generate profit – they are created in order to raise awareness. Your financial support is much appreciated. Each dollar really counts, from a one-time contribution to a monthly donation of support.
